media reforms

Thursday, April 09

Media Week: Advertiser editor exits, inside Senator X's media play

In this week’s column, changes at the top at The Advertiser, inside Nick Xenophon’s media reform deal, and a key appointment in Adelaide’s advertising industry.

Xenophon defends media reform deal

The Turnbull Government’s media ownership deregulation bill is set to pass the Senate this afternoon, including a $60 million fund negotiated by Nick Xenophon to allay concerns the new laws will allow large media companies to dominate markets like Adelaide.

News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch (centre) with sons Lachlan (left) and James. Photo: Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP

Murdoch clears competition hurdle in joint bid for Ten

The Murdoch family is a step closer to adding a free-to-air television network to its Australian media empire after the competition watchdog cleared a joint bid for the Ten Network by billionaires Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon.

ABC and SBS pawns in government's media power play

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has leveraged One Nation’s demand for reprisals against public broadcasters ABC and SBS in a desperate bid to re-engineer the Australian commercial media industry.

South Australians want more funding for ABC: poll

Almost three quarters of South Australians want taxpayer funding to the ABC increased or maintained at its current level, according to a new ReachTel poll, InDaily can reveal.

News Corp set to tighten its grip on Adelaide

InDaily’s media column returns with an assessment of how federal media reforms might increase News Corp’s tight grip on Adelaide media, the surprise in the latest newspaper readership figures, a big win for a local advertising agency, and more.

Media reforms introduced in Parliament

The Turnbull government has introduced new media ownership laws to parliament, removing archaic regulations prohibiting significant media mergers.

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Media reforms, John Hill versus the media

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