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  • Seven ups WAN stake

    July 4 2007 6:13pm (UTC+8)  -  Article by Slj

    The Seven Network has increased its shareholding in West Australian Newspapers Ltd, the publisher of Western Australia's only daily newspaper The West Australian as well as the owner of numerous regional radio stations and newspapers, to 16.1%, an increase from its previous holding of 15%.

    Seven originally purchased an 8.3% stake in the company last October this was later raised to 14.9%, at the time they called the holding a 'strategic stake.' Following the proclamation of the new media reforms in April Seven increased its stake in the company to a little over 15%. The Seven Network currently has no representation at a board level at WAN and has not yet asked for any positions on the board.

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  • Champion_R
    July 5 2007
    1:45pm
    #1 of 5

    Two "quality" institiutions of "journalism" there!

  • Kevin
    July 5 2007
    2:06pm
    #2 of 5

    Champion_R said:
    Two "quality" institiutions of "journalism" there!

    I agree with regard to The West Australian, but Seven News is nothing like The West is. They're both on opposite ends of the bias scale.

  • Ben
    July 5 2007
    5:47pm
    #3 of 5

    Kevin said:
    I agree with regard to The West Australian, but Seven News is nothing like The West is. They're both on opposite ends of the bias scale.

    Seven News is bias in towards the football. I must admit, I'm quite sick of the AFL stories which make the first block. Sport is for the sport section of the bulletin, you won't hear anything unrelated to sport in the sport section.

  • Kevin
    July 5 2007
    6:00pm
    #4 of 5

    Ben said:
    Seven News is bias in towards the football.

    Actually I will agree with you on that one. They do go over the top with football and I don't think it's necessary either.

  • Firetorch
    July 5 2007
    6:52pm
    #5 of 5

    Well take today's bulletin for example, a story on AFL taking hold in the slums of South Africa (how many times do we have to hear about AFL going international? :rolleyes: ) and then the Kevin Sheedy story/interview about his trip to America- surely more time could have been spent on other important sports news.


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