Media
ABC-bashing will not help commercial media outlets, MPs told
As the Coalition’s media ownership package is being negotiated in the Senate, the ABC’s chairman sends a message about the importance of its independence
Katharine Murphy Political editor
16, Aug, 2017 @9:32 AM
Seven West Media posts $744m loss and cuts chief Tim Worner's pay
Loss comes after damaging legal stoush with Worner’s former lover and Seven executive assistant, Amber Harrison
Amanda Meade
16, Aug, 2017 @2:37 AM
Nick Xenophon rejects One Nation's deal with Coalition on ABC restrictions
Senator says media reforms are not about ‘the ABC or SBS’ as he works with the Greens on deal to give tax breaks to small, independent publishers
Gareth Hutchens
15, Aug, 2017 @11:37 PM
Julian Assange: software developer, whistleblower ... and ‘edgewalker’?
A friend of the WikiLeaks founder has said that he describes himself using the term, coined in a book about people on the ‘cutting edge of human evolution’
15, Aug, 2017 @12:15 PM
One Nation backs media changes in return for greater restrictions on ABC
Pauline Hanson demands publication of all staff salaries above $200,000 and inquiry into how ABC and SBS compete with commercial rivals
Paul Karp
15, Aug, 2017 @7:56 AM
Coronation Street must hire more BME writers, says show boss
Kate Oates admits more needs to be done to ‘bring out the truth’ of life in the street amid focus on diversity in TV industry
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
14, Aug, 2017 @11:01 PM
Daily Mail targets 96% of US population with new TV show
DailyMailTV, hosted by former American football player Jesse Palmer, will focus on topics popular with Mail Online readers
Kevin Rawlinson
14, Aug, 2017 @3:24 PM
Publishing salacious material as public interest besmirches press freedom
Seedy legal plea to name couple filmed having sex by police officer Adrian Pogmore is anything but a matter of high principle
Roy Greenslade
13, Aug, 2017 @3:03 PM
Netflix will need its comic-book heroes: Disney may just have become a rival
Just as the streaming service acquired its own suite of cartoon characters, the entertainment giant announced plans to join the pay-TV business
Mark Sweney
13, Aug, 2017 @6:00 AM
Radio silence: 24-hour broadcast of BBC World Service dropped in Hong Kong
After four decades in the former British colony, BBC World Service is to be mostly replaced with China’s state radio channel
Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong
13, Aug, 2017 @1:39 AM
Mental health and the media: when privacy trumps getting the story | Andrew Stafford
At what point, when the initial story is over, do news outlets and social media need to continue to stalk, hound and dig for every tiny detail?
Andrew Stafford
12, Aug, 2017 @11:36 PM
Sky faces paying extra £1.8bn for Premier League broadcast rights
Likely competition from Amazon could force Sky to pay £600m more each year to retain its lion’s share of football fixtures
Mark Sweney
11, Aug, 2017 @4:10 PM
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