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Thursday 28 August 2008
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Five hundred and fifty staff at Fairfax are to go in a major restructure. Management said they were largely immune from the global newspaper downturn, but has the reality of falling circulation and advertising income finally caught up? And what power do the organisations staff have to fight the cuts?
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The Beijing Olympics wrapped up earlier this week and the Seven Network, who had the television broadcast rights, was quick to claim that they'd done very well financially from the Games. But as is the case with every Olympics, there are always a large number of people ready to declare the coverage the worst-ever. And it was no different this year.To help us dissect this year's event, here's television commentator David Knox from the blog TV Tonight, and Glenn Dyer, from Crikey
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In the spirit of highlighting edgy and innovative new media initiatives, let's talk about 'Scorched'. What's interesting about it is that it's actually much more than a simple telemovie, it's a hybrid TV/online initiative.
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Thursday 21 August 2008
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The current head of the New Zealand Film Commission, Dr Ruth Harley, has just been appointed to head-up the Australian film industry's new uber-agency 'Screen Australia'. She tells us about her background and the direction she intends to take in her new role.
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The Georgians maintain they've been the victims of cyber-warfare, but there is division within internet security circles about whether what is happening is in fact 'cyber-warfare', whether the Russian government is actually involved and also how significant the event really is.
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Those who seek a middle way between junking copyright altogether on the one hand, and slavishly trying to enforce it on the other, often talk about what's called 'Creative Commons' licensing. Even large media organizations are starting to look at this innovative form of licensing. In fact the ABC has just launched a new online collaboration site called POOL, which gives contributors the option of using just such an arrangement. The Executive Producer of POOL is Sherre Delys...
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Thursday 14 August 2008
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA as it's also known, doesn't sound like a hot media topic, but its international negotiation process, led by the US, Japan and the EU, has sparked quite a deal of online interest and concern. The stated aim of the agreement is to provide a common international framework for the protection of intellectual property. Now a high level of secrecy has surrounded ACTA, and that secrecy has led to a large amount of web speculation about the actual intent of the treaty.
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Linguist David Crystal has just done a comprehensive study of text messaging. He dismisses the idea that text language is corrupting English. In fact he says it actually helps promote literacy.
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Sandra Hall talks with us about her new book Tabloid Man: The Life and Times of Ezra Norton.
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Thursday 07 August 2008
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The audience loved it and it's apparently led to a flurry of interest in advertising as a career, but has the ABC's Gruen Transfer caused divisions within the industry?
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Dr Robert Crawford is a Research Fellow with the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London. And he's the author of a detailed history of the Australian advertising sector called, 'But Wait, There's More'.
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