The Aus Media Report

The Aus Media Report


Latest Episodes

Our cinema screens are in lockdown
September 08, 2021

Right now Australia is mostly under lockdown, dragging with it the Australian cinema industry. NSW & VIC represent about 70% of the Australian exhibition industry. This week on The Aus Media Report there are two conversations, each representing differ

Australian media disruption with Tim Burrowes
August 28, 2021

Mumbrella founder Tim Burrowes has penned the book 'Media Unmade: Australian Media's Most Disruptive Decade'. He joins the podcast this week for a conversation about the past ten years in Australian media, along with a very general chat about the local me

The Aussie telco combining your digital subscriptions. AND: The 13 year-old news chief taking the media by storm
August 17, 2021

There's two great interviews this week. First off The Aus Media Report chats with Optus' Clive Dickens about this week's launch of SubHub. SubHub is a new initiative by Optus to bring all of your digital subscriptions under one app, making it easier to

Margaret Simons on the impact of Sky News Australia
August 10, 2021

Just how much influence does Sky News Australia have? In a recent piece for Inside Story 'Is Sky News taking Australia by storm?' journalist and media academic Margaret Simons argues that reports of the news and opinion channels influence is overblown and

Rob McKnight is taking live TV online
January 04, 2021

Well-known former TV producer Rob McKnight is launching a new streaming video service - Live+. He's a huge believer in live, studio-based TV and is out to bring live TV to the world of on-demand streaming.  The service will launch later in the year.

Has Spotify just re-invented radio? Podnews editor James Cridland weighs in. ALSO: Gameplay producer James Parkinson.
November 03, 2020

Spotify unveiled a new product feature a fortnight ago that caught my attention. The streaming music service has been pushing aggressively into podcasting and has announced that podcast producers can now place songs during a podcast. It is Spotify merging

Should we be worried about QAnon in Australia?
September 17, 2020

Welcome to the first episode of the Aus Media Report. This week: Journalist Cameron Wilson on the rise of QAnon in Australia. What is it? How large a presence does it actually have in Australia? And should we be worried about its rise? Former ABC Breakfas