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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Australia Network: a window on ‘Australian life’
Australia Network-ABC headaches have only just begun
How will the Australia Network fit with the ABC charter, and in particular the public broadcaster’s independence from the government of the day?
Waste-of-space Oz Network bewitches another political generation
The Australia Network is a waste of money, but apparently capable of making politicians lose all reason.
Common sense prevails: ABC wins Australia Network contract
Common sense has finally prevailed, with the contract to provide Australia’s government financed international television service finally being awarded to the ABC, writes Richard Farmer.
Media briefs: ABC News changes … tweeting at court … Russian media attacked …
The ABC is losing Lateline host Ali Moore, who hosted her final program on Friday night. She’s off to Singapore with her family. Plus other ABC news changes and media news from around the globe.
Sally Sara: Farewell to Afghanistan, my adopted home
ABC’s Afghanistan correspondent Sally Sara is returning to Oz to work as a rural affairs reporter. But first she bids farewell to Afghanistan, a country where she lives in a compound yet still encounters its famous hospitality.
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: The year in TV ratings: Seven scoops the pool
Nine and Ten did everything to avoid mentioning the obvious: that they were walloped by Seven.
Australia Network joins the list of tender debacles
The Howard Government managed to let the Australia Network process go unmolested. But Labor ministers couldn’t help themselves.
Troubled SBS needs $50m government handout in a hurry
You can call it a “tight budgetary situation”, or you can call it a crisis. Either way, the rumble is that SBS is in real trouble.
Media briefs: Hun in da wrong? … iiNet plugs RRR …
Today’s Herald Sun uses African-American language for its headline “OBAMA IN DA HOUSE” for its story on President Barack Obama’s planned November Australia visit. Plus other news…
Media briefs: The Oz tunes in … an enlightened Bolt …
It’s truly amazing how Melbourne-based Nick Leys’ account of Leckie’s “robust delivery” at the Sydney launch matched so similarly — identically, in fact — to TV Tonight’s David Knox. Plus other media news.
Christos Tsiolkas: a slap to the ABC for killing The Book Show
Author Christos Tsiolkas has attacked the decision to axe Radio National’s Book Show. He writes in an open letter to the ABC board …
Leaks shows local footy costs cash-strapped ABC $22 per viewer
The cash-strapped ABC is spending a massive $22 per viewer each week of the season to bring Tasmanian football to a tiny audience of about 3000, reveal figures leaked to Crikey.
What Metcalfe said … or is understood to have said
Was the head of Immigration verballed by journalists about social unrest? Well, yes and no …
comedy First impressions of At Home With Julia
ABC’s At Home With Julia takes your average storyline lifted from Bewitched, gives it some political overlay and reduces all the characters to a single exaggerated attribute, writes Matt Smith.
ABC looking to put triennial funding on hold
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is advocating the putting off if its triennial funding round, which would normally begin with the budget next year.
The quality journalism project: @Colvinius, king of the tweets
Every weekday afternoon, Mark Colvin wraps up the day that was as host of ABC’s PM. This week, he’s the latest expert in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
Media briefs: NotW journos kept secret … Aunty cancels bowls …
Front Page of the Day … News of World journalists who ordered phone hacking will not be revealed … Viewers bowled over as ABC rubs out the greens … Press freedom group urges quick release of Sudan journalists and more …
Hywood’s comments at MWF offer insight into Fairfax thinking
“If you are dissatisfied with the media you are fundamentally saying you are dissatisfied with yourself,” said CEO of Fairfax Greg Hywood at the Melbourne Writers Festival on the weekend. It was a telling moment.
Antony Green: Farewell my ABC friends
A lovely obit from Antony Green to his friends and colleagues journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst, cameraman John Bean and ABC executive Ian Carroll, the man who first gave Green a job and encouraged his special election software.
Crikey Says: A sad day for the ABC
Highly regarded journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst and cameraman John Bean, all who had been with the ABC for decades, had been working on stories about Lake Eyre for the ABC when their helicopter went down.
Media briefs: Manne steps down from Monthly … APN posts loss … Senate to probe ABC cuts …
In today’s Media Briefs: Manne steps down from Monthly board … Front Page of Day … The Department of Corrections … Natural disasters cause APN to post first half loss … Senate to probe ABC cuts … and more …
Video of the Day: Jules and Tim get their own TV show
The dawning of a new age of quality (well, maybe) television is almost upon us with the premiere on September 7 of ABC’s new comedy series At Home With Julia. The preview certainly tickles the funny bone, but how will the show fare? One news website seems to think it will go well …
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Come on Aunty, why can’t you appeal to the baby boomers?
ABC arts funding: Sharon Grey writes: Re “Outsourcing the arts at Aunty: the problem with commissioning” (Wednesday, Item 2). One of John Howard’s gifts that seems to keep on giving appears to have been the appointment of Maurice Newman to chair the ABC in January 2007. Should anyone care enough in future to write about […]
Media briefs: ABC cuts memo … new NotW arrest … Fairfax hits record low …
The axe swung for ABC TV staff yesterday. TV head Kim Dalton breaks the bad news. Plus front page of the day and other media news from around the globe.
