In today’s Media Briefs: ABC podcasts: the audience grows … Stevens lands with a thud at Fin … Public trust in media rises but most think government is lying and more …
Columns / Media briefs
Daily snippets of media news, commentary and analysis from around world.
Global Mail born … Monckton TV … the FitzShameless …
Welcome to the neighbourhood, Global Mail. After a few teething problems — it didn’t quite launch at midnight as expected, and the site crashed briefly this morning under the traffic load. Plus other media news.
Aussie film v Schembri … ACMA probes 7.30 … editor reshuffle at ACP
In today’s Media Briefs: Aussie comedy takes aim at Age critic Jim Schembri (again) … ACMA to investigate 7.30 Clarke and Dawe sketch, editor reshuffle at ACP and more …
Gina unauthorised … Prime boss boned … Age source demands …
There were more clues on Gina Rinehart in another unauthorised account of her life and very rich times in, ironically, another Fairfax title, the Good Weekend magazine, last Saturday. Plus other media news.
Bueller not back … Stokes out of Ten? … Leveson latest …
Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Choppergate news director Lee Anderson rehired in special role by Channel 9 Brisbane … No confirmation on reports Stokes has sold his stake in Ten … PCC chief tells Leveson newspapers should be fined for breaching code …
AFR black-out … Gill’s $1m claim … Gittens turns …
Just what is going on at The Australian Financial Review under very, we’re told, hands-on editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury? Plus other media news of the day.
Oz Day protests, rejected Bloomberg Romney cover, FBI & social media
In today’s Media Briefs: Bloomberg’s amazing — and rejected — Romney cover … FBI wants to monitor social media … Front Page of the Day and more ..
FitzShameless Awards … Oscars’ golden silence … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: silence is golden in Oscar nominations … introducing The FitzShameless Awards … bottoms up at the Leveson inquiry and more …
Shoebridge hangs Ten … green news online … Fairfax on IMF …
The Ten Network has raised eyebrows by hiring Neil Shoebridge, The Australian Financial Review’s media and marketing editor of the past nine years. Plus other media news of the day.
Tele calls on China … new News buy? … assassinations = readers …
Yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph came with a fetching free bucket hat emblazoned with Australian flags, perfect for spewing in after a few too many Australia Day beers on Thursday. This and more news items of the day in Media Briefs.
The price of a Hun story … occupying inboxes … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: how News hid the phone-hacking scandal … ‘Choppergate’ case before Fair Work Australia … Cycling fans mobilise against Nine coverage and more …
Joinging the SOPA box … Mrs DSK to edit HufffPo … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: the world’s websites get on their SOPA box … Leveson inquiry: OK! editor denies Kate Middleton cover crossed the line … Strauss-Kahn’s wife to edit Huffington Post in France and more …
A tale of two papers … health news online … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: Times editor: “We should have covered hacking harder, earlier” … Today Tonight in court over hire-car story … Google to protest against anti-piracy law on its home page and more …
Famous pav lovers … Jenny cans Kyle … AP in Nth Korea …
In today’s Media Briefs: Famous? Love pav? Be more famous! … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Jenny Craig cancels Kyle & Jackie O sponsorship and more …
Costa Concordia cock-ups … Nine hits a six … Wilson does well …
In today’s Media Briefs: unfortunate headline/advertising of the day … Viewers swarm to Nine for winning Aussies … Jim Wilson marries Chis Bath, hilarious captions ensue … Front Page of the Day and more …
New Monthly ed … Leveson latest … News’ prison bribe …
In today’s Media Briefs: John van Tiggelen appointed editor of The Monthly, News Corp tells of tabloid’s prison bribe, Leveson inquiry: Daily Mail is “Britain’s worst enemy”, says Richard Desmond and more …
TV boss quits … AFR closes MIS … Syrian journo death …
In today’s Media Briefs: Southern Star boss quits … Ten bringing back late news: report … AFR closes MIS Magazine … first Western killed in Syrian uprising and more …
Media briefs: top Twitter brands … SMH’s bad day … Ten dumps news …
The top 15 brands on Twitter … A bad morning for the SMH online … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Ten dumps 90-minute news …
News’ new law … NT News and Homer … Age’s ad love …
New legal advice for News Corp … NT News channels Homer … The Age’s advertising love … Front Page of the Day … Leveson inquiry: Sun editor gets a light grilling …
Bumper Corrections … journo deaths … how we’ll watch in ’12 …
In today’s Media Briefs: a night out with National Review, the first 2012 media killing, how people watch TV online and off, tagging 101 for newsrooms and more…
Catalano and Fairfax … billionaires love papers … Facebook grows up …
The deal is done. Five weeks ago Crikey predicted a looming “$35-40 million” tie-up between Antony Catalano’s MMP Holdings and Fairfax Media and this morning it became a reality.
Strewth, old news … sub’s silent protest … sponsored FB posts …
If you wrote a story about ugly Christmas sweaters, you’d demand a correct byline too. Plus Stephanie Rice’s Twitter romance shock and other media news of the day.
The Oz’s wedge … bad spelling … Kim Jong-il just No. 2 …
Seems that for The Age online Kim Jong-il’s death was the second most important newsworthy death of the day on Monday … Plus other media news of the day.
Leveson latest … social media in Nth Korea … ABC breaches impartiality
In today’s Media Briefs: is there hope for social media in North Korea? … ACMA warns on networks lifting from Facebook … ABC breaches impartiality and more …
Egypt media war … Twitter OWS ban … Somali journo killed
In today’s Media Briefs: media war breaks out in Egypt … Twitter suspends Occupy Wall Street tweeter … Somali journalist killed and more …
