News Ltd and the Coalition have previously backed far more draconian regulation of newspaper operations than that proposed by the Gillard government. How times change.
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MEDIA OWNERSHIP LAWS
Tony Shepherd and freedom of corporate speech
The rhetoric on media ownership laws coming from the business sector is nonsensical. And whose free speech do they want to protect?
READ MOREPoliticians should focus on post-diversity challenges in media
Attempts to regulate media diversity miss the point that there may be little diversity left to regulate.
READ MOREDecoding the Convergence Review
We’re creating a one-stop shop for you: short of reading the report yourself, Crikey’s idiot’s guide to the Convergence Review is the closest you’ll come to forming a bigger picture.
READ MOREThere’s a reason we regulate for media diversity
History students call it the “Great Man” theory — the tendency to simplify historical events down to the whims of the powerful.
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The boys are back in town
Paranoid? Who, us? Some commentators think so. One in particular accused Crikey of being “nutjob paranoid” about the Murdoch dominance of our media.
READ MORELaws against concentrated media ownership hurt, rather than help
The Australian reports today that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun its inquiry into Fairfax’s acquisition of Southern Cross Broadcasting’s TV and radio assets.
READ MOREACCC’s first media diversity test
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is shaping up for what could be a test of whether competition law can be used to protect diversity of news and information.
READ MOREMedia mergers: now who is the biggest of them all?
Is Fairfax Media — and the Fairfax family — now the biggest giant on the media scene?
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