29-418: (Redirected from Dominion Post ) The Dominion Post can refer to one of two newspapers: The Dominion Post (Wellington) , the former name of a newspaper published in the capital of New Zealand. In April 2023, the newspaper was revamped as The Post . The Dominion Post (Morgantown) , a newspaper in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Topics referred to by
58-489: A 27-year affiliation agreement with WIN Corporation, instead partnering with Southern Cross Austereo in parts of regional Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, after securing a 50% revenue sharing deal with Southern Cross, which is higher than its existing 39% deal with WIN. Nine sold its stake in the business in September. On 26 July 2018, Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media announced they agreed on terms for
87-489: A further 25% to CVC Capital Partners for $ 515 million. In September 2007, it was announced that the transaction was to go ahead at the increased purchase price of approximately $ 526 million. On 27 October 2008, James Packer and CMH representatives, such as Alexander, resigned from the board of PBL Media, effectively ending financial backing and future associations with the company. James Packer later sold his media interests. On 16 December 2008, PBL Media issued
116-517: A merger between the two companies to become Australia's largest media company. As a result of the merger, Nine shareholders own 51.1 percent of the combined entity and Fairfax shareholders own 48.9 percent. After the merger between Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media in December 2018, WIN Corporation's stake was diluted to 7.76% but later increased to 15.24% in January 2018. In September 2018, it
145-457: A press release stating that the company's majority shareholder, CVC Capital Partners , had refinanced debt facilities as well as injecting in excess of $ 300 million. CMH stated that they would not be investing any further funds, and as such, CMH's 25% interest became diluted to a stake less than 1%. From 2 December 2010, PBL Media rebranded as Nine Entertainment Company In December 2011 former McDonald's Australia chief executive Peter Bush
174-496: A refinancing deal in October 2012 when Nine was on the brink of receivership. In 2014, Nine Entertainment Co. founded online streaming company Stan with Fairfax Media, investing $ 50 million into the joint venture. On 16 April 2015, Nine Entertainment Co. announced the sale of its Nine Live business to Affinity Equity Partners for $ 640 million to reduce debt and fund an ongoing capital management program. In October 2015,
203-614: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Post (New Zealand newspaper) The Post (formerly The Dominion Post ) ( Māori : Te Upoko o Te Ika ) is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in Wellington , New Zealand. It is owned by media business Stuff Ltd , and formerly by the New Zealand branch of Australian media company Fairfax Media . Weekday issues are now in tabloid format, and its Saturday edition
232-552: Is in broadsheet format. The Dominion Post was created in July 2002 with the merger of two metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, The Evening Post and The Dominion . It was announced in April 2023 that the paper would be renamed The Post . The change of name has garnered a generally unenthusiastic to negative response. Since July 2023, the editor has been Tracy Watkins. The Dominion Post (commonly referred to as The DomPost )
261-476: The ACP Magazines , Nine Network, and ninemsn , to the new business – a joint venture between PBL and CVC Asia Pacific . The recapitalisation was announced on 18 October 2006. John Alexander, chief executive officer of PBL, was announced as the executive chairman of PBL Media, along with Ian Law as CEO and Pat O'Sullivan as chief financial officer . In June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell
290-758: The New Zealand Press Association . Bernadette Courtney , who had previously been assistant editor at The Dominion Post and had gone to become editor of the Manawatu Standard , was appointed to replace Pankhurst. Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018 and was replaced by Eric Janssen . Anna Fifield was appointed editor October 2020. She left in December 2022. Caitlin Cherry took over in February 2023, and Tracy Watkins in July 2023. The following table lists
319-596: The Nine Network , Nine Radio ; major newspaper mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald , The Age and The Australian Financial Review ; digital properties such as nine.com.au , 9Honey , Pedestrian ; video-on-demand platform Stan ; and a majority investment in real estate web portal Domain Group . The company was a successor of the long-established Australian media group Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), created by Sir Frank Packer , whose Channel 9
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#1732782685499348-726: The WIN Corporation purchased a 14% stake in Nine Entertainment Co. from investment fund operator Apollo. In November 2015, Hugh Marks was appointed as CEO. He replaced David Gyngell , who remained on the board. In February 2016, Peter Costello was appointed chair. In March 2016, Nine Entertainment Co purchased a 9.9% stake in Southern Cross Media Group from the Macquarie Group . On 29 April 2016, Nine Entertainment Co. ended
377-489: The United Nations. It’s time for the word to go. On 27 April 2023, Stuff confirmed that The Dominion Post would adopt its new name The Post on 29 April. Stuff also announced that it would launch a new subscription-based website for The Post that would co-exist with the free Stuff news website . The change of name was criticised on both the political left and right. Former Dominion Post editor Tim Pankhurst
406-447: The appointment of Mike Sneesby as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 April 2021, following Hugh Marks resignation. On 12 March 2021, Nine announced that it would be returning its regional affiliation back to WIN Television , ending its 5 year affiliation with SCA . As part of the deal, WIN will pay Nine 50% of advertising revenue and provide airtime to Nine's assets across the networks television and radio network. The affiliation switch
435-404: The editors: Nine Entertainment Co. Nine Entertainment (registered as Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Ltd ) is an Australian publicly listed mass media company with holdings in radio and television broadcasting, publishing and digital media . It uses Nine as its corporate branding and also prefers this usage to be used for the parent company. The entity is largely a successor to
464-399: The first time instead of booking with WIN. In June 2024, Peter Costello resigned as chairman and was replaced by Catherine West. In September 2024, after mounting pressure over allegations of toxic culture, Mike Sneesby announced he was stepping down as chief executive of Nine Entertainment and would leave the media company at the end of the month. The following stations are run under
493-473: The former Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL), which was established by the Packer family . The Packers officially ended their involvement with the company in 2008 and its name was changed to Nine in 2010. The company merged with Fairfax Media in December 2018, expanding its brands and investments across television, video on demand, print, digital, radio and real estate classifieds. Nine's assets include
522-610: The sale of wholesale broadband business Stuff Fibre to telecommunications company Vocus Group , and ownership of Stuff's Wellington printing press. In November 2020, Hugh Marks resigned from the Nine Network after revealing he was in a relationship with a former colleague. Nine Entertainment relocated from Willoughby , where it had been based for 64 years, to new offices at 1 Denison Street, in North Sydney in December 2020. In March 2021, Nine Entertainment announced
551-431: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Dominion Post . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Dominion_Post&oldid=1152224631 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
580-418: The transaction completed on 31 May 2024. This marked the return of the company to New Zealand ownership. On 14 April 2023, it was announced that the paper would change its name by dropping "Dominion" from the title. The editor, Caitlin Cherry, laid out the rationale: As an independently owned New Zealand company, we are under no-one’s dominion. New Zealand’s status as a dominion ended in 1945 when we joined
609-472: Was Australia's first commercial TV network. Kerry Packer inherited the company after his father's death in 1974. ACP was combined with the Nine Network in 1994 as Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL). Under a split of PBL into two companies, after Kerry Packer's death in 2005, PBL Media, formerly held by PBL, was transferred to Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH). PBL Media was established in October 2006, when PBL transferred its media interests, including
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#1732782685499638-443: Was announced that WIN Corporation's overall economic interest had grown to 25%. On 25 May 2020, Nine Entertainment sold their New Zealand subsidiary Stuff , which had been acquired during the purchase of Fairfax in December 2018, to Stuff's chief executive Sinead Boucher for NZ$ 1. The transaction was completed by 31 May and marked the return of Stuff into New Zealand ownership. As part of the agreement, Nine received all proceeds of
667-552: Was appointed chairman following the resignation of Tim Parker. In February 2013 David Haslingden, previously President and Chief Operating Officer of Fox Networks Group, was appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive director and chairman. In December 2013, Nine Entertainment listed on the ASX, trading as ASX : NEC . Vendors included Apollo Global Management , Oaktree Capital and Goldman Sachs who took over from CVC in
696-453: Was considered bland and unoriginal by many, with Newstalk ZB describing it as "an act reflective of a complete lack of any creativity". Richard Long had been the editor of The Dominion for ten years and was appointed the inaugural editor for The Dominion Post , but resigned shortly after the newspaper merger. Tim Pankhurst joined The Dominion Post shortly after it was founded to take over from Long. He resigned in February 2009 to head
725-573: Was created in July 2002 when Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) amalgamated two Wellington printed and published metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, The Evening Post , an evening paper first published on 8 February 1865, and The Dominion , a morning paper first published on Dominion Day , 26 September 1907. The Dominion was distributed throughout the lower half of the North Island, as far as Taupo, where it met with Auckland's ambitiously named The New Zealand Herald . The Evening Post
754-886: Was not so widely distributed, but had a much greater circulation than The Dominion . After the titles were merged , The Dominion Post was the only daily newspaper in Wellington City. It was printed in Petone, Lower Hutt. INL sold The Dominion Post and all other New Zealand newspapers and most magazines in its catalogue to Fairfax Media in 2003. On 1 February 2018, Fairfax New Zealand Limited changed its name to Stuff Limited (named after its Stuff website, which launched in 2000). In December 2018, Fairfax Media merged with Australia's Nine Entertainment , which acquired its stable of New Zealand newspapers. On 25 May 2020, Nine Entertainment sold its holdings, including The Dominion Post, to Stuff's CEO Sinead Boucher for NZ$ 1, with
783-501: Was perceived by some as virtue signaling. Morris also pointed out that no Act of Parliament has actually revoked New Zealand's status as a Dominion, which it held from 1907 until the Statute of Westminster was adopted in 1947. The name change was also thought by some to be hypocritical for suggesting an anti-imperialist stance, given the newspaper's historical bias against Māori, for which Stuff apologised in 2020. The name The Post
812-633: Was reversed on 1 July 2021. Upon the switch, WIN's unique branding was phased out in favour of Nine's metro branding with the WIN branding retained for local idents, promos, community announcements and sponsor billboards. However, WIN News remains under its unique name and format. It was announced on 15 September 2021, that WIN's advertising department would be merged into Nine's advertising team with Nine's advertising platform 9Galaxy extending into regional areas from July 2022. This will mean advertisers in regional areas can book advertising directly with Nine for
841-630: Was skeptical, saying it was "short-sighted", given that market research conducted in 2002 indicated that the Dominion Post masthead had better name recognition within Wellington than Coca-Cola's logo. Colin Peacock from RNZ Mediawatch dismissed the name change as "bit of branding" and expected "a bit of blowback" from older readers. The dropping of "Dominion", a word described by legal expert Grant Morris as "not actually that important",
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