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Nine walks away from its $49 million digital media investment, Pedestrian, handing it to Richard White’s Vinyl

Vinyl Group is buying Nine's youth publisher Pedestrian Group for nominal consideration, ending Nine's costly ownership. The piece also recalls Nine's stake purchases, Linkby's Series B, and Vinyl's acquisitions and shutdowns.

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Expat Google engineering exec Claire Southey heads home to join ecommerce marketer Rokt

Rokt hires former Google and Amazon engineering executive Claire Southey for its Sydney engineering leadership, with other senior hires, as the ecommerce marketing firm eyes a future public listing.

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How Sendle managing director Laura Hill made the “unconventional path” work for logistics, and what your business can learn

Profile of Sendle managing director Laura Hill tracing her career from television and digital media through Gumtree to logistics leadership, with her views on transferable skills and women in the transport sector.

Seven backs real estate media baron Antony Catalano in $100 million proptech play

Seven West Media's venture arm joins Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz in backing their proptech consortium View Media Group, with cash, capital and media services pushing the package past $100 million; the piece also recalls earlier property media deals.