Nine’s takeover is the logical outcome of bad media policy, and we’ll all live with the consequences, writes Margaret Simons.

This chronology is the second of a series which traces the story of media ownership concentration and control in Australia since 1901. The chronology in general focusses on government policies and regulations that have responded to, or attempted to pre-empt, a trend towards concentration that has occurred since the 1920s.

American broadcaster, CBS, has beaten out billionaires, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, to buy Network Ten.

This guide provides a listing of online information for sources relevant to Australian media and communications legislation, standards, policy and industry advocacy.

Australia has little diversity in its traditional media sector, especially its newspapers. Social media is not helping.