Does the media matter the way it used to, and if it no longer does, what will replace it? The media is experiencing massive change, with the internet effect similar in scale to the arrival of Gutenberg's printing press, and the advent of television. Some lament the demise of fourth estate watchdog journalism. Others hail a brave new media world. The reality, inevitably, is mixed, and that is the territory Tim Dick wants to chart with you in Media Matters.
Some certainty for Ten
Tim Dick The chief executive of Ten Network, Grant Blackley, has been given an extension to his contract and is now set to serve until at least the end of August 2013.
ABC Radio National 2012 line up
Tim Dick Here's the statement from the ABC on Radio National's line up for next year:
My idea for replacing Deborah Cameron
Tim Dick Before trying to guess who might be the replacement for Deborah Cameron as the morning host on ABC 702, we should ask why anyone would want it.
Naming the Bali boy
Tim Dick The name of the NSW teenager arrested in Bali for possessing marijuana is known to those who watch Nine News, but not to viewers of Seven News, Channel Ten, the ABC or SBS.
Ten revives Young Talent Time and enters breakfast TV
Tim Dick Young Talent Time will return to Network Ten next year 24 years after it was cancelled, this time fronted not by Johnny Young but by a former Australian Idol contestant, Rob Mills.
From bushfires to News Ltd, investigation overseers appointed
Tim Dick News Ltd's review of three years of editorial spending to ensure all money went on "legitimate" activites will be overseen by two retired judges of the Victorian Supreme Court.
Shaving cream does not hide a woeful performance
Tim Dick Those who tuned in to see an angry British parliamentary committee give Rupert Murdoch a metaphorical right hook over phone hacking saw a shaving cream pie shoved in his face and his wife Wendi ...
Wrong red-top goes
Tim Dick Meeting the demand for action on the News of the World scandal by closing it means that many who had nothing to do with the evils it perpetuated will suddenly be out of work. They will have ...
Turnaround at 2UE in latest ratings
Tim Dick Fairfax Media might have it up for sale, but Sydney's second-running commercial talk station 2UE has recorded a lift in its share of the audience in the third full ratings period since it revamped ...
Australians are so out of touch we can't see the obvious
Tim Dick Political leaders are; so, too, Anglican bishops. Sydney certainly is, along with Today Tonight and 6.30pm with George Negus.
Adshel puts its safety above others
Tim Dick Just when you think the week's events could get no sillier, Adshel delivers. The outdoor advertising company has removed ads from Brisbane bus shelters that show one fully clothed bloke hugging ...
Pay TV relentless march of media consolidation
Tim Dick This week, I broke up with Foxtel. When the courier comes on Monday, the iQ box will go back to where it came from, and the second episode of Angry Boys will go with it unwatched.
The Bolt Report: all Bolt, no report
Tim Dick Not having seen every attempt at television current affairs in Australia, it is impossible to judge The Bolt Report the worst. But surely it comes close.
New SBS Managing Director
Tim Dick SBS has poached an ABC executive to be its new managing director. Michael Ebeid will take over from the retiring Shaun Brown in June, the national broadcaster said today.
Network Turmoil: now the sport boss is going
Tim Dick The turmoil at Network Ten continues, with its general manager of sport, David White, set to leave after 14 years with the broadcaster, amid growing expectations of a shake up of ...
Future of TV is keeping it easy, online and off.
Tim Dick A decade ago, the 7.30 Report asked if anyone cared about digital television. Now, about 79 per cent of homes have digital TV, but if a decade answered one question, it has posed many more, ...
Politicians pander to media moguls, rest of us suffer
Tim Dick When politicians genuflect to media moguls, the rest of us suffer, according to John Porter, chief executive of regional pay TV company Austar.
Changes atop the Fin Review
Tim Dick The leadership of the Australian Financial Review has gone, Fairfax Media said today.
