Nine Entertainment’s new broadcast and streaming boss says wage costs across the media giant’s biggest division, including that of on-air talent, will be closely watched as she moves to squeeze more revenue out of the hit shows on its roster.

Laing, who joined Nine from Foxtel earlier this year, told this masthead that the business needs to keep a lid on its costs as it puts Nine Network, Stan and 9Now under one roof.

Nine’s managing director of streaming and broadcast, Amanda Laing, has begun to make changes. Credit: Louie Douvis

“We are looking at the remuneration across the entire business, from, yes, people on-air to people involved in production, to people in IT, to engineers, technology, all of these things to make sure we’ve got the right cost base and the right investment in

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