The World Today on ABC radio yesterday ran the first part of a two part piece on the issue of cross media ownership. The transcript is at their website along with an audio file of the story. It’s well worth a listen.
Any change to the cross media ownership laws must serve Australia and Australians above all else. If the changes serve the traditional media companies, their suitors and or the new entrants in this rapidly changing space so be it.
In my viewwe need are lower barriers to entry, a framework which promotes diversity of coverage and delivery platform.
I think that the standard of Australian newspapers has diminished markedly – and TV – forget about it! Nothing meaningful can be conveyed in the 30 minute news nuggets put out on the commercial news stations. And why is this so? Because of the decline in diversity of ownership, and of sources.Magazines such as New Matilda and Eureka Street are the hope for the future. There is an excellent article over at Eureka Street on media laws by Jack Waterford – http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=1710