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Seven West Media Unveils 7Travel

Seven West Media - one of Australia’s leading integrated media and content creation companies today unveiled 7Travel: a new cross-platform e-commerce product which unites travel and lifestyle content from across its market-leading media businesses and brands.

7travel.com.au launches with premium content for 104 destinations and travel experiences catering for all demographics from weekend getaways to overseas adventures. The new e-commerce digital product incorporates shoppable content verticals to inspire, escape and transact and delivers integration with social channels including Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook Live, YouTube and Instagram.

Tim Worner, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Seven West Media, comments: “7Travel is another example of our strategy in action. We can use the reach of free to air television in combination with our other media assets to deepen our audience’s connection with this new service. We have a track record in travel and we believe we will build on that to establish and grow this new revenue stream very quickly.”

In a Seven West Media first, 7Travel delivers superior, multi-screen viewing for consumers using their phones, tablets or laptops whilst simultaneously watching Seven on broadcast television.

Kurt Burnette, Chief Revenue Officer, Seven West Media, adds: “Seven West Media’s audience has more than eight million people who have shown interest in travelling in the next twelve months. Seven million have actually travelled in the past year. Through powerful storytelling with 7Travel, Seven West Media will deliver - in combination across our television, online and publishing assets - the inspiration, the insights and the transaction for those people to be inspired, learn and action their travel desires like never before.”

Clive Dickens, Chief Digital Officer, Seven West Media, comments: “The 7Travel vision is to narrow the gap between inspiration and transaction for consumers and partners with a purpose-built experience, connecting Australians to our broadcast content whilst using their mobiles. 7Travel has been designed to capture the imagination of Australians who are already dreaming about their next adventure – whilst integrating our premium, free travel and lifestyle content across television, online and mobile.”

7Travel was designed and built by Seven West Media’s digital team. Darren Kerry, Head of Digital and Innovation, comments: “This free, mobile first, data optimised product delivers a seamless user experience with consumer centric design and market leading functionality.”

See www.7travel.com.au

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I wonder if SWM launched 7travel after seeing how successful nine.com.au’s 9Elsewhere website has been?

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There is an existing Yahoo7 travel website. Wonder if Seven are already preparing for life without Yahoo.

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Seven Network expands international presence in content production
Seven invests in award-winning UK production company Slim Film + Television

Seven today confirmed it had secured a major shareholding in Slim, the company behind critically acclaimed drama Legacy (BBC) and award-winning comedy The Art of Foley and founded by multi-award winning producer Simon Crawford Collins (Spooks, Ashes to Ashes, Hustle).

The new venture underlines Seven’s commitment to increasing its international presence in the production of television programmes and new formats. Seven’s investment in Slim sees Seven move into the creation and production of drama series and comedies for the British and international markets and adds to Seven’s growing international presence with 7 Wonder and 7 Beyond.

Slim was founded by Simon Crawford Collins in 2011 to produce high-end, ambitious scripted content for global audiences. Simon and his team have since produced highly acclaimed and award-winning programmes and are currently developing major scripted projects for the majority of UK broadcasters as well as a number of international networks such as AMC. The new partnership with Seven is part of Slim’s strategy to further develop and expand its slate of international projects and to work with the best talent on ambitious, high-end productions.

Simon Crawford Collins, Founder and Managing Director of Slim Film + Television, said: “Slim is embarking on an exciting new phase in its growth and, after considering a number of offers, we believe that Seven are the perfect creative partners to support us in our future ambitions. They are not only an exceptionally inspirational group, market leaders in their territory and have massive global aspirations; they also have boundless energy and a great sense of fun. Together we will be looking to further expand internationally and pursue a number of high-end international co-production opportunities that are already in development as well as fully exploit our incredibly exciting slate of programming to produce innovative and highly successful programming for global audiences.”

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Seven West Media’s head of Red Live events division, Dustin Lockett, is joining BBC Worldwide as commercial director, and will oversee both live events for BBC Worldwide in Australia as well as
working on consumer products, home entertainment and brand licensing. He will start on his new role in November.

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Not sure if this is new, but I just saw a promotional video for tv advertising on Ch7 which aired during the commercial break and was presented by Kochie.

Seems like since Network TEN’s Intensify sales campaign (the first of this type of advertising I’ve personally seen) NEC followed with their recent ‘TV never sleeps’ effort and now this ‘inside7’ promo from Seven West Media.

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Peter Zaveck (CEO of Pacific Magazines) is resigning from Seven West Media, effective from 30th of this month.

Returning to Melbourne.

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I posted the news on Pacific Magazines thread a few days ago. He will be working for Herald and Weekly Times.

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Seven West Media becomes strategic investor in Draftstars, the leading Australian daily fantasy sports start-up

Seven West Media today announced its investment in Draftstars, Australia’s leading daily fantasy start-up. Draftstars is a joint venture between Seven West Media, CrownBet and Fox Sports, and is the official daily fantasy sports partner of the Australian Football League.

Seven West Media has secured a 33 per cent shareholding and will provide media support, product development and investment to further drive brand awareness and usage in an integrated media campaign across all Seven’s leading content brands.

Draftstars was founded in March 2016 by CrownBet and FoxSports and is led by CEO Matt Sanders.

Tim Worner, Managing Director and CEO of Seven West Media, said: “We are delighted to partner with CrownBet and FoxSports in Draftstars. Our investment builds on our strategy of leveraging the power of our media assets to scale early stage businesses. Draftstars is an exciting investment for our company and we look forward to working with them and our investment partners in driving brand awareness and engagement.”

Commenting, Clive Dickens, Seven West Media’s Chief Digital Officer said: “Seven West Media is constantly looking at ways in which we can engage our large sports audiences on mobile. Draftstars will soon launch EPL and Cricket to complement its existing range of highly-engaging contests across AFL, NRL, NFL and NBA. It is a highly scalable, mobile product and platform that is backed by powerful partners, each of which provide strong competitive advantages,” Mr Dickens said.

Draftstars CEO Matt Sanders said: “We’re thrilled to have Seven West Media come on board in time for the AFL finals and add their experience and audience to our engaging digital product.”

“The partnership of Seven West Media, Fox Sports and CrownBet boasts the strongest-possible set of assets to bring this exciting new, simpler, quicker and more engaging form of entertainment to Australian sports fans,” Mr Sanders said.

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What a load of nonsense.

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Seven West Media welcomes regulatory approval for the acquisition of Perth Now and The Sunday Times

Seven West Media today welcomed regulatory approval from the ACCC for Seven West Media to acquire Perth Now and The Sunday Times from News Corporation, and will now proceed to finalise negotiations.

Commenting on the ACCC green light, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Seven West Media, Tim Worner, said: “We are genuinely excited about this acquisition. We will have great assets which undoubtedly build on our commitment to delivering the very best news coverage and content to the people of Western Australia.

“The Sunday Times and Perth Now are great brands. There is a strong bond between them and the people of Western Australia. The Sunday Times has a unique heritage and we will nurture both The Sunday Times and Perth Now for the benefit of all our readers.

“We wish to acknowledge the great work of News Corporation in growing and building these businesses and are mindful that it was Rupert Murdoch’s second acquisition and dear to his heart. We will be worthy custodians.

“Seven West Media is the natural home of these assets as we further build their publishing and digital presence. We look forward to finalising the agreement and ensuring a positive and growing future for The Sunday Times and Perth Now as they continue to be part of the fabric of Western Australia.

“We are about building our media business and ensuring we continue to deliver strong local and relevant content to our audiences. The underlying imperative in this agreement was to place our company in a stronger position to compete with the increasing presence of global content and platform businesses in our market. For us, this is a once in a company lifetime opportunity and that is the way we are going to approach it,” Mr Worner said.

Seven West Media expects the investment to be earnings accretive in its first year and to increase shareholder value for the group.

Commenting, the Chief Executive Officer of Seven West Media (WA), Chris Wharton, said: “The acquisition of Perth Now and The Sunday Times is a positive for our audiences and our company. Our integration of Channel Seven Perth, The West and our online businesses into the one media centre is delivering significant results. Perth Now and The Sunday Times deliver audiences complementary to those we are delivering with The West. This agreement will expand our audiences and further enhance the presence of Perth Now and The Sunday Times in our market.”

As part of the agreement, Seven West Media and News Corporation will also build on a news content sharing agreement for The West Australian with News’ daily brands in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Seven West Media and News Corporation are also joint venture partners in the Community Newspaper Group in Western Australia.

The agreement delivers significant opportunities for Seven West Media’s development in the Western Australian market with Perth Now joining the company’s existing digital platforms. The acquisition will see the company expanding its publishing and printing from six days to seven days a week and will deliver improvements in scale benefits and print cost synergies for Seven West Media’s businesses in Western Australia.

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Pacific Magazines appoints CEO

Seven West Media today confirmed the appointment of Gereurd Roberts as CEO of Pacific Magazines. Mr Roberts will report to Tim Worner, CEO and Managing Director of Seven West Media.

Mr Roberts is currently General Manager, Food Family and Home at Pacific Magazines. He has nearly two decades of publishing experience including roles at Guardian News and Media, ACP Magazines (now Bauer Media) and as an editor, publisher and Commercial Director prior to his most recent role at Pacific Magazines.

Commenting, Mr Worner said: “Gereurd has done a tremendous job leading advertising sales, client services, digital sales and new opportunities to extend and build our portfolio of publishing brands. He is well-placed to continue to create and deliver new opportunities that will underpin Pacific Magazines’ brands in a dynamic and changing market. Pacific Magazines continues to transform its business beyond the pages of a magazine across digital, social media and events. It has put in place the cornerstones for its future. Our titles are out-performing their peers in readership and circulation, we are building share through new online platforms, and we taking advantage of a changing landscape as our magazine brands continue to transition beyond print into Social Media, Digital Video, eCommerce and live events.”

Mr Roberts comments: “We have the country’s best brands, management team and people at Pacific. And with the support of Australia’s largest and best-performing integrated media group, Seven West Media, we are ideally positioned for future growth.

“It’s a privilege to take this role at such a pivotal and exciting time for Pacific. I look forward to working with our exceptionally talented teams to continue our transformation process, driving growth in our core business, fuelling new revenue and commercial outcomes for our company.”

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Statement from Seven West that Presto will close on 31 January 2017

http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/presto/190/77?u=tv.cynic

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Shame we had to hear about it for so long on Seven.

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New Community Newspaper Group Chief Executive announced

Seven West Media (WA) chief executive officer and chairman of Community Newspaper Group, Chris
Wharton, today announced Paul Eteen-Bliss had been appointed to the role of chief executive officer
of Community Newspaper Group (CNG).

Paul is currently general manager of Quest Community News in Brisbane and a highly experienced and
respected executive in community and metropolitan publishing.

Mr Wharton said: “Paul brings more than 25 years of print and digital media industry experience to
this role and I am excited about the energy, innovation and ambition he will deliver to the
Community Newspaper Group. I wish him every success in his new role.”

Mr Eteen-Bliss will be responsible for delivering better outcomes for the readers and advertisers
who engage with the 17 community titles that make up the portfolio within the Community Newspaper
Group.

During an 11-year career with News Corp Australia, Mr Eteen-Bliss has held a number of senior
positions including general manager Far North Queensland and advertising director at The
Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail in Brisbane. Prior to this, Mr Eteen- Bliss worked for Newsquest
media group in London, leading the national and regional advertising sales teams for a variety of
national and metropolitan titles.

Mr Eteen-Bliss said: “I’m passionate about community news and look forward to building on the
goodwill CNG already has established with its existing readers and advertisers.”

Mr Eteen-Bliss replaces Alan Clyne who has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer
with Seven West Media (WA).

He will commence his new role in January 2017.

NEW EDITOR FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH

Pacific Magazines today announced the appointment of Jacqui Mooney as editor, Women’s Health.

Jackie Frank, General Manager, comments: “I am thrilled to have someone of Jacqui’s calibre take over the reins of Women’s Health. Her insights and expertise over the health category will see the brand confidently steered into its next phase.

“Jacqui’s vision will provide new opportunities for Women’s Health and ensure its incredibly passionate community continues to grow and engage. Living a healthy lifestyle has become both a personal and professional passion for Jacqui - and there’s no better candidate for this role.”

Jacqui has more than two decades of publishing experience in the health and women’s lifestyle space. She has previously worked as Deputy Editor of both CLEO and Dolly and as editor of Bride to Be and Weight Watchers. Most recently she was editor of Prevention magazine, Women’s Health’s healthy lifestyle Pacific Magazines stable-mate.

Jacqui Mooney says: “Women’s Health is more than a magazine. It’s a global brand and community with 24 international editions – and I couldn’t be more thrilled to lead its next chapter in Australia.

“I’ve devoted the past decade to creating content that helps women lead happier, healthier lives and Women’s Health is second to none. I look forward to working with the incredibly talented team to create engaging content across a range of platforms and build on the momentum created by initiatives like Next Fitness Star, Fit Night Out and I Support Women in Sport.”

Health is a key strategic pillar of the Pacific Magazines portfolio. As Australia’s number one health publisher, Pacific offers healthy-lifestyle multi-platform brands that reach an affluent, active and engaged audience.

Jacqui’s appointment is effective from December 5.

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Seven West Media has named The West Australian deputy editor and head of digital content for SWM WA, Michael Beach, as the new editor of The Sunday Times. Beach will take up the role once SWM’s acquisition of The Sunday Times is complete. SWM has also appointed Seven Perth sales director Damien Hampson as revenue director, Seven West Media WA, effective immediately.

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Great interview with chairman Kerry Stokes AC on 3AW’s Neil Mitchell morning program today.

I love it when he said “…they wouldn’t want to sue me, because they know what assets I have…”

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What’s the story there?

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I can’t quite remember the context, but when I heard him say that I giggled

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Seven West Media has signed a content supply deal with Newzulu, allowing SWM to crowd-source videos and other content and stream from reporters’ phones. The deal covers Seven’s TV, newspapers, magazines and related digital platforms. Under the terms of the deal SWM will have the right to use Newzulu’s international crowd-sourced content in its newspapers, TV network and magazines and websites on a fee basis, while Newzulu will have the worldwide rights outside Australia to distribute both SWM’s professionally created and user-generated library on a revenue share basis.