Analysis
The secret history of News Corp
The News Corp media empire began as a means to disseminate propaganda on behalf of its industrialist owners, and not much has changed, argues Sally Young.
Analysis
The News Corp media empire began as a means to disseminate propaganda on behalf of its industrialist owners, and not much has changed, argues Sally Young.
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SPECIAL REPORT | Cuts and closures loom for News Corp SA’s suburban weekly Messenger Newspapers, after the media company unsuccessfully lobbied several metropolitan councils for hundreds of thousands of ratepayer dollars to help prop up the ailing brand, warning continued publishing is “at risk”, InDaily can reveal.
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Adelaide-based ABC board member Donny Walford has criticised the all-female panel who shortlisted three male candidates to chair the public broadcaster, saying the recruitment process was a reflection of gender inequity in the corporate world.
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, Labor is likely to choose a woman to replace former Deputy Premier John Rau in his safe seat, while the Libs are busy picking winners of their own – at least when they can muster enough votes. Plus, who’s who in the shuffle of local media management jobs.
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, a South Australian gathering of the Uniting Church today could suspend same-sex marriage ceremonies in the denomination, new members revealed for the Government’s Productivity Commission, and Adelaide commercial radio continues to be a bleak place for women.
Simplistic optimism won’t solve any of South Australia’s economic or social problems, argues Malcolm King.
Amid the furore over political interference in the national broadcaster, ABC board member Donny Walford attended a Liberal Party fundraiser in Adelaide last week.
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