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Station's buyback likely to fall short
TEN NETWORK is unlikely to complete a 10 per cent buyback, which it announced last week to arrest a sell-off of its shares, amid concern about its shrinking free float, media analysts said.
Sydney Morning Herald Business - Published 6 hours, 43 minutes ago
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TV companies target their audiences
IT is a widely accepted fact that television is the most powerful communications medium in the world.
The Australian Media News - Published 6 hours, 43 minutes ago
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PR for police spins to $10m
POLICE around Australia are spending about $10 million a year on communications, media spin and even television programs to boost their image.
The Australian - The Nationa - Published 6 hours, 43 minutes ago
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New research centre to look at ‘smart’ online services
Australians will soon see new and improved services in online environments, with the launch of the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) in Sydney today. The centre, which will be based at Australian Technology Park, is the result of a $120 million collaboration between governments, universities and industry partners. As one of the centre’s key research partners, Swinburne University of Technology will be leading a number of research projects based around social media, immersive services, service aggregation and service delivery frameworks. According to Swinburne senior researcher Darren Sharp, the new centre will open up a range of opportunities for research in the online services area. “This is a really exciting opportunity, as we will be able to build on our successes of the past, and come together to drive new research in the future.” Under the new centre, Sharp will investigate the significance of web 2.0 and participatory culture in the Australian marketplace, and explore strategies for the successful deployment of user-led innovation. “The move towards a services economy makes it possible for customers and audiences to move beyond being consumers of media, culture and knowledge to being active producers,” he said. According to Sharp, this type of user-led innovation ...
Universities Australia - Published 12 hours ago
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The panel on the week in politics
Annabel Crabb, George Megalogenis and Gerard Henderson give a wrap up of the week in politics and the media.
Insiders - Published 17 hours, 32 minutes ago
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High-tech access for heritage sites
While in Greece I noticed that some cultural sites and museums were not opened at the advertised times. According to a recent media report, this is an embarrassment to the Greek government ("Run-down heritage sites embarrass the Greeks", Helena Smith, The Guardian, June 23, 2008). The solution given in the article was longer opening hours and more staff, but I am not sure that is the correct
Net Traveller Tom Worthington - Published 18 hours, 21 minutes ago
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New powerful climate alliance to drive tough and fair solutions
ng today, is pushing for climate policy to be fairly implemented and maximise the opportunities for investment and jobs growth whilst emphasising that all sections of society have an urgent responsibility to act. The Southern Cross Climate Coalition is an alliance of the Climate Institute, The Australian Conservation Foundation, The Australian Council of Social Service, and the Australian Council of Trade Unions. ACTU President Sharan Burrow said “Our groups share a platform that seeks to ensure climate policies are broadly based and everyone does their fair bit at time when we know the Rudd Government faces a legion of corporate lobbyists pushing for special deals.’ “We need to protect vulnerable families and trade exposed industries but we also need to recognise that green jobs and climate friendly industries provide Australia with economic opportunities,” she continued. The SCCC platform recommends realistic actions based on four pillars of urgency, fairness, investment and jobs growth and is urging the Prime Minister to: Stand his ground against special pleading from certain sections of industry Take the call for urgent action from Garnaut to the G8 next week Do everything possible to get a broadly based emissions trading scheme fully implemented by 2010 John Connor, ...
ACTU - Published 20 hours, 43 minutes ago
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Apocalypse Soon?
WILL the media provide a pulpit for the Garnaut Report or a platform for debate?
The Australian - opinion - Published 1 day, 6 hours ago
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Austrian Airlines Symphony
Austrian Airlines maximised the connection between the Vienna waltz and their nationality with Austrian Symphony, a television commercial adapting the sounds of Johann Strauss Blue Danube Waltz. Credits The Austrian Symphony was developed at Jung von Matt AG by creative directors Andreas Putz and Gerd Schulte Doeinghaus, art directors Eva Ornter and Christian Hummer-Koppendorfer, copywriters Helena Giokas [...]
duncans.tv - Published 1 day, 6 hours ago
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ABC Digital Futures - The identity crisis for media workers
The ABC should be congratulated for examining these issues, and examining them, and examining...it's like you're in some krudd process...
Trevor Cook - Published 1 day, 6 hours ago
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ASX Digital Media Watch 4
What I love about having a vested interest in companies on the share market is it makes it easy to follow. When I was a kid all the numbers and numbers in (brackets) didn't mean anything. I had no idea how some shares were worth $25 and others 2c. Which I why I find following the listed digital agencies in Australia so interesting.
Bannerblog - Published 1 day, 7 hours ago
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From the newspapers
Friday is definitely law news day. The Australian and the Australian Financial Review both have several pages of law news of a Friday. I might try to bring to the attention of you readers articles of interest from both on a relatively regular basis. First though, some things from not-Friday. ABC Radio National's The [...]
Australian Professional Liability Blog - Published 1 day, 15 hours ago
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Media Release: Queensland Gas Company Limited
Queensland Gas Company Managing Director Richard Cottee has welcomed the Queensland Government's announcement of a $5 million grant for a feasibility study into the use of water produced from ...
Paqworks - Published 1 day, 15 hours ago
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Newspapers promote QR codes, linking print and outdoor media to online, and ...
QR code for this blog The Sydney Morning Herald has recently had big features in its Saturday edition on QR codes, the 2-dimensional bar codes that act as visual URLs for mobile phones, taking them automatically to the linked...
Ross Dawson Blog - Published 1 day, 17 hours ago
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Journalist layoffs
Check out the graphicdesigner blog for journalist layoffs by newspaper publishers in the US this year. It’s gruesome and indicates the impact of disruption on old media.
Australian Newsagency Blog - Published 2 days ago
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