The “perfunctory” committee established to investigate Stephen Conroy’s media reforms is unlikely to get media industry unanimity, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
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MEDIA REFORM
What’s in the public interest? New media laws will satisfy no one
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.
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The Stalinist nightmare of the media regulating itself
Stephen Conroy’s self-regulation proposals for the print media could ultimately save it from the very fate media companies are currently complaining about.
READ MOREMinimalist media reform that only starts the job
Some expected Stephen Conroy to do nothing on media reform in an election year. He’s done something — but it’s not much, and it may not pass Parliament anyway. The government’s minimalist approach fails to address convergence.
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Media wrap: papers unite against press reforms
After a “messy delay” a “dog’s breakfast” that “fails the public interest test”. And that’s just one newspaper. Crikey wraps coverage of the federal government’s media regulation reforms.
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Government’s media reform package plays it (very) safe
Labor has finally delivered a blueprint on media reform. But there’s not much to it, and it wants Parliament to pass it immediately. Stephen Conroy, frustrated by delays, is betting big.
READ MOREA media review? Or a campaign against online and subscription TV?
Another media reform process will soon get under way. And “reform” is likely to mean the regulation of those media that have been most successful in recent years.
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