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ProPublica goes private

Obviously crowd funding and philanthropy doesn’t pay for everything, with independent journalism website ProPublica announcing it will now accept paid advertisers. Richard Tofel explains how and exactly why they are taking the advertising route.

On the slow death of political TV: time for Ecocene TV

When anti-ecological spoilers waste TV air-time, this distracts us from solutions, damaging Australia’s competitiveness and undermining national security. So how about a solution?

Berg on the ABC, Simons on Berg

What role is there for public broadcasting in the new media age of plenty, asks Institute of Public Affairs fellow Chris Berg in The Australian today. It’s a fair question – indeed the most important question facing the ABC, writes Margaret Simons.