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Broadcasting and arts: boost for ABC, SBS and Conversation
Crikey examines how media and culture organisations fared in this year’s budget. The ABC and SBS are smiling — and the ghost of Simon Crean lives on.
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From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Holmes for fact-checking role? There’s plenty of talk in the halls of the ABC about who’ll be the face (and voice) of the ABC’s new fact-checking unit. Unlike other fact-check operations, Aunty’s will have a strong broadcast presence with a presenter popping up across TV, radio […]
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Travellers left in lurch as Melbourne company shuts up shop? … we fact-check whether the ABC is a Left “monoculture” … credit cards cut up at Nine …
READ MOREPartly cloudy with a chance of … banks? Ads start on govt website
Here’s a first: there’s paid advertising appearing on a federal government website (the Bureau of Meteorology). Does this pose a problem — and who might be next?
READ MOREMedia giants unite to blow the whistle on source protection
News Limited, Fairfax and other big media companies say the government’s proposed whistleblower laws need major changes. It’s brought them together to fight for whistleblower protection.
READ MOREMedia briefs: News Corp settles … Daily erection … UK TV hit …
Rupert Murdoch has got a pesky lawsuit off his back. And all the latest media news.
READ MOREThe BBC-Foxtel deal is dud for Aussie viewers
The real losers in the new Foxtel-BBC deal will be the ABC — and by extension, the Australian TV-watching public.
READ MOREABC host: I quit the journos’ union because of Assange embrace
Is Julian Assange a journalist? ABC radio host Steve Austin says no. He’s so passionate about the issue he quit the journalists’ union.
READ MOREThis is Moscow calling: not any more as ABC scraps Russia desk
Change is afoot in the ABC’s network of foreign bureaux: Moscow is out and a second Middle-East position is on the way.
READ MOREGlenn Dyer’s TV ratings: check out The Checkout
The big hit of last night was new consumer affairs program The Checkout, on Thursdays at 8pm on ABC1.
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Nervous times at the ABC? … Crikey banned from Rupert’s ball … Tassie council sees the light on Easter …
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From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … ABC fracas settled? Recently Crikey bought you an anonymous claim that a senior male ABC figure had whistled at a female staff member and said “down girl”. ABC management was alerted to the claim internally, and we’re now hearing the two people have had a coffee and […]
READ MOREAustralia Network, a political football, really does kick goals
Since its inception Australia Network has been beset by numerous internal and external problems — and the worst could be yet to come, writes Lowy Intstitute research fellow Annmaree O’Keeffe
READ MOREConroy to cement ABC control of foreign broadcasting
The controversial Australia Network service will be permanently linked to the ABC via legislation under Stephen Conroy’s media reform proposals. News Corp might not like that …
READ MOREMedia briefs: Peacock plumped … Bolt v Insiders … Berg’s Tea …
ABC stars line up to plump Peacock. A bevy of ABC luminaries including Kerry O’Brien, Leigh Sales and Tony Jones has endorsed current affairs journalist Matt Peacock for the coveted position of ABC staff-elected director. According to Peacock — whose reporting on James Hardie Industries formed the basis for last year’s miniseries Devil’s Dust — he has secured the backing […]
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Which ABC radio figure whistled, yelled “down girl”? … Twiggy helicopters in for lunch … Sydney ferry antics …
READ MOREABC hack attack: online security is getting worse
Hacking is getting easier, and any criminal with a cause — or even without one — can now bring down companies’ websites and access users’ personal information. The latest victim is the ABC.
READ MORERichard Farmer’s chunky bits: ABC easily wins the Leadership Beat-Up Award
No contest for today’s Chunky Bits Daily Leadership Beat-Up Award. The ABC won hands down for hanging continuing speculation about a Kevin Rudd challenge on this bit of internet nonsense.
READ MORESo much media bias
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MOREABC boss fires back over The Oz‘s out-of-date claims
Did The Australian misrepresent ABC audience data? Managing director Mark Scott certainly thinks so — and told staff so in a missive yesterday. The data shows Scott is right.
READ MOREMedia briefs: ABC breaks news … enhanced Obama … ICAC ‘crook’ …
Remember how in June of last year, News Ltd boss Kim Williams bagged the ABC for not being a newsbreaker? Plus other media news of the day.
READ MOREMythbusting on Abbott and the media, but who asked the questions?
Tony Abbott receives as much media scrutiny as the Prime Minister — it’s where he gets it from that is different. A Crikey investigation reveals some interesting findings.
READ MOREMedia briefs: US mag data … sport’s black day … Guardian sorry …
Following months of negotiation, The Guardian has issued an apology over sensational stories about corruption in the Mexican media. And other media tidbits.
READ MOREMedia briefs: ABC bombshell? … Geelong reader map … SMH tabloidises …
ABC newsrooms are on alert for a major announcement at 1pm today. What’s going down?
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