Business mix
- It operates through five segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other.
- The company distributes content and data products through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts.
- It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail.
- In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; and operates Storyful, a social media content agency, as well as sports radio network and news channels.
Current key questions
- Can broadband, mobile, video, and enterprise connectivity demand support subscriber growth, ARPU, and lower churn?
- How do network investment, fiber capacity, spectrum, competition, regulation, and currency exposure affect free cash flow?
- Does leverage, asset sales, M&A discipline, or market consolidation improve long-term per-share value?