StW: News Corp's merger; Stan to lose its NBCU deal? A disastrous media launch; Frankly's ratings stinker

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Welcome to the Start the Week podcast, recorded first thing on Monday, looking at the agenda for the week ahead. Today:

• Implications of the News Corp - Fox Corporation re-merger

• Modernising the anti-siphoning laws

• Who won the ratings week?

• Frankly’s weak ratings start

• Nine and Stan set to lose NBC Universal content

• Carrie Bickmore’s million dollar pay packet

• Ten gets sued by its own employee

• The failing launch of news.net

Today’s episode features Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy. As always, we’d love to hear what you think at letters@unmade.media

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Relevant links:

• Australian Financial Review: Murdoch media merge was news to Australian News Corp executives

• Australian Financial Review: Chanticleer: Murdochs’ reunification is about news, sport and scale

• Unmade: News Corp gets back in bed with Fox News

• Australian Financial Review: Fight begins over access to major sporting events

• Oztam via Nine: The week’s TV ratings

• Patricia Karvelas: Criticism of Fran Kelly's new gig Frankly drips with ageism — a stubborn form of discrimination we need to call out

• The Australian: Cash and Carrie: Bickmore’s $1.1m Ten deal

• The Age: Foxtel clinches NBCUniversal content deal as Stan shifts strategy

• The Australian: Network Ten executive sues employer for $330,000 in unpaid entitlements

• Sydney Morning Herald: This Australian publication wanted to redefine journalism. Then everything went wrong

Audio production was courtesy of Abe’s Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers and sound design for corporate videos, digital content, commercials and podcasts.

Message us: letters@unmade.media

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