The ABC has announced a predictable line-up of familiar faces for its new 24-hour news channel. The only real surprise is the absence of “Australia’s Anderson Cooper”, Tony Jones, and ties, says Dan Barrett.
Future of the ABC
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ABC builds its future with Lego
The ABC is holding a staff competition to come up with new ideas for the broadcaster — then build them out of Lego. No, really. Prediction: more shows about spacemen, pirates and missing limbs.
Foxtel boss: ABC wasting money? Must be Thursday
Yes, your ABC is pissing money down the drain by creating a 24-hour news channel. But what’s new? says Foxtel chief Kim Williams: Auntie has been squandering taxpayers’ money for decades.
The honeymoon is over at your ABC
Compare and contrast some recent ABC efforts with those of talkback radio. The results might surprise.
leaked Mark Scott to staff: we have to create our own future
Read the email, signed by ABC managing director Mark Scott and sent to ABC staff this morning, on the future of the ABC
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ABC editorial policy shake-up
The ABC is doing a complete re-write of its editorial policies, and Margaret Simons has her hands on the memo that went up on the ABC staff intranet spelling out the approach, and seeking comment.
Newspaper Publishers’ Assn: ABC 24/7 is a complete waste of money
Newspaper Publishers’ Association CEO Mark Hollands hits out against ABC chief Mark Scott’s plans to start a 24-hour ABC news channel in a delightfully bitchy op-ed in today’s SMAge.
Sheehan: The real reason Auntie courted Annabel
Paul Sheehan claims the reason the ABC was willing to shell out $250k a year to nab high-profile political commentator Annabel Crabb was to secure her as the cheerleader for its new 24-hour news channel.
Mark Scott: In defence of 24-hour news
ABC chief Mark Scott hits back against critics who say the braodcaster’s recently announced 24-hour news channel violates the ABC charter: read the damn thing.
24 hours of limp, under-funded news?
Should the ABC really be throwing its future — and its cash — into a 24-hour news channel when its current news and current affairs programming is already undernourished? asks Jason Wilson.
ABC TV to restructure in the shape of the Beeb
The ABC is slowly heading towards a major restructuring of its TV division, reveal Glenn Dyer and Andrew Crook, with the public broadcaster adopting a more BBC-style structure.
ABC commentators let off the leash
Since the Rudd government came to power, ABC reporters have been given free reign to speak their minds across Auntie’s website, the blogosphere and — gasp! — even Twitter, says Michaela Boland. Rudd and Alston ran a much tighter ship.
Do taxpayers really need to pay for the ABC any more?
Mark Latham has written a piece in today’s AFR arguing that it’s time to privatise the ABC. Perhaps it’s time we let Australians vote on whether they want to keep subsidising Auntie, suggests Sinclair Davidson.
The Battle of the Kims: Williams v Dalton
In one corner, Foxtel chief Kim Williams arguing for de-regulation of the TV industry. In the other corner, ABC’s Kim Dalton. The umpire? Stephen Conroy.
ABC to unleash a new opinion site
ABC Online is set to relaunch its Unleashed section as part of a new commentary and analysis site that will aggregate ABC commentary content alongside original material, and “compete” directly with The Punch and The National Times.
PODCAST: What’s next for the ABC?
An interview with the ABC’s director of news, Kate Torney, on the brave new future of our national broadcaster as it steps up its presence in the online world.
Crikey editor moves to ABC Online
The editor of Crikey, Jonathan Green, has resigned to take up a new post with the ABC. Inside sources say he will be sorely missed.
The future of journalism? Actual journalists
For all the discussion from Australia’s best media minds about the future of news in this country, few are offering any grand ideas on how to fund real quality, investigative journalism, says Marni Cordell.
Scott: ABC is right to engage with our region
The ABC has been in the business of “soft diplomacy” for 70 years without becoming a state broadcasting or government propaganda arm, argues ABC managing director Mark Scott.
Summer in November at the ABC: it just shouldn’t happen
Mark Scott has the well-supported ambition of making the ABC into something more than just a national broadcaster. It is starting to happen in some bits, but in others it resembles a sheltered workshop. Part-time current affairs is no longer good enough.
The ABC and Australia’s strategic policy — playing our part
ABC insider Wart Snall reports on Mark Scott’s proposed expansion of the ABC’s international presence. What part should the ABC play on putting Australia on display?
Crikey Says: Clash of the media titans at Media140
A certain slack-jawed wonderment ran around the room at yesterday’s Media140 conference in Sydney, when a senior News Ltd journalist rose to spruik the vested corporate interests of her employer…
The ABC plans for world domination
Yesterday, ABC chief Mark Scott announced the broadcaster’s plans to become a global media force. Is the ABC pitching to become a propaganda arm of the Australian Government? asks Karl Quinn; and is that really something taxpayers should be funding?
The ABC needs a Pacific Solution
Mark Scott is pitching for a dramatic expansion in the ABC’s international presence, but Australia just isn’t enough of a cultural heavyweight to compete with America or the UK. Why not focus on the Pacific region, where we actually have some cultural credibility?
