History students call it the “Great Man” theory — the tendency to simplify historical events down to the whims of the powerful.
Media ownership laws
Crikey Says: There’s a reason we regulate for media diversity
Crikey Says: 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.
Laws 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.
ACCC’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.
Media mergers: now who is the biggest of them all?
Is Fairfax Media — and the Fairfax family — now the biggest giant on the media scene?
