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Gina Rinehart, John Hancock and Rita Panahi

‘Did Gina also pay for the flights?’ John Hancock on Rinehart’s PR songbook

The billionaire mining mogul’s estranged son copped a spray from Sky News host Rita Panahi over his lifestyle. Now he’s responding.

  • Calum Jaspan

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Rinehart Panahi, centre, with Gina Rinehart and socialite Toni Holt Kramer.

Guest thanks Rinehart for organising Sky host’s birthday boat bash

The head of a club of wealthy female fans of Donald Trump told Rita Panahi she was a women’s equivalent of the president, which the Sky host said was the “highest compliment”.

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Rita Panahi’s birthday bash came with an unusual cake.

Caviar, missiles and Mar-a-Lago: Inside Panahi’s birthday bash

The Sky News provocateur has learnt to stop worrying and love the bomb – along with some offensive language – after her 50th birthday party.

  • Calum Jaspan
Statements from both News Corp and Fox Corp said a mutual resolution on the legal proceedings related to the Murdoch Family Trust was reached.

They embarrassed Rupert Murdoch and learnt nothing. Why Melbourne remain on the nose

On the field, they are champions led by a champion coach. Off the field, the Storm’s front office come across as bullies.

  • Neil Breen
Happier times: Lachlan, Rupert and James Murdoch are central to this Netflix documentary.

I used to deliver Rupert’s newspaper, and even I had more access than this latest Murdoch doco

The warring media family were never going to appear in this Netflix documentary, which promises an inside look at the succession battle.

  • Stephen Brook
Just two years ago Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were inking a multimillion-dollar contract.

They got their $100 million contracts – in a Louis Vuitton briefcase. This week, it all fell apart

The implosion of The Kyle and Jackie O Show is a seismic event in Australian radio.

  • Calum Jaspan, Kishor Napier-Raman and Karl Quinn
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Kyle Sandilands at home in Vaucluse.

‘Scared to speak?’: Kyle’s on-air warning before tirade at Jackie

The radio host’s decision to berate his colleague so severely she broke their 27-year partnership has gone down in history. But that wasn’t all he said in their final broadcast.

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Sky News hopes to be called News24 after a rebranding announced last Friday.

ABC to take revenge on Sky News, challenge its name

The public broadcaster has its News Corp-owned rival in its sights over its pending rebrand.

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South African news provider News24’s logo [top] and the new, News24 logo proposed by News Corp [bottom].

Branding stoush: Why Sky’s new name is already under fire

Sky News announced its rebrand on Friday, but a foreign outlet has already claimed the social media handles and the ABC has a very similar trademark.

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Anna Murdoch in Toronto, 1988.

Rupert Murdoch’s second wife and glamorous mainstay, Anna, had incalculable influence

“I thought we had a wonderful, happy marriage. Obviously, we didn’t,” the media mogul’s second wife – mother of Elisabeth, Lachlan and James – said after their 31-year marriage ended.

  • Mark McGinness