Nine drops behind Ten in ad market
29Jan08

Source: Jane Schulze, The Australian

THE
Nine Network has for the first time the lowest advertising revenue of
any Australian commercial TV network, new figures reveal.

Figures
compiled by KPMG revealed Nine’s share of the national advertising
market for the six months to December 2007 was only 30.81 per cent -
the worst in its history.

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Successful Showcase
25Jan08

Yesterday we held the inaugural Sticky Media Showcase in Newcastle. This was an initiative of my agency Sticky Advertising, bringing together the region’s media to present on the latest developments and plans for 2008. Clients and contacts of the agency were privy to some exciting news including the latest media ownership changes and how they will affect this market.

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No new series but a possible Kath & Kim Telemovie ahead
24Jan08

Source: The Herald Sun, Media Spy

Foxy moron fans, crack open the cardy: Seven has dropped its strongest hint about Kath & Kim’s
return to the small screen. At Tuesday night’s 2008 program launch,
Seven said the hit comedy was one of the shows that would air this
year. But fans may have to endure weeks of repeats before new episodes
are shown.

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MySpace signs ABC content deal
24Jan08

Source: AAP

MYSPACE
users can now share their favourite Australian television shows after
the signing of a new deal with the national broadcaster.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and its British counterpart,
the BBC, have signed an agreement with MySpace allowing the use of
their video content on the social networking website.

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Martin not happy at Sunday’s earlier slot
24Jan08

Source: Nick Tabakoff, The Australian   

THE
Nine Network is planning to move its blue-chip current affairs program
Sunday from 9am to a 7.30am timeslot, a move that could cost the
program its high-profile new co-host, Ray Martin.

The
plans are understood to include a move away from the trademark Sunday
"cover story" format to a series of shorter, tabloid-style reports,
punctuated by news bulletins.

 

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The Bulletin axed after 128 years
24Jan08

Source: Simon Canning, The Australian

AUSTRALIA’S oldest news magazine, The Bulletin, has been closed after more than a century of publishing.

ACP
announced the closure of the magazine, launched in 1880, this morning,
saying it had become unsustainable with sales of just 57,000.

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New book for the Age of Conversation generation
19Jan08

 
 

Not quite a year ago, Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton asked a question — would you like to write a business book. And
over 100 people responded from all over the world … contributing 400
words each to the book Age of Conversation.

Part way through the project, Drew and Gavin decided that they would go
ahead and do it again in 2008.

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Sticky Media Showcase 2008
19Jan08

Sticky Advertising is bringing the movers and shakers of the media industry to present the inaugural Sticky Media Showcase 2008.

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Expanded Macquarie Media renamed
18Jan08

Source: Nick Tabakoff, The Australian

MACQUARIE
Media Group, fresh from its recent joint takeover with Fairfax of
Southern Cross Broadcasting, will rename its Australian operations
within a month to reflect its newly expanded portfolio of assets. 

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Fairfax journalists to stike over pay
17Jan08

Source: AAP, The Australian

JOURNALISTS at five Fairfax regional newspapers in NSW will begin industrial action next week in a bid for more pay.

Rolling strikes and stoppages will hit the Western Advocate in
Bathurst, Dubbo’s The Daily Liberal, the Northern Daily Leader in
Tamworth, the Maitland Mercury and the Central Western Daily in Orange.

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