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We don’t see ourselves as a free to air business any more’ – Rod Prosser on Paramount’s evolution

StW: Nine moves on from the Sneesby era; Upfronts season: Independents Day and Paramount on stage

BotW: What’s Snext for Nine? TV’s evolutionary moment

Scorecard: Mike Sneesby failed at Nine, but first he gave the company a future by launching Stan

An asteroid misses; an asteroid hits: privacy crackdown cancelled, as social media age law takes priority

Nine’s $3bn decline

StW: Privacy postponed; Big fines for scam ads; New AI rules; Unpaid Disrupt Radio staff unready for startup ‘rough and tumble’

BotW: Media companies aren’t marketing through the downturn; Disrupt Radio goes off air

Ooh Media kicks off Upfronts season with a rethink on retail media; Wipeout on the Unmade Index 3

Will Labor’s media reforms run out of time before the election? 3

A rotten start to the new financial year for ad spend; Why did the SCA and ARN share prices suddenly jump?

StW: Earnings season rolls into Upfronts; Why 7am on Thursday is podcasting’s golden hour

BotW: Lights out; Mourning The Monkeys; What next for SCA?

Bernard Salt on why the pursuit of lifestyle is the key to Australia’s consumer psyche

Cash crunch’: Disrupt Radio pauses live shows as staff await overdue pay 1

The consultancy wave recedes

StW: How agencies are screwing news media with lazy brand safety; Google’s biggest AI search rival reveals ad plans

BotW: Here come the juniors; Early exit of boss is good for the ABC – if they can find the right successor; Audio stocks take a hit