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ABC Radio: Nightlife with Tony Delroy and me

I will be on Nightlife on ABC Radio this THURSDAY night from 10pm. PODCAST: Download from ABC (might have to right click?) Nightlife… with Tony Delroy Nightlife with Tony Delroy is eclectic and companionable talk radio at its best. From the cult quiz The Challenge to news, current affairs, advice and stimulating chat with guests from [...]

AICD ARTICLE: Australian Institute of Company Directors

I did an interview with Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) about CEOs and C-Level executives on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other online communities. The interview was ages ago, but it’s just been published. The Pros and Cons of Networking Sites: 1. be honest, be yourself, limit how much your secretary does. (speaking a blog [...]

Australia: Crap time for traditional media

Just read this about Australian TV and newspapers  in the New Zealand Herald On Sunday… “This week the Seven Network confirmed it had cut the value of its 47 per cent holding in the Seven Media Group from A$793.9 million to zero, following Packer’s similar valuation of PBL Media when he dumped his residual holding [...]

Australia: Fairfax on verge of collapse

People play shoot the messenger while I try to document the demise of heritage media. So let me put a target HERE on Vex News for you to aim at: The publisher of left-wing newspaper The Age, Fairfax Media is on the verge of financial meltdown after announcing a $365 million net loss for the [...]

Australia: David Galbally vs Social Media

I think that one of the issues that David Galbally, QC and other lawyers of his ilk is that because they don’t understand social media, they don’t understand where it’s going. So calls to turn Facebook off in Victoria or to insist Facebook removes photots and videos and material relating to alleged suspects is niave [...]

Australia: me on Channel 7 Sunrise program

EDIT: Added The Channel 7  Sunrise Video: Thanks Ben Novakovic for uploading to YouTube (@bmn) Note the 5 min mark – did he really say shut down internet services in Victoria when a court case is on? Just Facebook or all internet social sites? All court cases or just some? Or did I misunderstand – [...]

Future of Newspapers

Charlie Rose.com has this fascinating video. It starts with “I have a problem – it’s called ‘realism’” as a nice follow up to “micropayments will save us”. A conversation about the future of newspapers with Walter Isaacson of “Time,” Robert Thomson of “Wall Street Journal” and Mort Zuckerman of “” I’m off to do a [...]

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