Media News
The latest media news from around the ABC.
Friday 12 May 2017
Thred: one app to rule them all? #FairGoFairfax and Media Reforms
RN DOWNLOAD THIS SHOW: Former Facebook consultant Chris Adams joins us to talk about his new app that aims to bind together Instagram, Google and much more into one platform. Read more »
Thursday 11 May 2017
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West Virginia reporter Daniel Heyman jailed after questioning Health Secretary Tom Price
NEWS ONLINE: Police in West Virginia's Capitol arrest a journalist who they say was "aggressively" trying to get past Secret Service agents and yelling questions at US health and human services secretary Tom Price. Read more »
Mark Colvin: a legendary career on our airwaves
RN DRIVE: Tributes are pouring in for veteran ABC journalist and presenter Mark Colvin, who passed away in Sydney after a long illness.In a career which spanned 40 years he became one of the ABC's most recognisible voices, as anchor of the current affairs program PM. Read more »
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Fairfax 'disaster' and fake news to dominate Senate inquiry examining 'Australian media in crisis'
NEWS ONLINE: A Senate inquiry looking at the future of journalism in Australia will examine commercial influence over editorial decisions and the role of Facebook and Google in the spread of fake news. Read more »
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Media reforms: and the winner is?
LATE NIGHT LIVE: The Federal Government recently announced what it called 'major reforms to support Australian broadcasters'. Read more »
TPG's past dealings with Myer offer some insight into Fairfax offer
NEWS ONLINE: For an insight into the methodology of TPG, a casual observer could do worse than look at the outfit's adventures with department store Myer, writes business editor Ian Verrender. Read more »
Channel 9 reporter Ben McCormack has bail continued after child pornography charges
NEWS ONLINE: A Sydney magistrate continues bail for suspended A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack, who is charged with child pornography offences. Read more »
Monday 8 May 2017
Government to scrap television licence fees
7.30 REPORT: The government is planning to scrap television licence fees in the budget, after commercial networks complained that social media like Facebook and Google are undermining their advertising revenue. Read more »
Revenge porn hits one in five Australians survey finds
AM: A new national survey of more than 4,000 Australians has found one in five people aged between 16 and 49 say they've been a victim of revenge porn. Read more »
Analyst warns Fairfax breakup would be bad deal for investors
AM: Fairfax Media confirms it is reviewing a bid from a private equity consortium to buy some - but not all - of the troubled company. Read more »
Do we need a publicly-funded national newspaper?
NEWS VIDEO: Q&A; panellists respond to a question asking if "we need a publicly funded national newspaper to go along with our beloved national broadcaster? Read more »
Fairfax Media board reviews take-over offer from private equity firm
PM: As Fairfax journalists continue a week-long strike over job cuts, the company's share price has risen on the news of a take-over offer from a private equity firm. Read more »
Derryn Hinch indicates support for schools funding, Gonksi 2.0
RN DRIVE: One of the largest pre-budget announcements has been the Federal Government's $18.6 billion plan to fund schools.Leader of the Justice Party Senator Derryn Hinch says while he's waiting for the detail, he's broadly in favour of the idea.The former broadcaster also supports the Federal Government's plan for media reform, including the restrictions to gambling advertising. Read more »
Fairfax offer prompts speculation about the future of Australian media
THE WORLD TODAY: The proposal from private equity firm TPG to buy some of Fairfax Media has prompted renewed speculation about the future of the Australian media landscape. Read more »
Westpac cautions on apartments predicting real estate to cool
THE WORLD TODAY: Westpac has predicted that the hot real estate markets in Sydney and Melbourne are about to cool but that there won't be a dramatic correction. Read more »
Sunday 7 May 2017
Fairfax Media in talks with private equity firm offering to buy Domain, major newspapers
NEWS ONLINE: Fairfax Media confirms it is in talks with a private equity consortium which has offered to buy some but not all of the troubled media company. Read more »
Saturday 6 May 2017
Cyber security experts alert parents to new online challenge which rewards children for self-harming
AM: Cyber security experts are warning parents about a new online challenge which rewards children for self-harming. Read more »
'Thanks Brigitte': Macron's unusual relationship fascinates worldwide
CORRESPONDENTS REPORT: Tomorrow, and at just 39 years old, Emmanuel Macron could become the youngest ever French president. Read more »
Friday 5 May 2017
NEWS ONLINE: Telstra and Optus will not be ordered to offer regulated mobile roaming services to other telcos, with the ACCC arguing it would reduce investment in regional coverage. Read more »
Australia's only national children's newspaper crowdfunds to save its future
PM: If you needed any more evidence that Australia's print media is in trouble, the country's only newspaper for children is now under threat. Read more »
Thursday 4 May 2017
Citizenship, Dissent and Political Disagreement: An Exchange
ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS: A healthy democracy needs more, not less, room for the expression of disagreement and anger. Read more »
'The grandparent effect': why more older Australians are on Facebook
AM: In what Facebook's dubbing 'the grandparent effect' older Australians are creating profiles on the social networking site to see pictures of their grandchildren. Read more »
MEDIAWATCH: Sky News talkback, the media takes us on a housing price roller coaster and Today's exciting new pain-relief breakthrough. Read more »
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Fairfax Media staff on strike say the message is clear: 'It's time to invest in journalism'
NEWS ONLINE: It's the first full day of an unprecedented week-long strike by Fairfax Media staff over news that 125 editorial jobs will be cut, and journalists are sending a clear message to management: it is time to invest in journalism. Read more »
Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood says more cuts to come as expert warns of 'shoddy' journalism
NEWS ONLINE: Fairfax's CEO flags more cost savings as a media analyst warns of a future where journalism has far less diversity and there is a lack of fact-checking. Read more »
Fairfax boss Greg Hywood the target of striking journalists' anger as cuts backlash continues
NEWS ONLINE: Striking Fairfax journalists gather outside a Sydney hotel where the embattled media company's CEO is addressing investors, a day after a decision to cull editorial staff was announced in an effort to save a similar amount of money that executives can claim in bonuses. Read more »
Fiji the worst Pacific nation for freedom of the press: Reporters Without Borders
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Counsellors treating people who are addicted to the internet
PM: People are becoming addicted to the internet, the biggest problem areas are gaming, pornography, social media, and gaming. Read more »
Fairfax job cuts prompt calls for Government intervention to help save independent media
THE WORLD TODAY: While social media platforms like Facebook grow in profits and power, traditional media companies are continuing to falter. Read more »
Is Facebook becoming the world's dominant media outlet?
THE WORLD TODAY: The Facebook juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing. Read more »
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Fairfax announces 25 per cent cut in editorial staff
7.30 REPORT: After struggling for years against the onslaught of digital media, Fairfax has announced yet another round of redundancies, with one in four editorial staff to be shown the door. Read more »
NEWS ONLINE: Fairfax's critics say it's not just the changing media landscape which is to blame, and accuse the company of bad management and missed opportunities. Read more »
Fairfax Media staff to miss budget after voting to strike in response to job cuts
NEWS ONLINE: Staff at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age vote to walk off the job for a week following Fairfax Media's announcement that it will cut 125 editorial jobs. Read more »
Samoa surges in Pacific press-freedom rankings as other nations falter
NEWS ONLINE: A global gauge of media openness, released ahead of World Press Freedom Day, shows some positive trends in the Pacific, with several of the region's nations climbing strongly in the rankings. Read more »
Kate Middleton: Paparazzi on trial over topless photos, lawyer says 'much ado about nothing'
NEWS ONLINE: Three photographers appear in a French court over topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge, an alleged invasion of privacy for which the royal couple is reportedly seeking more than 1 million euros in damages. Read more »
Fairfax staff "shocked and appalled" at management's decision to cut jobs
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Media Ombudsman initiative in Solomon Islands to improve protection for local reporters
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PNG improves press freedom rank but challenges to media independence remain
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Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation boss remains confident ahead of strike threat
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Samoa hailed as a model for the Pacific by RSF's Press Freedom index
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Fairfax's media merger hopes dashed by New Zealand's competition regulator
PM: The job cuts at Fairfax's Australian mastheads are not the only big news at the company today. Read more »
Fairfax staff to strike for seven days after 'unprecedented' job cuts
PM: Fairfax staff will strike for seven days in response to news that the company wants to make 125 staff redundant at its major metropolitan mastheads. Read more »
Gonski 2.0: Greens open to fixing "flawed" school funding
RN DRIVE: The Greens are considering voting with the Government in the senate on their plan for school funding.The Turnbull Government has billed the plan as a $18.6 billion investment over the next ten years, while Labor says schools will be $22 billion worse off.So will it be the Greens going to be the ones to end on the so called "school funding wars"? Read more »
RN DRIVE: Around one in four staff within Fairfax Media newsrooms face the axe.It's the latest round of job cuts in a seemingly endless cost cutting drive from the company.Staff see these cuts as an existential threat and have voted to strike for seven days, meaning they may miss covering the federal budget. Read more »
QBE sharpens Brexit plans; Fairfax cuts 125 jobs
THE WORLD TODAY: The global insurance giant QBE is the latest multinational to outline its post-Brexit strategy amid growing concerns that Britain could be isolated as a results of last year's surprise referendum vote. Read more »
'Bitter irony' that Fairfax announces 125 job cuts on World Press Freedom Day: Media union
THE WORLD TODAY: The once mighty Fairfax media company is taking the axe to its newsrooms across the country. Read more »
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Wikipedia aims for 'consensus and trust' as fake news spreads, boss Katherine Maher says
NEWS ONLINE: Media organisations are having to regain the trust of their audiences as "fake news" spreads and faith in established institutions erodes, Wikimedia boss Katherine Maher says. Read more »
Wikimedia boss on the the rise and trouble of fake news
NEWS VIDEO: Wikimedia Foundation executive director Katherine Maher says traditional media organisations can no longer assume they're trusted and need to learn how to exist in the new media playing field. Read more »
Monday 1 May 2017
Sexism in media: Tracey Spicer fights back
NEWS ONLINE: It's going to take a real rattling of cages to change the sexist culture that can still be seen at the top levels of some media organisations, according to journalist and author Tracey Spicer. Read more »
Tracey Spicer on sexism in the media
NEWS VIDEO: Journalist and author Tracey Spicer says there are still cultural problems in the media that lead to gender inequality and sexist behaviour. Read more »
Suicide summit called to find ideas on stopping a 'national emergency'
THE WORLD TODAY: Eight Australians die by suicide every day, and its being called a national emergency. Read more »
Friday 28 April 2017
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Facebook's new plan to tackle fake news
RN DRIVE: Does Facebook have a responsibility to regulate the news posted by its users? Read more »
Thursday 27 April 2017
MEDIAWATCH: Breaking! News Corp finds porn on Twitter; The Daily Mail serves breasts as news; Pauline Hanson’s alternative fact;
and a nasty smear on Donald Trump. Read more »
Cow Meteorite Sculpture in Murchison
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Ten Network casts 'significant doubt' on its viability after announcing $232m first-half loss
NEWS ONLINE: The broadcaster of Masterchef and The Project warns there is "material uncertainty" over its "ability to continue as a going concern" after posting a $232 million half-year loss. Read more »
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Wednesday 26 April 2017
Newspaper story on 2CR opening
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ABC Central West notches up 80 years of broadcasting as the voice of inland NSW
NEWS ONLINE: From droughts to collapsing bridges and guinea pig races, ABC Central West has a lot to celebrate in 80 years of broadcasting. Read more »
Facebook live killing: Thai police to review ways to take down online content
NEWS ONLINE: Police in Thailand say they will discuss how to quickly take down "inappropriate online content" after a man broadcast himself killing his baby daughter in a live video on Facebook. Read more »
Channel Nine urged by financial analysts UBS to drop loss-making cricket broadcast coverage
NEWS ONLINE: Financial analysts believe the Nine Network should consider walking away from broadcast contract negotiations with Cricket Australia. Read more »
Palau tour operators encouraged to tap into digital marketing as visitor numbers decline
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ABC warned it could lose federal funding over Anzac Facebook stoush
THE WORLD TODAY: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is warning the ABC it could lose some of its funding if it fails to represent 'Australian values'. Read more »
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Best of RN Drive: Indonesia's fight against fake news
RN DRIVE: Fake news is thriving in Indonesia, with real political consequences.But government, police and the world's largest Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama are all trying to change that. Read more »
Monday 24 April 2017
Organisation founded to take action against lack of diversity in Australian media
PM: When you turn on your TV news, or tune into your favourite radio show - who's presenting? Read more »
More social media council campaigning leads to rise in election complaints
THE WORLD TODAY: Victoria's local government watchdog has suggested police and property checks to stamp up dummy council candidates. Read more »
Friday 21 April 2017
What it's like being part of the paparazzi
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