There has been a marked collapse in trust in Australian media outlets, increasing the distance between the ABC and the rest.
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Media briefs: Fairfax radio stations may be sold … ‘sophisticated’ comedy …
In today’s Media Briefs: Why journalists like to compare presidents … Bing to challenge Google with Facebook recommendations … Front page of the day and more …
Warnie boned
It comes as little surprise that Shane Warne’s show Warnie has been terminated. With one episode to go, it has been reported that the final episode of the series has been shelved. Why not just play the last episode? asks Dan Barrett.
Media briefs: Waleed Aly becomes SBS’s Conan … ‘Robot’ Stefanovic
Australian television has long proved to be a wasteland for late night chat shows but that doesn’t seem to faze SBS, who are set to launch a new six-part late night talk show in the new year fronted by Melbourne academic Waleed Aly. Also Karl the ‘robot’ Stefanovic and the trolls are breeding online.
interviews Televised Revolution Podcast: a conversation with Les Sampson
This week White Noise blogger Dan Barrett’s podcast features an interview with Les Sampson, Director of Programming and Acquisitions for the Nine Network.
Polishing Nine’s new women’s-only GEM
Get ready for the launch of Nine Network’s new digital channel aimed at women over 35, named GEM (general entertainment and movies). Expect classic female Wife Swap and Random Acts of Kindness, with Nine CEO dubbing it “a warm and classy channel.”
leaked Nine memo: we “owned” Jessica Watson
TV Tonight has a leaked internal memo from Channel Nine’s Director of News and Current Affairs, Mark Calvert, bragging: “we absolutely owned a massive news event we didn’t, officially, own!”
Media briefs: The parting shot at gossip-mongers … The Age’s dodgy graphs
A departing 2GB exec takes a swipe at news leaks, The Age plays up circulation with some dodgy graphwork, Nine finds the grittiest backdrop its studio can offer for Thailand reporting, and other media snippets.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Matty Johns punched the gift horse in the mouth
Was Nine still paying Matthew Johns even when he was “taken off the air”?
Eddie and Mick feel the heat in Vancouver gay row
Mick Molloy and Eddie McGuire have prompted a blizzard of complaints to Nine with their “homophobic” schoolboy sniggering while commentating US figure skating champion Johnny Weir.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: the problem with putting your faith in technology
Nine learns the hard — and costly — way about putting your faith in technology. Plus, the other way of measuring kids’ progress at school and a show to get the Greens excited.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: A less accountable NSW government?
What were the five finalists of the staff pitching competition at the SBS annual Christmas party that made “several jaws hang limp over their seared tuna canapés”? And is the new NSW Premier less open and accountable than Rees?
Nine’s cricket team: all out except Slats
As the cricket season eases into its being, it’s time to reflect on the Channel Nine commentary (read pensioners) team, most of whom are well beyond their use-by dates, mulls Michael Vaughan.
Nine tries to buy itself some balls
Nine is paying about $450,000 an episode to secure the rights to air Top Gear next year and hopefully score itself more male viewers. That’s a lot of money for a network that is $3.8 billion in debt.
Pay TV’s biggest nightmare is GO
Nine Network’s new channel GO last night hit a unique milestone: it equalled the share of SBS’s main analogue channel. Was it just because last night didn’t have any high profile sports events?
Oakes and Seven scuttle Nine’s Canberra merger plan
An audacious attempt by the Nine network to close its Parliament House bureau in Canberra and merge it with the Seven network operation has failed, once Laurie Oakes found out the secret plans.
Crikey Says: Why no one watches free-to-air TV anymore
Commercial networks can afford to treat viewers how they like when it comes to sport, because they are protected from competition by the anti-siphoning scheme. No amount of angry fan outrage will see any change.
Hey Hey, it’s, er, some day and it’s ratings fodder
Two announcements from the Nine Network have revealed the cynicism at the heart of TV programming, Hey Hey It’s Saturday is attempting to bleed Celebrity Masterchef viewers.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Old is new again at Myer
What brand is Myer rehashing as it prepares to flog the business later this year? Also, is there really a worse transport company than our airlines? Apparently so…
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Comings and goings in the Nine newsroom
There’s movement at the station down at Nine Melbourne, Fairfax’s traineeships still on suspension, Woolies builds its own hardware team, and more from the Crikey tipsters.
Will Nine’s cash-cow KAK be put out to pasture?
Believe it or not, daytime TV queen Kerri-Anne Kennerley is a nice little money-spinner for Nine, and she’s paid accordingly, but with budget cuts looming at the network, tough decisions have to be made. Will KAK get the chop? Or will another network be willing to pay her $500k-plus salary?
WIN, loss, WIN, loss, as morale plummets
Staff purges at WIN TV, with both the CFO and the CEO being sacked this week, have led to a drop in staff morale. The reasons for the sackings are not known, especially since WIN has been doing better than most in the TV industry this year.
