Lord Monckton told Mining executives to buy up big in MEDIA and use the Super Rich to exert control over media messages. Gina Rinehart (mining family) has started buying up shares in Fairfax. And taking out injunctions to stop social media “crowdsourcing” about her, her family and her business. Which is mining and media. What…
BBC tells journalists to use social media as a primary source. Or Leave. This article is well worth reading in it’s entirety – and one wonders how far behind News Australia and Fairfax are in making similar statements. Quite far off, I imagine. BBC journalists must keep up with technological change – or leave, the…
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…
Hot off the press from Asher Moses at Sydney Morning Herald. Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled, following an independent senator’s decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started. *grabs Asher and…
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…
From RintiniWriting Media giant Tribune Co., saddled with billions in debt since it became a privately held company last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court this afternoon, becoming the first major newspaper or chain to declare bankruptcy in modern history. (Washington Post) Wall Click for bigger picture. Total print and…
The News reported this yesterday: The West Australian gets beaten up by media academics PAPER TIGER: The West Australian editor Paul Armstrong has rejected claims by senior journalism academics that the newspaper’s dubious reporting is costing it the community’s trust. | Paige Taylor February 21, 2008 05:40am SENIOR journalism academics have attacked The West Australian…
Anyone out there in blogland read Crikey? I’ve had their trial e-mail newsletter for 2 weeks, and now they want me to cough up the dosh to subscribe. So a) is it good enough and b)is this a model I want to support? User-pays online is rarely successful, its better to look at another model….
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