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Labor’s proposed public interest test for media ownership changes has drawn howls of protest. Matthew Knott examines how the proposal compares with the UK and US.

The government’s proposed public interest test for media transactions will be left vague and may not safeguard media diversity. We take a look at what’s in the bills, released today.

Speculation about media tie-ups reflects the agenda of the players involved. And that’s before the dance music even starts. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane on who’ll be left without a partner.

Tony Abbott has sent a clear message to Australia’s media moguls — they have nothing to fear from him.

The current model of media ownership regulation has failed to protect our media diversity — but will the Convergence Review’s proposal work better?

The Convergence Review Report has effectively concluded that Ray Finkelstein got the diagnosis right but the prescription wrong when he recommended statutory regulation for news media.

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.

Using a public interest test to manage media diversity is problematic — but it’s a popular option.

Revolutionary change to media regulation in Australia is the likely outcome of the current convergence review, something made clear in a discussion paper issued earlier this week.

If you were starting from scratch in regulating media ownership, what would you count as influential?

Under our current media ownership restrictions, we’ve lost a lot of media diversity and our moguls have been allowed to deepen their hold on Australian media. A national media diversity test could still help.

Our national media has been reduced to six dominant groups. In the face of shrinking media diversity and an evolving media environment, it’s time to reconsider how and why we regulate media ownership.

An interactive database of who owns what in the US media, profiling the companies and people who decide what you read, watch and listen to every day.

The bunfight over board control of WA Newspapers is revealing how people with no background in journalism or media exert increasing influence over the editorial pillar of functional democracy, writes Eric Beecher.

The conflicts between The West Australian’s editorial coverage and the Stokes commercial interest will be huge, so the best way to avoid this for Stokes not to be chairman., writes Stephen Mayne.

A tragedy for Australian democracy.