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Alan Soon of Splice Media is promising a million dollars to give to start-ups to transform media in Asia. Shutterstock

Media Files: What does the future newsroom look like?

Andrea Carson, University of Melbourne and Andrew Dodd, University of Melbourne

What does the future newsroom look like? The Conversation, CC BY52.4 MB (download)
We often hear about media companies shedding staff and revenues, but is there hope? We ask the man with a mission to launch 100 media start-ups in three years: what does the future newsroom look like?
Only the competition regulator stands in the way of further media concentration in Australia, but few expect the first of probably a number of mergers to be blocked. David Moir/AAP

Starter’s gun goes off on new phase of media concentration as Nine-Fairfax lead the way

Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney

Australian media ownership is already among the most concentrated in the world, but if the competition regulator approves the Nine-Fairfax deal, expect the race for survival to produce more mergers.
Hat’s all folks. Gert Lavsen

Will crowdfunding save journalism?

Angela Phillips, Goldsmiths, University of London

The likes of Der Correspondent and Kickstarter raise the prospect of a new funding model for journalism. To some extent, we are kidding ourselves.
Will the plethora of conflicting market signals be too much for news consumers to bear? Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Ad blockers are here to stay, micropayments less so

Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology

Media consumers are spoilt for choice, making new revenue models difficult for publishers.

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  1. Digital media
  2. Facebook
  3. Fairfax
  4. Future of journalism
  5. Journalism
  6. Newspapers
  7. Nine Network
  8. Paywall
  9. The Guardian

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