Comments on: MediaCon: A view from down under

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 15 May 2003 02:33:55 +0000

Thanks Adrian :)

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 14 May 2003 12:07:13 +0000

Check out http://www.crikey.com.au/ for a good critique of Aussie politics, media and business (which are, more and more, the same thing).

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 13 May 2003 07:45:30 +0000

Which reminds me of something that occurred a few years ago. Kerry Packer axed a television show MID episode, because he didn't like it. It went to commercial and never came back. If that's not an abuse of power...

Sure it was pretyt bad, but come on.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 13 May 2003 07:43:34 +0000

I live in Brisbane, "The Courier Mail", our only paper, is generally considered no better than "NewIdea" - a tabloid/gossip womens magazine. We have to go to Sydney or Melbourne papers just to get a passable level of actual news.

By: adam

adam — Mon, 12 May 2003 05:46:51 +0000

i live in oz-land, and it's pretty bad. two media companies control every daily newspaper sold in this country. that should tell you all you need to know about media deregulation.

By: lou josephs

lou josephs — Sat, 10 May 2003 15:32:31 +0000

Their big issue is what happened to public broadcasting which ended up getting polticized. The ABC became afraid of it's shadow and almost ended up out of bizness.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 08 May 2003 15:27:48 +0000

Can anyone recommend sites that critique Australian politics?

Thanks in advance.

By: michael heraghty

michael heraghty — Thu, 08 May 2003 14:31:36 +0000

Interesting. We (in Europe) tend to think of Murdoch as an Australian tycoon with media monopolies in the UK and the US, but forget that he has disproportionate financial/political control of the media in his home country too.