Media News
The latest media news from around the ABC.
Friday 29 September 2017
Backstory: Seven things we learned about podcasting at OzPod 2017
NEWS ONLINE: If you missed the second Australian Podcast Conference, here's what you need to know. Read more »
Turnbull recalls trip to bring Playboy to Australia
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Thursday 28 September 2017
MEDIAWATCH: Breaking news - TV presenters wear the same jacket, the media brews up old poo stories, and the end of the world is postponed. Read more »
Article about escaping elephant
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Playboy magazine brought to Australia by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
NEWS ONLINE: The Prime Minister is the man responsible for bringing Playboy magazine to Australia nearly 40 years ago, when he negotiated the Australian rights for Kerry Packer. Read more »
Tuesday 26 September 2017
NSW fires: Hinterland village of Comboyne rallies after homes lost in severe bushfire
NEWS ONLINE: Comboyne's community rallies together after bushfires destroy two homes and threaten eight other properties. Read more »
Monday 25 September 2017
COUNTERPOINT: Does it matter if you are a bad person in the virtual world? Read more »
Audio recording reveals how Channel 7 cadet was dismissed soon after making harassment complaint
NEWS ONLINE: An extraordinary audio recording has emerged which lifts the lid on the way the Seven Network treated a young woman who made a sexual harassment complaint against an older male colleague, only to be dismissed from work soon after. Read more »
Friday 22 September 2017
Interview: Richard Gingras, Google Vice President of News
LATELINE: Matt Wordsworth speaks to Google Vice President of News Richard Gingras about the dramatic shifts in the global media landscape. Read more »
Thursday 21 September 2017
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Fairfax warns on profit, says Domain split imminent
NEWS ONLINE: Fairfax Media warns that its revenues are down 4-5 per cent on last year's levels, as it prepares to reveal its Domain separation plan as early as Friday. Read more »
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says door always open to ABC journalists — with one exception
NEWS ONLINE: Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says he is happy to talk to the ABC, but barred journalists from a media conference because he plans to sue the broadcaster over a Four Corners report. Read more »
Monday 18 September 2017
Ten Network: Bruce Gordon loses court bid to scuttle sale to CBS
NEWS ONLINE: Australian media mogul Bruce Gordon fails in his last-ditch attempt to torpedo Channel Ten's takeover by US media giant CBS, with the NSW Supreme Court ruling a creditors' meeting can go ahead tomorrow. Read more »
Lady Mary Fairfax dies at her Sydney home aged 95
NEWS ONLINE: Members of one of Australia's great media dynasties gather at the Sydney harbourfront estate of Lady Mary Fairfax, who died peacefully on Sunday night aged 95. Read more »
Samoan journalist won't accept Indonesian offer of trip to West Papua
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Saturday 16 September 2017
SATURDAY BREAKFAST RN: The Mayor of Miami Beach called the latest hurricane to hit the US a "nuclear hurricane." His purpose was to strike fear in local residents so they would evacuate. Read more »
Friday 15 September 2017
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Thursday 14 September 2017
Interview: Nick Xenophon, NXT Leader
LATELINE: Emma Alberici speaks to NXT Leader Nick Xenophon about his role in securing the passage through the Senate of the government's media reform package. Read more »
MEDIAWATCH: The gossip that cost Bauer Media and Woman’s Day $4.5 million, monkey selfie stoush and BBC presenter on the run. Read more »
Rebel Wilson's defamation win is an opportunity for publishers and readers
NEWS ONLINE: Australia's tabloid magazines received a huge blow when Rebel Wilson was awarded a whopping $4.5 million in damages over defamatory articles. Read more »
Media reforms 'wrong-headed': Penny Wong
RN DRIVE: The Government has won cross bench support to update Australia's media laws that currently pre-date the internet. Read more »
Government is 'proprietor agnostic' on media reform
RN DRIVE: The landscape of Australian media could be about to change, with the path now cleared for takeovers in TV, radio, print and online.Rules which limit the amount of outlets a media company can own are now gone after the Government won cross bench support for its reforms from the Senate cross bench. Read more »
Wednesday 13 September 2017
What the landscape could look like under changes to media ownership laws
LATELINE: The government is closing in on securing the vital votes it needs to get changes to Australia's media laws through parliament. Read more »
Interview: Michelle Rowland, Shadow Communications Minister
LATELINE: Emma Alberici speaks to Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland about the debate over media reform in parliament. Read more »
Media industry facing major shake-up as Government strikes Senate deal with support of Nick Xenophon
NEWS ONLINE: Companies will be able to own a newspaper, TV and radio station in a single market, and "reach rules" will be scrapped as part of a deal that will also see inquiries into Google, Facebook and the ABC. Read more »
Rebel Wilson awarded $4.5m in damages over defamatory magazine articles
NEWS ONLINE: Bauer Media is ordered to pay Rebel Wilson more than $4.5 million for defaming her in a series of magazine stories, with a judge saying the publisher knew the articles were defamatory but "did not care". Read more »
Rupert Murdoch's Sky takeover plans impeded by UK Government
NEWS ONLINE: In a blow to Rupert Murdoch, the British Government plans to refer Fox's bid for satellite broadcaster Sky to the competition regulator. Read more »
Ten has until mid-December to sort out its future, argue Gordon, Murdoch
NEWS ONLINE: There is no urgency for Ten Network creditors to sign off on a recommendation to sell the embattled broadcaster to US television giant CBS, a court hears. Read more »
Online campaign in India aims to change representation of sexual assault in news reporting
RN DRIVE: A non-governmental organisation in India is hoping to shift the way women are represented in news reports about sexual and other forms of assault.Breakthrough India is behind a push for news outlets to change the images they use to illustrate assault cases. Read more »
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Digital Detox Challenge #2 - no social media for 24 hrs
LIFE MATTERS: Digital detox Challenge # 2, should you choose to accept it, is for 24 hours not to access any form of social media on your smartphone.Then tell us what impact it had on your behaviour, relationships and focus.So what are we talking about? Read more »
Ten Network's employees 'poisoned', Bruce Gordon's lawyers tell court
NEWS ONLINE: The battle for control of the Ten Network turns ugly, with failed bidders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon trading barbs with the receivers and US media giant CBS. Read more »
SA detective accused of media leaks allegedly put police investigations at risk, court hears
NEWS ONLINE: A South Australian detective is alleged to have shared sensitive information from the Major Crime squad with two journalists. Read more »
Monday 11 September 2017
'Countdown' was filmed at Ripponlea
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Ten Network administrator reveals why it favoured CBS bid over Gordon-Murdoch
NEWS ONLINE: Ten Network's administrators KordaMentha bow to pressure from the Murdoch-Gordon camp, and reveal why they chose the CBS bid. Read more »
