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[Mike Retter]

Billionaire Kerry Stokes recently merged the Seven Network with his Mining services company. This company is now a coupled with the Western Australian newspaper.

[Squee!]

The quality of the paper has improved since Stokes merged it in.
It was an absolute disgrace a few years ago, now its generally readable without vitriol and insane far right bias as you used to find with the prior editor.
All the commercial nets are populist to pander to the "battler" demographic (though if you were to pick with national coverage, Seven tends to swing to Labor and Nine tends to swing to Liberal but its not really consistent) so I don't see any problem with it IMO.

[J Bar]

Is it the biggest Aussie media company? What's that based on?

[TelevisionAU]

Is it the biggest Aussie media company? What's that based on?

Leckie'e ego?

[Johnson28]

Is it the biggest Aussie media company? What's that based on?

I thought PBL (when it was still owned by Kerry Packer) was bigger? Because it had Channel Nine, ACP, Ticketek, ninemsn and Crown Casino.

[WAtv]

Kerry stokes on 7 news said that 7 Perth will be gone
From the tuart hill studios within 3 years after 52 years finally

[Reuder7]

Kerry stokes on 7 news said that 7 Perth will be gone
From the tuart hill studios within 3 years after 52 years finally

They're moving into their city studios?

Edited by Reuder7, 11 April 2011 - 10:43 PM.

[WAtv]

The West Australian newspaper premises were also mentioned as possible site for 7 Perth new headquarters

Edited by WAtv, 11 April 2011 - 11:37 PM.

[Squee!]

bit off topic, but why is the studio location described as "Tuart Hill" when the suburb/distract hasn't been Tuart Hill for several decades?

[WAtv]

Mailing address is still Tuart hill - yahoo7 web site

Edited by WAtv, 12 April 2011 - 12:41 AM.

[kevizz]

I heard a rumour they were looking at building a street-fronting studio in the development they're going to build on their Perth Entertainment Complex lands.

[bambbbam]

http://www.7perth.com.au/

Still has Dianella as the address.

[Reuder7]

I heard a rumour they were looking at building a street-fronting studio in the development they're going to build on their Perth Entertainment Complex lands.

I thought that was already underway, or am I thinking of Adelaide?

[kevizz]

I thought that was already underway, or am I thinking of Adelaide?

Probably Adelaide, groundwork hasn't started on the PEC redevelopment.

[J Bar]

I thought PBL (when it was still owned by Kerry Packer) was bigger? Because it had Channel Nine, ACP, Ticketek, ninemsn and Crown Casino.

I'm not sure what that company's structure is these days but would have thought it still may be the biggest. And what about Newscorp that owns so many newspapers(the Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph), Foxtel, production companies (Fox Studios, Shine), magazines, online media, the NRL and all the other associated companies.

Edited by J Bar, 12 April 2011 - 12:13 PM.

[Lex]

The $4.1 billion dollar merger between the Seven Media Group and West Australian Newspapers has been approved. The new company, Seven West Media, will be the largest media company in Australia.

http://www.mediaspy....erger-approved/

[Bergoine]

One of the big winners will be Redwave Media. They might use Seven resources to make their own news bulletins.

bit off topic, but why is the studio location described as "Tuart Hill" when the suburb/distract hasn't been Tuart Hill for several decades?

Probablty historical reference

[WAtv]

Are we likely to see a new 7 logo with what has happen

[bambbbam]

bit off topic, but why is the studio location described as "Tuart Hill" when the suburb/distract hasn't been Tuart Hill for several decades?

I think also that using the Tuart Hill Post Office as the address for all their competitions in the past may have helped associate it in peoples minds.

[Cyril Washbrook]

The Spy Report:

Kerry Stokes, the chairman of Seven Group Holdings, will face court on contempt of court charges next month in relation to comments he made about his former sales chief James Warburton.

At a directions hearing in the New South Wales Supreme Court yesterday, Justice Michael Pembroke said that hearings on the contempt charges would commence on 28 June.