24-hour news channel

Posted by Michael on January 24, 2010, 7:35pm, 77 views,  Leave a comment

The ABC’s proposed 24-hour news channel is a great idea. Read more

Pay for content

Posted by Michael on August 9, 2009, 5:28pm, 175 views,  Leave a comment

A lot has been written and said about newspapers charging for online content since Rupert Murdoch restated News Corp’s intention to go down this path in the next 12 months. Read more

Rupert the brave

Posted by Michael on June 20, 2009, 4:37pm, 163 views,  Leave a comment

It’s hard to know if Rupert Murdoch is being fair dinkum when he predicts that newspapers will be completely digital within the next two or three years. Read more

Taxpayers fund ABC web tilt

Posted by Michael on May 25, 2009, 9:36pm, 201 views,  Leave a comment

The Federal Government’s budget hand-out to the ABC to build regional websites has understandably upset newspaper publishers. Read more

Bushfires Royal Commission

Posted by Michael on March 14, 2009, 10:24am, 187 views,  Leave a comment

The Royal Commission into the Victorian bushfires should hold all its sessions in public. Read more

Age discounting over the top

Posted by Michael on February 21, 2009, 5:04pm, 164 views,  Leave a comment

VexNews delivers some interesting information on marketing ploys at The Age to boost/fudge ailing circulation figures. Read more

Freeview television

Posted by Michael on January 12, 2009, 10:39am, 306 views,  Leave a comment

Only about 40 percent of Australian households have made the switch to digital television since it was launched in 2001. Read more

Newspaper masthead ‘desecration’

Posted by on July 19, 2008, 2:42pm, 365 views,  Leave a comment

The Australian Newsagency Blog has a section devoted to “newspaper masthead desecration” with 37 posts. Read more

Perth online war fizzles

Posted by on June 29, 2008, 3:58pm, 284 views,  Leave a comment

The online media war in Perth is a fizzer. The much-hyped launch of Fairfax Media’s WA Today web site has delivered little that’s new, interesting or inspiring. Read more

The Age shows more bias

Posted by on May 16, 2008, 5:14pm, 281 views,  Leave a comment

Age biasThe Age’s online sub-editors have shown clear bias in their choice of language for describing an American court’s ruling on same-sex marriages. Read more