And later that day …
Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello and the board have backed the company’s chief executive Mike Sneesby but admitted Australia’s biggest media group should do more to prevent bullying and sexual harassment.
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Jeez those clips from Sky: how shit are the production values there. So much echo, plus she sounds so amateur.
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Too many hard surfaces in the studio turning it into an echo chamber. The way they have their LED walls set up, plus probably a lack of sound deadening on the opposite side of the studio would do this.
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One of Nine Entertainment’s on-air stars twice complained to a board member and management about confidential and damaging information about her being given to other media outlets by someone she believed was within the organisation.
Former Nine chief executive Hugh Marks, who led the company from 2015 to 2021, confirmed the presenter spoke to him directly about the leaking in 2018, when she was in the “crosshairs” of damaging gossip column coverage.
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Also, from the same article regarding the alleged sexual harassment by Darren Wick.
The Nine board held an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the fallout from weeks of negative reporting over alleged prolific sexual harassment by Wick against many women over many years, as well as a toxic workplace culture in its television news division.
The board united behind chief executive Mike Sneesby, who told Nine staff afterwards that an independent review of television news and current affairs would be conducted by Intersection.
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Joshua Bornstein, principal lawyer and head of employment law at Maurce Blackburn, told the AFR — a Nine-owned masthead — that the law firm was currently “acting for a number of women in commercial television across the networks with remarkably similar experiences and stories to tell”.
The paper also reports Maurice Blackburn is acting for the woman who filed a formal complaint against Nine’s disgraced former news boss, Darren Wick.
Bornstein suspects some women have signed NDAs that makes public redress difficult, calling this “ironic in an industry that prides itself on shining a light on stories in the public interest”.
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My guess would be NinePlus was chosen to retain the ‘plus’ name/trademark/domain for Nine given it’s quite a common brand extension for media companies etc when offering additional services - albeit mostly for streaming.
Also, what’s with the 9 News round watermark?
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That’s their new branding for Nine News I’m guessing
Odd choice for a name given Seven already has 7Plus.
Why not 9Prime? (given the regional brand no longer exists).
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New branding is already revealed and the watermark is horizontal with the Australia map - not the stacked version above.
Also the footage of Pete is old. Just an interesting round watermark I don’t think we’ve seen on-air before.
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But they’re not competing services, one is a catch-up/BVOD service and the other is a advertising tool for medium-sized businesses. There would be no confusion or crossover.
As I mentioned above, likely used to retain the ‘plus’ trademark, domain etc they secured.
Same reason Seven now have a ‘7Now’ FAST channel on 7plus after 7/11 challenged them for the use of the trademark for their delivery service.
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Nine chairman Peter Costello knocks over reporter from The Australian at Canberra Airport
Nine chairman Peter Costello has pushed a journalist to the ground at Canberra Airport, after the former federal treasurer refused to answer the reporter’s questions relating to the rolling harassment scandal at the under-siege media company.
Mr Costello was approached by The Australian’s Liam Mendes at the airport on Thursday afternoon, with the altercation taking place about one minute after the journalist introduced himself.
Video footage taken by Mendes shows the Nine chairman ignoring a series of questions, before he shoves the journalist out of the way.
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Lots of prominent coverage of the airport incident
‘Boss, you’ve had a shocker’: Nine stars address Peter Costello’s airport clash
2GB’s mornings host Ray Hadley said the Nine chairman had “refused to answer the reporter’s questions relating to the rolling harassment scandal at the company”.
Steve Price: Peter Costello’s airport antics add to perception Nine is run by arrogant, overbearing men
Peter Costello’s rush of blood just adds to the perception that Nine — once owned by the Packer family and run by a series of hard drinking males — is still a business dominated by men who simply bulldoze their way through life.
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For small and medium business that doesn’t have spend through advertising agencies.
Not the first time they have advertised this part of their sales division. It’s been around for years
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Peter Costello has stepped down after the Airport incident the other day.
Peter Costello: Nine Entertainment Co chairman Peter Costello resigns (9news.com.au)
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Good riddance.
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