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The Greens have unveiled a media reform package to consider the break up of big media corporations including News Corp and Nine, a crack down on “fake news” on social media, and extending tax deductibility status for media subscriptions.
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The minister who oversees the ABC and SBS has no plan to charge parents for access to children’s shows such as Peppa Pig on iview.
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Nick Xenophon says he’s seen “no suggestion” a proposed takeover bid of Network Ten by media magnates Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon would see its South Australian newsroom shut down, as Labor today claimed Adelaide would become a “one media voice town” if the SA senator gets his way.
The Turnbull Government may have won the support of One Nation for its media ownership reforms but it faces a struggle to convince other crucial Senate crossbenchers.
The future of Network Ten is not primarily about business or economics. It is primarily about power. Yet the formal processes the network’s proposed sale has to go through take no account of this reality, argues Denis Muller.
Ten Network’s billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon have signalled their intention to take over the besieged network, seeking a review of a joint bid from the competition regulator.
