24-hour news channel

Posted by Michael on January 24, 2010, 7:35pm, 71 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, 174 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

Taxpayers fund ABC web tilt

Posted by Michael on May 25, 2009, 9:36pm, 198 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

Advertising market declines

Posted by Michael on March 7, 2009, 4:09pm, 129 views,  Leave a comment

According to The Australian, media analyst Finola Burke has forecast tough conditions for advertising sales until at least 2012. Read more

Fairfax under the pump

Posted by Michael on February 21, 2009, 5:49pm, 218 views,  Leave a comment

According to a report in The Australian, rival Fairfax media has debt of $2.3 billion and market capitalisation of $1.5 billion. Read more

Freeview television

Posted by Michael on January 12, 2009, 10:39am, 302 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, 362 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, 281 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

Buswell denies offending quokka

Posted by Michael on May 14, 2008, 2:32pm, 1,227 views,  Leave a comment

West Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell has denied offending a quokka.
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Chair-sniffing victim identified

Posted by Michael on May 12, 2008, 9:15pm, 591 views,  Leave a comment

The Australian identified Troy Buswell’s chair-sniffing victim as a former Liberal Party staffer and named her (since removed from the web). Read more