Media | Journalism news and media business commentary - Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/media/ On politics, media, business, the environment and life Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?quality=70&w=32 Media | Journalism news and media business commentary - Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/media/ 32 32 232040107 Murdoch to Musk: How global media power has shifted from the moguls to the big tech bros https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/elon-musk-rupert-murdoch-media-companies-concentration-australia/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/elon-musk-rupert-murdoch-media-companies-concentration-australia/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:10:33 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174306 Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk (Images: AAP/Private Media)Are we better off with tech bros who assert their influence brazenly, or old-style media moguls who exert influence under the cover of journalism?

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/elon-musk-rupert-murdoch-media-companies-concentration-australia/feed/ 9 Russian propaganda talking points would be very familiar to News Corp audiences https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/russian-propaganda-news-corp-australia/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/russian-propaganda-news-corp-australia/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:33:14 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173927 Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image: EPA/Sofia Sandurskaya/Sputnik)The Murdoch media has an enormous impact on Australian political discourse. But where are its ideas coming from?

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/russian-propaganda-news-corp-australia/feed/ 17 Has The Daily Telegraph abandoned its ‘coward attack’ campaign after a few weeks? https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:29:01 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173762 Daily Telegraph editor Ben English (Image: The Daily Telegraph/Private Media)The Daily Telegraph appears to have been inconsistent in its promise to rebrand domestic violence matters as 'coward attacks'.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/feed/ 8 ‘Borderline mental’: News Corp journos slam company’s AI crackdown on popular transcription service https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:01:44 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971 The News Corp Australia office in Sydney (Image: AAP/Paul Miller)Exclusive: News Corp has tracked its journalists using Otter.ai and then blocked the service, after evaluating the company's AI use.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/feed/ 9 How do you make a series about Lachlan Murdoch when he won’t participate? We asked the ABC https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:16:12 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173836 Lachlan Murdoch (Image: AAP/Steven Saphore)The ABC has created a three-part Australian Story on Lachlan Murdoch. The first hurdle? He wouldn't talk.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/feed/ 22 No, we shouldn’t mourn the axing of Leunig — it’s time to let go of toxic nostalgia https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-no/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-no/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:37:57 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173534 Michael Leunig (Image: Private Media/Zennie)'Like many of his generation, perhaps the most privileged in the history of the Western world, Leunig’s career inscribes an arc from anti-capitalist, individualistic politics to anti-woke warrior.'

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-no/feed/ 43 Yes, we should mourn the axing of Leunig — he’s the last of the Magnificent Seven https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-yes/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-yes/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:35:20 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173605 Michael Leunig (Image: Private Media/Zennie)'His work was a soft and comforting relief from most of the day’s news. I cannot remember censoring a single Leunig cartoon and nor would I have censored any of the cartoons that upset his recent editors.'

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-yes/feed/ 38 Gerard Rennick’s revolutionary Reddit handle, Erin Molan’s Trump exclusive, and anti-Greens campaigners unmasked https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/gerard-rennick-reddit-erin-molan-lara-trump-better-councils/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/gerard-rennick-reddit-erin-molan-lara-trump-better-councils/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:19:53 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173227 Gerard Rennick and Lara Trump (Image: AAP/AP/Private Media)Also in this week's Tips and Murmurs, the Lara Trump song we've all been waiting for.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/gerard-rennick-reddit-erin-molan-lara-trump-better-councils/feed/ 8 Trump Media keeps sinking lower and lower. Will Donald abandon ship? https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/trump-media-donald-trump-stock-price-shares/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/trump-media-donald-trump-stock-price-shares/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:18:39 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173429 Donald Trump (Image: EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo)The price of shares in Donald Trump's Trump Media continues to plummet, with the former president looking at billions in paper losses compared to just a couple of months ago.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/05/trump-media-donald-trump-stock-price-shares/feed/ 8 ADF spent $60m on recruit advertising. Defence is quiet about whether it’s worked https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/adf-advertising-recruitment-defence/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/adf-advertising-recruitment-defence/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:11:53 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173151 A still from an ADF advertising campaign for the Royal Australian Navy (Image: Defence/YouTube)The ADF has spent a lot on recruitment advertising. But Defence can't really say if the millions in taxpayer money have achieved results.

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