You could almost feel sorry for newspaper owners. The internet is smashing their hard copy advertising revenue and they have yet to work out how to make money out of their online editions.
It is just…
Two companies control 88% of Australia’s print media assets.
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Australian media, and in particular the print media, stands out internationally among advanced democracies for its extreme concentration.
Three owners – News Limited, Fairfax Media and APN News and Media…
The problem with Fairfax’s “soft paywall” is that many readers may sample as much content as they can before going elsewhere.
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Fairfax Media is introducing a “soft” paywall for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Initially, the paywall will only affect readers outside Australia, but a domestic version will follow.
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Media bosses such as News Limited’s Kim Williams have been ferocious in their attacks on proposed media reform.
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Anyone who has picked up the country’s biggest newspapers in the past week (and that of course includes the nation’s poll-fearing political powerbrokers) would naturally think communication minister Stephen…
News Ltd chief Kim Williams took aim at ISPs and the NBN over illegal downloads, but new copyright laws are not the answer.
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Earlier this week, Kim Williams, CEO of News Limited, spoke at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast and called for new copyright laws to better protect digital property rights…
News Limited CEO Kim William’s plans for cross-media consolidation will have significant ramifications for Australia’s media landscape.
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A week is a long time in the media. Yesterday Kim Williams, the CEO of News Limited, announced a series of reforms to his company. This follows the slash-and-burn announcements by Fairfax Media earlier…
John Hartigan would prefer to increase funding to the Press Council rather than face a new regulator.
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Departing News Limited CEO John Hartigan has agreed in principle to support increased industry funding for the Australian Press Council but with a caveat.
On day four of the Independent Media Inquiry…
Murdoch is taking more control of his Australian interests now John Hartigan is gone.
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Was John Hartigan pushed or did he leave his position as CEO of News Limited just in time? It’s likely that only a handful of people know the real answer to this question; among them will be “Harto” and…
