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The complexity of the bids being considered for Southern Cross Austereo speaks to the difficulty of navigating Australia’s anachronistic media ownership laws.
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MEDIA
SCA takeover deal pie in the sky … for now
The complexity of the bids being considered for Southern Cross Austereo speaks to the difficulty of navigating Australia’s anachronistic media ownership laws.
MEDIA DIARY
No justice: ABC made pitch to judge Michael Lee for vacant Media Watch seat
Credit where it’s due, Federal Court judge Michael Lee was an ambitious pitch by the ABC to replace Paul Barry as Media Watch host, but the pull of the courts proved too strong.
COMMENTARY
Media missing point as PM, Chalmers exposed by China
The nation has been spending money paid by China raised from industries that the Greens, parts of the ALP, most of the ABC, the Guardian and Nine papers want to see closed down.
MEDIA
TV advertising market ‘to stay weak
Australia’s commercial television networks are being warned that the advertising market is set to ­remain dire until consumer confidence rebounds.
MEDIA
Digital news training expands into Pacific
Journalists from Pacific nations will be provided with the latest tools in digital reporting in an expansion of the award-winning training program established by News Corp Australia and Google.
MEDIA
Fury at ‘out of touch’ ABC over $135k Games jaunt
The ABC spent $135,000 to send Adelaide breakfast duo Sonya Feldhoff and Julian Schiller and two producers to the Olympics in Paris, despite the pair not calling any live sport there.
MEDIA
Musk’s X to close in Brazil as clash over content escalates
Government threats about how it moderates its platform left the company ‘no choice,’ Elon Musk says.
MEDIA AWARDS
The Australian scores top Kennedys gongs
The Australian’s Ellie Dudley has been named Young Journalist of the Year at this year’s Kennedys in Sydney, leading the national newspaper’s haul of gongs at the top NSW journalism awards.
THE GROWTH AGENDA
Can AI unlock unfathomable new creative opportunities for brands?
Forget the automated doom and gloom that tech companies are promoting, artificial intelligence presents unfathomable opportunities to supercharge creativity, according to experts.
THE GROWTH AGENDA
Time to rebuild not just digitise
A new report has revealed a new wave of digital natives who are overwhelmed by notifications and screen time but optimistic about future tech.
 
 
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