What the Flux Podcast
1) Biggest Media and Telco Stories - 2025 Recap
Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media have announced plans to merge into a $415 million content machine.  Optus has been slapped with a $100 million fine for four years of unethical sales conduct ...Show More
2) Biggest AI stories - 2025 Recap
Atlassian has announced plans to take on Google and Apple with a near-$1 billion acquisition of an AI-powered browse. Nvidia is investing $5 billion USD into its long-time rival Intel that flips a dec...Show More
3) Biggest banking & fintech stories - 2025 Recap
ANZ is cutting 4,500 jobs and scaling back consultants in a $560 million restructure under its new CEO. Macquarie has smashed the Big Four banks in July this year, snapping up nearly 40% of all Austra...Show More
4) Biggest streaming stories - 2025 Recap
DAZN, the sports streaming platform and Foxtel’s new owner, has made a $936 million USD loss in 2024. YouTube has smashed viewership records and ad revenue as it competes head on with old-school...Show More
5) Biggest tech stories - 2025 Recap
Domain, the Aussie real estate site, will be sold to US real estate giant CoStar in a deal worth $2.8 billion deal after Domain’s majority shareholder gave the thumbs up. Google has announ...Show More
6) Biggest retail stories - 2025 Recap
Flux fam, we are back with another WTF recap episode! Today, we’re looking at some of the biggest retail stories from 2025. Retail is one of the lifebloods of the Australian economy. It employs ...Show More
7) Social media ban hits retailers | ASIC fines Grill'd and MJ Bale | 2025's most downloaded app
Australia’s world-first under 16 social media ban has officially kicked in and that means TikTok, Meta and Snap are plotting their next move ASIC is on a fining-spree after hitting companies lik...Show More
8) RBA big cash rate call | Paramount cuts Netflix's lunch | Airwallex lands massive VC haul
The Reserve Bank of Australia has paused the cash rate at 3.60% in its final meeting of the year…after inflation reared its ugly ugly head once again. Paramount has crashed the Hollywood party ...Show More
9) Smiggle's slump hits Premier Investments hard | Spotify Wrapped breaks records | Lululemon's founder trolls Lululemon CEO
The company behind Smiggle and Peter Alexander copped a 12% share price drop because school students aren’t digging its colourful stationery anymore. Spotify has just delivered its biggest ever ...Show More
10) H&M Australia's $35 million wage blow-out | Aussie EVs fail testing | Magnum splits from Unilever
H&M Australia is facing a $35 million bill for unpaid wages to Australian staff as it starts to quietly shut down its underperforming stores. Australia’s top electric vehicles have all failed in...Show More