Publishers, broadcasters, streaming and the audience and revenue models behind them.
JAM TV produces the AFL talk show, while Nine will retain the Monday edition, The Sunday Footy Show and Footy Furnace in 2027.
Payments to about 100 invited publishers range from more than US$1 million a year to under US$1,000 over several months, with no formula disclosed. Australian publishers weighing Google's offer have nothing to benchmark it against.
The ABC's finance presenter will leave at the end of 2026 and start a podcast with his son Chris, who is Nine's finance editor.
The Home Front runs across news.com.au and four state mastheads, backed by research finding 68% of Australian renters expect to rent for life.
Saturday's AFL Grand Final averaged 4.52 million viewers across TV and 7plus, up 8% on 2025, with streaming up 44% to 1.42 million.
TorchMedia switched on 26 digital screens across 17 stops on Sydney's L1 Inner West Light Rail line, running from Central to Dulwich Hill, with the rollout beginning in July 2026.
Adairs commissioned Are Media's Belle and Home Beautiful to transform Villa Alezalia in Sydney's Bellevue Hill into a three-day event series called Summer House, running 23 to 25 September 2026. The retailer did not buy column centimetres or display impressions.
Almost 20 million Australians visited a news site or app in August 2026, reaching 93.9% of online Australians aged 18 and over and averaging 3.39 hours of news reading across the month. Few advertising categories outside finance or fast-moving consumer goods can match that scale.
