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The Big Short, the Big Steal and the Big AI Bubble
Today: Lessons from the Big Short. And investors cool on the SCA-SWM merger
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Tim Burrowes
Grand theft Australia
Today: News Corp boss Michael Miller takes the fight to the AI thieves
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Tim Burrowes
Reminder - because of your membership YOU get a ticket to this month's Unlock conference, and Compass too. Here's how
Welcome to a Tuesday update just for our paying members.
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Tim Burrowes
Merger mania starts to fade for ARN Media
Welcome to a public holiday-light edition with a quick update on the Unmade Index after a rough day for ARN shareholders.
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Tim Burrowes
BotW: Netflix - a billion bucks and not a dollar in tax
Today: Digging deep into the tax transparency data, and what it tells us about the state of Australia’s media players. And why ARN Media shareholders…
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Tim Burrowes
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Game changer Ciaran Davis departs ARN; what to expect from TV stalwart Stepho
Welcome to a Thursday update from Unmade on yet another big day for the radio industry. And further down, the world’s best marketing columnist Mark…
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Tim Burrowes
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The Kyle & Jackie O Show receives a gumming from ACMA's toothless tiger
Today: The ACMA is slow and powerless, as The Kyle & Jackie O Show demonstrates once again. And further down, SCA’s share price goes negative as the…
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Tim Burrowes

September 2025

Tuesdata: The numbers behind the SCA-SWM merger
So here we go again. Some 16 months after the collapse of ARN Media’s proposal to acquire Southern Cross Austereo, a new deal is on the block - SCA plus…
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Tim Burrowes
Vinyl Group reveals it is spending $1.6m buying a domain from a shareholder
Music publishing and platforms player Vinyl Group today told the ASX that it will issue $2m worth of stock to one of its major shareholders to get…
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Tim Burrowes
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BotW: Pork disasters and other dangerous ideas; Gumtree for sale?
Today: An ad about Muslims and pork causes as much offence as you’d expect; a Sky News bacon blunder; and classifieds business Gumtree seems to be on…
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Tim Burrowes
PT takes charge: Change at the top of Nine after a short but successful stint for West
Compared to last time, this transition was smooth.When Peter Costello was forced to resign as chair of Nine 15 months ago, it came five days after he…
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Tim Burrowes
'Humble and hardworking': Amazon pitches to be Oz ad ecosystem's full funnel friend
What was most notable about this afternoon’s Upfront with Amazon Australia was not so much the content, but the fact that they decided now is the time…
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Tim Burrowes
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