Win a free pass to the Media140 conference
There’s a big confab on in Sydney on the 5th and 6th of November on all things social media and future of journalism – Media140. Rachel Hills is running a competition to win a free pass to the conference. For [...]
The web, everyday life and the future of media
A lot of the most reliable data on web use and social media comes from the World Internet Project. Most of the findings from the project derive from rigorous quantitative research, and unlike a lot of what purports to be [...]
Will anyone pay for online news?
There’s an interesting take in Australian Policy Online from my QUT Creative Industries Faculty colleague, Terry Flew, on the whole question of business models for online news, which has had quite the airing of late. My own view is that [...]
Rudd vs. The Australian
Some time ago, I made some observations on the significance of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard’s attacks on various News Limited papers, and on The Australian. The thrust of that commentary was that – the immediate antecedents of the stoush [...]
The Author of A Blog v Times Newspapers Limited
At Skepticlawyer, Legal Eagle has written a fascinating post on the bizarrely named case cited above, which was heard recently in the British High Court. As she writes: “The Author of A Blog” cited as the claimant was the pseudonymous [...]
Analysing the anti-analysts: Christian Kerr deconstructed
In the wake of the strange anti-analytical spray from Christian Kerr in The Australian against blogs yesterday (discussed here), my QUT colleague Axel Bruns has posted a comprehensive analysis of his rant: Amongst the standard-issue ammunition in the journalism industry’s [...]
Punched out II
There’s been an excellent discussion on a previous thread here by Phil about News Limited’s new online venture The Punch. To add to the reflections on that thread, it’s worth discussing what The Punch says about the future of big [...]
Mark Scott and the future of Australian media
The ABC’s managing director, Mark Scott, has proved a much more interesting pick than many anticipated at the time of his appointment. Over at Woolly Days, Derek Barry summarises a speech Scott made in giving the Latrobe University annual media [...]
Newspapers.biz
For anyone following the declining fortunes of the newspaper (and perhaps of journalism), there’s some interesting reading on the intertubes today. At Inside Story, MEAA communications director Jonathan Este takes a look at the trends – and the different strategies [...]
Future of (independent) journalism
A few months ago, folks might recall that I spoke at the Future of Journalism conference in Brisbane, organised by the MEAA and the Walkley Foundation. Last week, Melbourne took its turn hosting an event in the series, and Margaret [...]
The National Times
By Mark Bahnisch on September 14, 2009
Fairfax has revived an old masthead for its new opinion site. In some ways, that’s probably the most interesting aspect of the launch – those who remember the old National Times might well also recall the days when genuinely hard [...]
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