Paramount’s A$156 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discover benefits Donald Trump, Netflix and some of the richest men in Hollywood. That’s about it.
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With news of a proposed merger between Seven West and Southern Cross, media laws are back in the spotlight, and so too are the glaring holes in the regulations.
A new report shows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is worth more here than News Corp and Nine combined.
While many progressive movements have organised online, conservatives dominate because of better organisation, capital, and social inequality. France’s presidential elections are a case in point.
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
In a context of defiance against media, how can journalists recover the public’s trust and their image of “truth tellers”? Brazil provides a few examples.
Australian media ownership is already among the most concentrated in the world, but if the competition regulator approves the Nine-Fairfax deal, expect the race for survival to produce more mergers.
The love Canadians profess for their local newspapers isn’t quite what it seems. Few pay for a subscription, and many say they can get their news elsewhere if their local paper shuts down.
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Professor of Communication, Charles Sturt University, and Honorary Associate, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Professor emerita/adjunct professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics; Head of Monash Business School, Monash University
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Full professor, GEM
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Digital Sociologist, Sciences Po Paris, Sciences Po
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Management, Curtin University
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Lecturer of Media and Communication, Adelaide University
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Professor of Digital Communications and Culture, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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Co-Director, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney