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Introducing The Signal: Capital Brief’s latest newsletter, providing an insider look at how media, tech, entertainment and power collide in Australia.
You should subscribe to our new Sunday night media newsletter, The Signal. First up: Nine’s $700m question capitalbrief.com/newsletter/nin…
After two years in stealth, Hall has raised $2 million to build SEO-style tools that show how products appear in AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude capitalbrief.com/article/the-bl…
Walter Sofronoff sent two journalists copies of his report into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann before its official release. He admits it was unwise, but says his motives were pure. capitalbrief.com/newsletter/kil…
The national anti-corruption watchdog has received 120 referrals involving the Department of Defence, amid concerns over commissioner Paul Brereton’s ties to the military capitalbrief.com/article/defenc…
Seek has accused Employment Hero of misusing data taken from its platform, leading to the $8.9 billion company to block the startup's access from its API capitalbrief.com/article/seek-h…
Sanofi’s $1.76 billion acquisition of Vicebio has delivered a windfall for the University of Queensland — and highlighted a promising model for commercialising Aussie research capitalbrief.com/newsletter/uqs…
Federal Labor is putting the finishing touches on a plan that is expected to remove YouTube's controversial exemption from world first social media age restrictions following advice from the online safety regulator capitalbrief.com/article/labor-…
The Albanese government has instructed the $15 billon National Reconstruction Fund to put national interest over short-term returns amid scrutiny of its risk appetite capitalbrief.com/article/nrf-to…
Melbourne startup Everlab has raised $15m to expand its AI-powered health platform, aiming to make life-saving, preventive care more accessible in Australia and beyond capitalbrief.com/article/we-lit…
Macquarie fronts investors this week amid leadership speculation, regulatory pressure and shifting markets. But don't expect a changing of the guard just yet. capitalbrief.com/newsletter/all…
Australian shares are poised to fall at the open, after securing their biggest weekly gains since May on Friday, ahead of a busy week of US second-quarter earnings capitalbrief.com/briefing/austr…
New: CoStar’s Australian president-in-waiting and former Domain CEO, Jason Pellegrino, is set for a payday that could swell to roughly $7.5 million, provided the US property giant’s takeover offer is accepted at a shareholder vote next month capitalbrief.com/article/costar…
Warner Bros Discovery is planning to ramp up its local content offering after launching HBO Max in Australia, despite ongoing delays to Labor’s plans to set local content quotas for global streaming platforms capitalbrief.com/article/warner…
Platforms offering investors the ability to trade shares in privately held, highly valuable tech startups are slowly emerging in Australia, with the recently launched FloatX and PrimaryMarkets among them. But some have serious doubts about their viability.capitalbrief.com/article/former…
Small cap market darling Energy One is set for a change in leadership after a 150% rise in its share price over the past year capitalbrief.com/article/energy…
Private market platforms in Australia are offering investors the chance to buy into some of the world's most valuable startups, such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Revolut. But the startups themselves say they don't permit secondary trading in their shares. capitalbrief.com/article/shares…
New: Google has reached new commercial agreements with Schwartz Media, Mamamia, Australian Community Media, and Junkee among others. But some have seen their deal values shrink via @CapitalBrief capitalbrief.com/article/google…
Block Earner says it will become the first company in Australia to offer Bitcoin-backed property purchases when it opens an offering for home deposit loans as early as October capitalbrief.com/article/bitcoi…
Australian shares are poised to rise this morning after US stocks ended modestly higher, brushing off concerns following new tariff threats from US President Donald Trump capitalbrief.com/briefing/austr…
New: Nine Entertainment has kicked off a recruitment drive to service newly acquired rights to the English Premier League via @CapitalBrief capitalbrief.com/article/nine-c…