Scroll to top
Columns /

Media briefs

Daily snippets of media news, commentary and analysis from around world.

Cheaply made reality TV isn't quite drawing in viewers the way the execs had hoped.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

Cheaply made reality TV isn't quite drawing in viewers the way the execs had hoped.

The Boulter love-in, wherein Bolt had hurt feelings, Coulter a thick skin

Andrew Bolt, unsurprisingly, is a yuuuuuuge fan of Ann Coulter.

Ailes has hired Charles Harder, the Hollywood libel lawyer who recently represented former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan.

Ailes lawyers up following fresh revelations

Ailes has hired Charles Harder, the Hollywood libel lawyer who recently represented former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan.

Quadrant has found the unregulated free market to be rather harsher than living off the government teat.

Free market fails Quadrant

Quadrant has found the unregulated free market to be rather harsher than living off the government teat.

No, <em>The Australian</em> will never tire of talking about that Bill Leak cartoon of a month ago. And its commenters still think the cartoon was just fine.

Oz runs an Aboriginal response to month-old Leak cartoon, commenters go feral

No, The Australian will never tire of talking about that Bill Leak cartoon of a month ago. And its commenters still think the cartoon was just fine.

Ten has backed the wrong horse.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

Ten has backed the wrong horse.

An article in <em>The Weekend Australian</em> suggests so.

Is Foxtel in trouble?

An article in The Weekend Australian suggests so.

Angela Clark, the ABC's digital network director, has quit to "pursue opportunities in the commercial sector".

ABC digital network director quits

Angela Clark, the ABC's digital network director, has quit to "pursue opportunities in the commercial sector".

<em>New Zealand Women's Weekly</em> published a story alleging domestic abuse without contacting the alleged perpetrator. Should it have?

Press Council split on 'abuse survivor' story

New Zealand Women's Weekly published a story alleging domestic abuse without contacting the alleged perpetrator. Should it have?

One aired on Southern Cross in Tasmania, and featured premier Will Hodgman spruiking what his Liberal government had done for Tasmania

Liberal ads fall foul of ACMA (on a technicality)

One aired on Southern Cross in Tasmania, and featured premier Will Hodgman spruiking what his Liberal government had done for Tasmania