25 June 2024 The 10th edition of the Digital News Report: Australia made for interesting reading. SBS just pipped the ABC as the most trusted news provider, heavy...
13 June 2024 Covid has changed us in so many ways. I watched Dumb Money last night on Netflix.
20 May 2024 Nova 96.9 Sydney breakfast show host Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli (pictured on the right with co-hosts Fitzy and Kate Ritchie) is campaigning to change legislation to...
30 March 2024 The 2024 Infinite Dial Report for Edison Research has been released, and shows the percentage of Americans who listen to podcasts, audiobooks and 'online audio'...
1 March 2024 Facebook's parent company Meta says it does not intend to renew its commercial deals with Australian news media companies. Forced to the bargaining table after...
21 May 2023 With news this month that Jules Lund is returning to the airwaves, a 4-6pm show reportedly focused on business, entrepreneurship and innovation on new DAB...
6 May 2022 Facebook Scammers are targeting radio stations and personalities. This is how the scam works: The scammer creates a fake station or personality page, stealing logos...
4 May 2022 Facebook has confirmed that it is pulling out of podcasting, just a year after entering the market. A change in focus appears to be the...
28 February 2022 Commercial Radio Australia says the Federal Government’s review into the operation of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code would be an opportunity...
20 December 2021 How did the renewed, digital, Alan Jones do in his first week on his new digital platforms? Not too bad, but not earth shattering. Here...
7 December 2021 Facebook has become a Podcast Publisher in the U.S., a move that could be a game changer for creators. Their new product allows people in...
30 November 2021 ABC Radio Brisbane breakfast co-host Loretta Ryan has had to warn people not to trust any Facebook profile claiming to be her after her photos...
29 October 2021 Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) can collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payment for their member stations’ news content featured on the platforms following an...
10 September 2021 The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to authorise Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payment for their...
1 July 2021 Facebook has rolled out Live Audio Rooms and podcasts in America as part of its plans to bring social audio experiences to its social media...
26 May 2021 ABC Managing Director David Anderson told Senate Estimates last night that the ABC has reached a deal with Facebook and Google under Australia's media bargaining...
27 April 2021 By James Cridland - Podnews First look: Spotify and Facebook are introducing a new miniplayer experience that allows listeners to enjoy music and podcasts from...
24 February 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon. Amazing what a little competitive “buying tension” can bring to a negotiation. Just the other week, before Facebook blew up in...
18 February 2021 The Community Broadcasting sector has released the following statement today following Facebook's decision to block a number of pages. Facebook’s decision to block the sharing...
18 February 2021 You’d blink too if you’d shot yourself in the foot. Comment from Peter Saxon. Yesterday, my good wife, Pauline, gently woke me from a deep...
18 February 2021 Comment from Jen Seyderhelm I ran into a girlfriend at the supermarket last weekend who was made redundant from her radio news reader/journalism role in...
17 February 2021 Facebook has carried out its threat to remove news posts from its platform in response to the Australian Government's mandatory bargaining code for digital media...
31 January 2021 Comment from Brad Smart Am I a skeptic or have I just found myself out on a limb here? I might be one of the...
25 October 2020 "What do you want to make? Not, what should I be making?" Christian Hull has built up a huge audience of "loyal and...
13 September 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon. The way Google Australia CEO, Mel Silva tells it, Australian news media owes the global behemoth a great debt of...
31 August 2020 The Australian commercial radio industry strongly supports the proposed News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. In a submission lodged with the ACCC, Commercial...
17 August 2020 Google has responded to the proposed draft mandatory code released by the ACCC. The code would allow Australian media to bargain with Google and Facebook to quickly secure fair payment for news...
3 August 2020 CRA says the release of the ACCC draft mandatory code of conduct to govern agreements between tech giants and Australian media companies is “an important...
8 June 2020 Commercial Radio Australia says a collective licensing-fee arrangement would provide the best framework to enable commercial radio broadcasters to share in the ad revenue that...
15 May 2019 Steve Ahern analyses Facebook’s new priorities. At Facebook’s F8 developer conference last week Mark Zuckerberg outlined a range of new directions for the global social media...
