Australia’s media companies seriously complained of blackmail? Give us a break.
24 Jun
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Australia’s media companies seriously complained of blackmail? Give us a break.

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Parliament has rarely been addressed by representatives of such a toxic and malignant industry than when Michael Miller of News Corp, Jeff Howard of Seven West Media, and Mike Sneesby of the Nine Network appeared before the joint committee inquiring into social media last Friday — demanding Facebook and Instagram be banned in Australia and claiming tech giant Meta was blackmailing the Australian media and government.Blackmail. It’s hard to find a purer example of pot-kettle namecalling than Australia’s biggest media companies accusing anyone of “blackmailing” governments.For generations, Australia’s media companies — and especially the commercial television networks — have worked by blackmailing governments. It’s their entire MO: any government that ever threatened their commercial interests, or failed to grant their incessant demands for ever more regulatory favours, knew it would be bashed...
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Trump Media thinks Elon Musk’s ‘commitment to free speech’ could take users from Truth Social
16 Jun
Science & Technology

Trump Media thinks Elon Musk’s ‘commitment to free speech’ could take users from Truth Social

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Technology tamfitronics There are a lot of threats to Trump Media & Technology Group’s business, at least according to the company. Among them are risks from former president Donald Trump’s involvement, media coverage, and competition from Elon Musk’s X, the company has said in regulatory filings.Where did Cool Ranch Doritos come from?Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in February 2022, after he was booted from major sites like Facebook and X (then Twitter). The site was marketed as a conservative answer to mainstream social media platforms, and has billed itself as a “platform for all Americans to freely express themselves.”But the company is worried about a monopoly on free speech.In a preliminary prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated Friday, Trump Media detailed its plans to issue millions more shares...
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Media24 editors were unaware of possible newspaper closures

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Editors of newspaper titles facing possible closure did not know their company, Media24, was weighing its options about these titles, according to several senior editorial staff members.“We are reeling from shock. The idea that we could be unemployed before the end of the year hit home. That our CEO could not say to those writing about the impending closure that they would not shut us down hit a nerve,” said one of the editors.Moneyweb reported on Thursday that Media24 was considering shutting down the print versions of City Press, Rapport, Beeld and Daily Sun in October. “Four sources at the media company have independently confirmed a decision has been taken to close them,” said the report. Davidson said the report...
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Media 360 2024 puts threat on agenda from politics to podcasts
18 May
Politics

Media 360 2024 puts threat on agenda from politics to podcasts

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