Marketing
Woolworths consolidates into DAM
Eleanor Dickinson reports at IT News that Woolworths Group has consolidated 30,000 marketing assets into Adobe’s digital asset management (DAM) platform. She writes that “The retail powerhouse has built a repository for its multiple brands’ marketing material as part of an 18-month program focused on improving discoverability, reuse, and operational efficiency.”
TV
Stan Sport price hike
John Buckley at Capital Brief has noted that Stan has increased the price of its Stan Sport add-on subscription service, a day after Nine announced it had acquired the Premier League rights from Optus. The new price is already in effect, taking the price from $27 per month to $32.
US viewers quickly shifting to FAST
The annual State of Media, Entertainment & Tech: Viewing Behaviors report from Horowitz has found US viewers prefer FAST channels for live viewing over other platforms.
As reported by Mansha Daswani at World Screen: FAST was the preferred option for live viewing (40 percent), followed by cable/satellite (36 percent), subscription streaming (33 percent), YouTube (19 percent) and virtual MVPDs (16 percent).Younger live viewers (53 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds and 47 percent of consumers ages 35 to 49) are much more likely to use FAST services to watch live TV.
Pedestrian Television removed by Nine
Kyle Laidlaw reports at TV Blackbox that Nine has removed the Pedestrian TV FAST channel from its lineup in a shift in content strategy. Pedestrian Group CEO Mason Rook told TV Blackbox: “We’re placing [the live channel] on hiatus for the time being so we can fully focus on our curated on-demand channel.
This pivot allows us to deliver even more engaging content that truly resonates with our audience, whenever and wherever they want to watch it.”
Could 10 News+ change editorial direction?
Louise Rugendyke interviewed Ten News+ hosts Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/people-are-fed-up-why-10-news-is-going-back-to-basics-20250701-p5mbp9.html about the focus on longer-form, deeper dive reporting. Brace and Hitchcock focus their conversation on battling bias in media and the need to build trust with the audience. Rugendyke saves the spiciest question for the end, asking what the show will do if, a month in, the ratings aren’t there – will it chase more sensationalistic local stories?
“It’ll be a collective decision, the stories that we chase for the day,” says Hitchock. “So that’ll be Dan Sutton, who’s the executive producer, and Martin White, who’s the vice president [of news on Ten]. Those two will be keeping a keen eye on the show, and then Amelia and I, of course, will have heavy input as well.
Netflix in talks to partner with Spotify
Jessica Toonkel at the Wall St Journal reports that Netflix has held talks with Spotify to partner on music and unscripted shows. She writes: “The streamer has held conversations with Spotify about partnering on a number of projects such as a music awards show or a live concert series, people close to the conversations said. It has also discussed doing big celebrity interviews and shorter-turnaround documentaries to capture the news of the moment.”
Radio
Lattouf seeks apology from Kim Williams
Antoinette Lattouf gave her first “interview” following her legal win against the ABC on her new podcast We Used To Be Journos, hosted alongside Jan Fran. During the podcast she said she wanted an apology from current ABC Chair Kim Williams.
Lattouf said: “I want an apology from Kim Williams, the chair of the ABC. And that’s because the National Press Club just late last year, he spoke venomously about me in front of a room like, you know, it was broadcast on the ABC in front of a room of journalists. He denied that I was sacked despite the Fair Work Commission finding that I was sacked. He spoke with derision in his voice and I thought as the new chair of the ABC you’re meant to be signalling a fresh start. You can always say, “Oh, that’s, you know, that was the old board. This is us, new year, new me, new ABC.” And I do not have any confidence given his behaviour.”
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Publishing
Kotaku sold off as G/O Media winds down
Katie Robertson at the New York Times reports that G/O Media has sold off the Kotaku website to European publisher Keleops, following a sale of its web news publishing portfolio that at one time included Jalopnik, The Onion, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Deadspin, and The AV Club.
The Australian Kotaku website was licensed by Pedestrian Group and shuttered in 2024.