Andrew Macintosh challenges one of the central arguments in the federal government?s case for reforming cross-media ownership laws ? that new media sources, particularly the internet, will guarantee pluralism in Australian media. He shows that as little as one per cent of Australians rely on alternative media providers as their main source of news and...

The federal government’s media policy fails to unlock TV’s full potential, writes Jock Given.

We are at a point in time where technological change and convergence could once again change the way consumers access news, information and entertainment, argues the ACCC chair, Graeme Samuel, in this address to the Melbourne Press Club Journalism 2005 Conference. Released 26 August 2005

In this submission to the Senate committee examining the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2002, Jock Given argues that it is not clear that the provisions of the Bill will lead to the greater diversity and competition it professes to promote. On the contrary, it seems likely to result in a wave of consolidation...