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.
Future of the ABC
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.
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 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?
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?
Mark Scott on merging media professionals and their audience
The ABC will be experimenting with new methods of producing journalism through “pro-am” collaborations between media professionals and the audience, the ABC managing director Mark Scott said at the Media140 conference in Sydney this morning, writes Margaret Simons.
