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Sales boom the perfect gift for Myer boss

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Original article by Eli Greenblat
The Australian – Page: 21 : 20-Dec-16

Myer CEO Richard Umbers is confident sales at the group’s stores will be strong in the final week before Christmas. Personalised gift options are particularly popular among shoppers. Umbers hopes these gifts will be as popular as in 2015 when 450,000 shoppers bought personalised jars of Nutella before Christmas.

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MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, DAVID JONES LIMITED, GPT GROUP – ASX GPT, PAYLESS SHOES PTY LTD, FERRIER HODGSON AND COMPANY

Importance of using Roy Morgan’s Cross-Platform Audience measurement proven by Bauer and News Corp’s decisions to pull out of AMAA

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B&T – Page: online : 19-Dec-16

In the past week both Bauer Media and now News Corp’s magazines division have made the decision to withdraw from the Audited Media Association of Australia (AMAA) magazine circulation measurement system (as reported in B&T’s article "Is This The End For The AMAA as News Corp Follows Bauer And Pulls The Audit Pin?"). Both magazine publishers have argued that the AMAA doesn’t properly capture the new reality by measuring digital readership of titles properly. The Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience figures which measure across print, website and app are the most accurate way to properly measure the breadth of readership of a title – whether a magazine or a newspaper. Advertisers are increasingly relying on the average issue readership figures provided by the Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience metric to buy their print advertising to target the correct audience.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUDITED MEDIA ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Australian Community Newspaper Readership results

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Dec-16

The latest Roy Morgan Community Newspaper Readership results, for the 24 months to September 2016, show that readership of community newspapers in all mainland capital cities has declined, but many titles are bucking the trend and finding new local readers. The "St George & Sutherland Shire Leader" extended its lead as the most-read community paper in Sydney, with 220,000 readers per average issue (up 15.8 per cent year-on-year in the 12 months to September 2016. The "Melton Leader" was Melbourne’s fastest-growing community title (up 47.8 per cent to 34,000) prior to its closure in June, while readership of Brisbane’s "South-West News", including its specially-badged "Springfield News" edition, grew 12.5 per cent to 54,000 readers per average weekly issue.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, METRO MEDIA PUBLISHING PTY LTD, STAR NEWS GROUP PTY LTD

Howcroft tunes in to PwC marketing

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 13-Dec-16

TV executive and "Gruen" panellist Russel Howcroft will become chief creative officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers in early 2017. Howcroft has been the executive general manager of the Ten Network’s Melbourne operations for four years, while he also chairs the Think TV lobby group. PwC has hired several other former advertising industry executives in recent months.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUSTRALIA (INTERNATIONAL) PTY LTD, THINK TV, OGILVY AUSTRALIA, TBWA, CLEMENGER BBDO (BRISBANE) PTY LTD

Cricket’s pitch to reduce curbs

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 12-Dec-16

Cricket Australia has declined to comment on claims that it will push for Test and limited-overs matches against less popular nations to be removed from the anti-siphoning list. Cricket Australia has previously signalled its view that some one-day international matches should be removed from the list, which requires all international cricket matches that are played in Australia to be broadcast on free-to-air TV. In contrast, pay-TV group Foxtel has exclusive rights to some AFL and NRL matches.

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CRICKET AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN

Homegrown mini-series driving a ratings resurgence at Foxtel

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 & 25 : 12-Dec-16

Pay-TV company Foxtel has invested heavily in the production of local dramas in 2016. This commitment has paid off, with Foxtel recording ratings growth and a number of Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts awards. Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of television, is upbeat about the outlook for 2017, but he concedes that competition for viewers will intensify. In addition to a slate of local productions, Foxtel will also have exclusive content from HBO in the US.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, HBO, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS

Seven to expand digital offering for tennis Open

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 25 : 12-Dec-16

The Seven Network will provide live streams of more than 600 tennis matches during the 2016-17 summer, including the Australian Open. Seven will offer a paid version of its streaming service, which will feature exclusive content. However, chief digital officer Clive Dickens stresses that Seven will not charge a fee to view any matches. The ANZ Bank, Blackmores, Kia and Industry Super Funds will be among the major sponsors of Seven’s tennis coverage.

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SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, BLACKMORES LIMITED – ASX BKL, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (ASTRA) INCORPORATED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

Sky’s the limit as Murdoch tries again

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Original article by John Kehoe
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 12-Dec-16

Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has approached UK pay-TV group Sky with a cash offer of Stg10.75 per share. Fox currently has a 39 per cent stake in Sky, and the proposed Stg11.2bn ($A19bn) bid values the target at $A31bn. Fox previously launched a takeover bid in 2011 but was forced to abandon it in the wake of the telephone hacking scandal in the UK. Any deal is likely to attract regulatory scrutiny given that Murdoch’s News Corporation owns several major British newspapers.

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21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, SKY PLC, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GABELLI AND COMPANY, GREAT BRITAIN. OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER, LABOUR PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN), FOX NEWS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA, HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS PTY LTD

ARM buy good for regions, says News

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Original article by Darren Davidson, Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: 23 : 9-Dec-16

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has approved News Corporation’s $A36.6m deal to acquire Australian Regional Media from APN News & Media. News Corp will add 12 regionals newspapers and 60 community newspapers in Queensland and northeast New South Wales to its stable of print publications after the ACCC concluded that the deal would not significantly affect competition.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL MEDIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM

Robb joins fight over free-to-air licence fees

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 9-Dec-16

The Ten Network’s remuneration report was rejected by 17.06 per cent of votes cast at the 2016 AGM. Ten is lobbying the Federal Government for a further reduction in TV broadcasting licence fees, but chairman David Gordon concedes that these efforts have had limited effect to date. Ten director Andrew Robb, who stepped down as trade minister earlier in 2016, says both major political parties recognise that local networks pay higher licence fees than their overseas peers. He adds that the government’s fiscal problems may be delaying reform.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS