The backers behind digital media’s next big thingThe investors, idea incubators and angel community members who give life to digital media projects are far more influential than most people writes, says Angela Priestley.
Digital media
Conroy’s blueprint for a digital economy … that doesn’t need an NBN
The National Digital Economy Strategy positions Australia as a “leading digital economy” by 2020. Or is it “Conroy’s Digital Economy Con”? Either way it doesn’t need a National Broadband Network.
My Cup Of Tea: Government converges on growing cultural reality
With the federal government’s Convergence Review under way, Catherine Lumby and Kate Crawford have set forward some new principles for regulatory reform. The current landscape is not a pretty picture.
Digital media convergence: where legal and ethical lines blur, too
Once upon a time reporters gained stories through their contacts, by wearing out shoe leather or burning up the telephone lines. These days, they are just as likely to suck the content off social media, which blurs regulatory and ethical lines.
Apple: saving old media, or just making them its bitch?
“Media is dying”, was the call. Now there’s a new one: grab an iPad and bend over for Apple. Frustration with Steve Jobs’ digital powerhouse is growing.
Media and regulation: times are a-changin’
The ongoing debate about how to regulate the media to protect against anti-competitive behaviour is muddied by the ever-changing platforms the digital world creates, writes James Chessell.
Crikey Says: Future of newspapers so bright you need shades
Don’t get us wrong, we really love the NT News.
Digital news inching towards adulthood
Digital news has been around now for a decade and a half, but with problematic business models and ongoing experiments with pay walls it may be some time yet before it evolves from adolescence to adulthood, writes Mark Day.
The ABC gets Crabby
The ABC’s hiring of print journalist Annabel Crabb explicitly for the digital space is a bold sign that Aunty wants to bolster its online presence beyond simply providing a record of its traditional media, says Dave Gaukroger.
Is Ferris Bueller your business plan? He should be.
Be like Bueller: have fun, believe in yourself, look after your employees, plan ahead. Ferris Bueller should serve as business inspiration to us all, writes David Jackson.
Australian newspapers reject Amazon’s Kindle
Tens of thousands of Americans now read their news via Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, but as Australian newspaper publishers gear up to deliver their content digitally, both Fairfax and News say they’re looking at other brands and models, with Sony and Apple;s products now more likely contenders.
Farewell to the paper page…
The digital revolution can squeeze the text of dozens of books into a little box, though you do not experience the sensual anticipation of turning a paper page, and it is dangerous to read in the bath.
Journalists beware: rumours in cyberspace may ruin credibility
As Mark Twain said, writing long before the arrival of the internet, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has its trousers on.
CDs: Alive, selling and better value than a new telly
Apparently music retailers are being flooded by consumers who can’t afford a new TV or refrigerator, writes Ross Stapleton.
Crikey’s Death of American Newspapers wrap
Newspaper sales in the US have been declining for years, but the global financial crisis looks set to push the American print media industry off a cliff. Is this the death of American newspapers?
Is going private the answer to media woes?
Perhaps private ownership of media, certainly in the difficult conditions our industry is facing at present, may be preferable, writes Jonathan Este.
Community radio loses the fight for digital
Community radio stations have been locked out of ownership of digital radio, and therefore a large part of the future of the medium, writes Margaret Simons.
Auntie expands: coming soon, ABC8!
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott aims to recapture Auntie’s position as the main digital innovator in media, writes Margaret Simons.
