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The government's review of public broadcasting might be unnecessarily narrow, but there's plenty of fuel for controversy. Summary Many of us who wonder about the future of media tend to look to the United States for indications of the path ahead. I recently heard news.com.au editor David Higgins, for instance, say that developments in the...

MANY OF US who wonder about the future of media tend to look to the United States for indications of the path ahead. I recently heard David Higgins, for instance, the editor of the News Limited website news.com.au, say that developments in the Australian media are about two to three years behind those across the...