Tuesday June 15, 2021

One Media Co
One Media Co’s Susie Michaels on rise of agency during Covid Pandemic

By Trent Thomas

“We are changing the traditional media buying landscape by providing a personalised service”

The IMAA, the national, not for profit industry association for independent media agencies launched last year.

Since then it has continued to grow its membership base and make a series of big announcements, including its trade credit deal and a number of new media partners.

Mediaweek has been profiling members of the IMAA – previous features can be found here. 

This week we spoke to the founder and director of One Media Co Susie Michaels.

Michaels’ media career has spanned across two decades and during this time, she said that she has seen a lot of change in the industry but is still passionate about aligning herself and her agency with her clients business interests.

“For us, it’s not just about the media planning and buying, it’s important for us to understand all aspects of our client’s businesses, which would include, their customers, capacity, history, staffing, finances and most importantly, their final goal, motivation, their why.

“We are an extension of their team. We are changing the traditional media buying landscape by providing a personalised service and immersing ourselves into our client’s entire business.”

The business is relatively fresh after being founded mid-pandemic in July 2020, which Michaels said had been in the works for quite a while.

“Over the last few years, I have been working towards officially launching my own full-service Agency. To get to where we are today, is due to my long-term relationships with my clients, colleagues, and the media marketplace.

“During Covid it really accelerated that opportunity to become a reality so it’s been quite positive from that perspective.”

Clients

All of One Media Co’s clients at launch are still with the agency which Michaels credits to developing key-client relationships across many and various industries.

“I am proud to say that most of these clients entrusted me then and followed me as foundation partners when One Media Co launched back in July. All our foundation client partners are successfully, still working with us, today.”

Michaels said that one client that Mediaweek readers would be familiar with is Nueva Prosecco which the company helped launch onboard the Superyacht – Oscar 2.

Kyle Sandilands has appointed One Media Co to manage King Kyle Group’s Media and Marketing Strategies.

“This is a natural fit, and one, I am very proud of. One Media Co saw an opportunity for this exciting launch event, by cross-promoting with another valued, One Media Co foundation partner – Oscars Hotels with brothers Bill and Mario Gravanis who have over 30 venues in their portfolio, including the luxurious Oscar 2 Superyacht.”

Buying Media

From day one Michaels agency hit the ground running, being able to buy their own media and not rely on a third party.

“We buy direct. Purely based on the exceptional relationships that we have formed across all Media Publishers over the past two decades, buying direct also offers our clients ‘best in-market’ opportunities and an advantage for their businesses.”

Specialisations

When asked about the specialties of One Media Co, Michaels said that the agencies focus was on connecting brands with everyone anytime.

“We specialise in connecting brands with consumers and offering professional advice. Delivering media solutions, strategy, planning and buying, locally and nationally, across all forms of media.

“We live and breathe our core values. We are brave with our innovation, bold with our messaging and we’re resilient in leading through change.”

IMAA

One Media Co is proud members of The Independent Media Agencies of Australia (IMAA), and Micheals said that they are doing an exceptional job.

“Indies are growing and as a group, we generate over 32% of all media revenue across Australia. One Media Co is also experiencing this phenomenal growth and we indies are leading the charge.

“What I particularly enjoy is the opportunity to connect with the wider group of independent media agency leaders to collaborate, mentor and share ideas with. We are all like-minded business professionals.”

Commercial radio revenue
Commercial radio ad revenue rebounds with $59.605 million in May

Revenue for metro stations has jumped by 72.6% in May.

Commercial Radio Revenue

Commercial radio advertising revenue for metro stations has jumped by 72.6% in May to reach $59.605 million which is up significantly from the $34.534 million a year ago, according to data compiled by Deloitte and released by Commercial Radio Australia. The metro revenue figures include agency and direct ad revenue.

“It’s enormously encouraging to see advertisers returning to radio in full force after a challenging 12 months,” said Joan Warner, chief executive officer of CRA. 

“The industry is seeing robust activity from national advertisers and we anticipate the recovery in the SME market will continue to build in the coming months and into the busy Christmas season.

“Most major advertiser categories have recovered well and it is expected that with the new fiscal year, a fresh investment cycle is highly likely.”

The results follow a 51.9% year on year increase in ad revenue in the month of April to $51.636 million.

Victoria, the largest radio market, was up by 74.5% to $20.028 million compared to the same period a year ago, while NSW stations enjoyed a 71.2% increase to $17.685 million.  Queensland stations rose 77.6% to $8.965 million, WA was up 73.2% to $7.470 million and South Australia climbed 62.1% to $5.457 million.  

Isentia acquired by Access Intelligence in $67 million deal

Isentia shareholders will receive $0.175 per share in cash.

Isentia Group Limited has announced a takeover offer from Access Intelligence, which is subject to shareholder approval.

Under the offer, Isentia shareholders will receive $0.175 per share in cash; this implies an Enterprise value of $67 million.

Access Intelligence is a technology led company delivering SaaS products that address the fundamental business needs of customers in the PR, marketing and communications industries.

Access Intelligence’s technology is relied on by more than 3,500 organisations, from global blue-chip enterprises and world-leading marketing agencies to public sector organisations and not-for-profits.

Access Intelligence chief executive, Joanna Arnold, said: “Isentia is a leading media intelligence company in Australia and across the Asia Pacific. Access Intelligence and Isentia are aligned culturally and strategically, and customers will benefit from a product offering that gives them more choice with a broader geographical reach. We look forward to combining businesses and serving the Asia-Pacific market.”

Isentia chief executive, Ed Harrison, said: “Access Intelligence has a strong track record in delivering successful products to PR and comms professionals, not least through their powerful social media platform, Pulsar.

“Bringing the companies together will give Isentia’s customers access to a broader suite of products. Isentia will continue to invest in its existing portfolio of products including the upcoming launch of the new Isentia platform and completion of the move to real-time broadcast monitoring. For the Isentia team this represents the opportunity to be part of a wider global organisation.”

Pulsar provides real-time data analysis of social media, search data and online conversations globally in more than 170 languages. Pulsar provides brand strategists, marketers, PR and product designers with actionable consumer insights, as well as insight into the performance of their owned social media channels.

Joanna Arnold intends to relocate to Australia for a minimum of twelve months. In the initial phase of the integration each business will operate independently with a team of Access Intelligence’s senior executives working directly with Isentia’s management team to combine the businesses.

Shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on the acquisition in August, with the deal expected to close in early September.

the hundred
Channel Nine announce new show, The Hundred hosted by Andy Lee

The Hundred features 100 everyday Australians from all around the country.

Andy Lee and one hundred of his closest personal strangers are about to find out who we really are on Channel Nine’s new show, The Hundred.

How many Australians have had plastic surgery? How many of us have never seen the ocean? And why do the people in the southern states prefer a café latte while the rest of the nation goes for a flat white (except in regional Australia, where they’ll take “a cappuccino extra hot, thanks mate”)?

The Hundred is a weekly, one-hour, prime-time comedy panel show featuring 100 everyday Australians from all around the country, joining Andy and his guest panellists via a giant 27-square metre screen. Handpicked to represent the makeup of Australia, “The Hundred” are standing by to be polled live and give us the stories behind the stats.

Each week, comedians and celebrities will battle it out to prove who really knows Australia best, challenging “The Hundred” and unpacking the facts along the way. Whatever story has gripped the nation each week, we’ll be able to find out what Australia really thinks about it.

Taking the pulse of the nation and drawing on real stats, what do the numbers really say about us? Australia’s about to find out.

How many Australians have had sex in the workplace? What’s the most common day to be born? What is the most common day to die? How many of us check our partner’s phones, and how many of us don’t even own a phone?

Host Andy Lee said: “The Hundred is kind of like reverse GoggleboxGogglebox is everyday people sitting in their homes and picking apart TV shows, whereas The Hundred is a TV show diving into everyday people’s homes and learning more about their lives.

“It’s been over a year in the making and we’ve uncovered some amazing stats along the way as well as some really boring ones. In a bold decision, we’ve decided to leave the boring ones out of the show. In a post-truth era, The Hundred fearlessly crunches the numbers to find out who we really are, in a laugh-out-loud format.” 

For your chance to have your say and join the cast, sign up here.

The Hundred is an original concept by Screentime Australia and Andy Lee, in association with Channel Nine.

australia's got talent
Seven Network announces the judging panel for upcoming season of Australia’s Got Talent

Plus a twist in which Aussie acts will take on some of the best global Got Talent champions.

The Seven Network has announced the judging panel for Australia’s Got Talent, plus a twist to the series in which Aussie acts will take on some of the best Got Talent champions from around the globe. 

The line-up includes celebrated Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer Neil Patrick Harris; actor and radio host Kate Ritchie; multi-platinum selling recording artist Alesha Dixon, star of Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent: The Champions; and, making a very welcome return to Australia’s Got Talent, actor and entertainer Shane Jacobson.   

Neil Patrick Harris is an acclaimed star of stage and screen whose numerous television credits include How I Met Your Mother, It’s A Sin, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Doogie Howser, M.D.. On film, he has appeared in Gone Girl, The Smurfs and the upcoming The Matrix 4. Neil has also famously hosted the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards and Tony Awards.

Neil said: “To say I’m a fan of the AGT franchise is an understatement – I’ve been watching since the very first season! I’m a performer who has taken many stages throughout the, well, many stages of my career – be it acting, singing, dancing, hosting, juggling, magic-ing, even breathing fire! – and I have developed enormous respect for anyone with the courage to pursue their talents and passions at any level, let alone televised on a national stage.

“Australia has phenomenal talent across so many disciplines, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to join AGT in 2021 to see firsthand what the country’s awesome contestants have to offer.”

australia's got talent

Neil Patrick Harris

Making her return to series television for the first time since 2013, Kate Ritchie said: “People have spent more time at home than usual this past year. Some developed brand new skills and others fine-tuned their already spectacular talents! I am not only flattered to be sharing the AGT panel with this season’s line-up but super excited to see the incredible talent Australia has to offer… from what I believe to be the best seat in the house!”

Alesha Dixon, who has notched up nine years as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent after being hand-picked by creator Simon Cowell, said: “I’m super excited to be joining the panel at AGT. I can’t wait to see what talent Australia has to give and I’m really looking forward to working with my fellow judges.”

scott pape money movement
New South Wales government to roll out Scott Pape’s Money Movement in schools

The news comes after years of lobbying by the finance guru.

Scott Pape — aka the Barefoot Investor — is one step closer on his mission to help Aussie kids learn practical money skills, with the New South Wales government confirming it will roll out a new financial literacy challenge across schools from next month.

As reported exclusively in the Sunday Telegraph, the government plans to work with the Australian Securities & Investment Commission to develop the challenge using their MoneySmart teaching and learning resources. A pilot program – the first of its kind in the country – is slated to run in NSW schools from next term.

The news comes after years of lobbying by the finance guru, who has created a nation-wide campaign to teach Australian children essential money skills. His mission has been documented in the upcoming Foxtel series Scott Pape’s Money Movement.

In mid-2019, concerned by the lack of financial literacy being taught in schools and the country’s credit card debt, Scott Pape set out to create a new money education program for students. Based on his best-selling books, the Barefoot Money Movement was launched and demand was so huge that one in five Australian schools applied to be part of his pilot program.

Scott is now urging the other state governments to follow NSW’s lead and make the program national.

“I’m super proud that NSW have already committed to launching their own program to tackle this problem,” he said.

“I’m really excited and hope that they (and the other states) incorporate the principles that my Money Movement pilot program has learnt along the way.”

Scott Pape’s Money Movement is a three-part observational documentary that follows behind the scenes as Scott develops his “Money Movement” education program and trials it in pilot schools across the country.  Along the way, Scott tackles the big banks’ existing school money programs, and calls on politicians in his ultimate goal of having financial literacy added to Australia’s school curriculum.

The series premieres on Wednesday, June 23 at 8.30pm on Foxtel’s LifeStyle or stream on demand.

Project ARI
Government partners with Nova Entertainment on ‘Project ARI’ podcast

New series features Wippa, Kate Ritchie, Byron Webb & Cameron Daddo.

Nova Entertainment has created a new podcast in partnership with the Australian Government’s Stop it at the Start campaign to positively influence young people around acceptable behaviour and respectful relationships.

Launching on Monday 14 June, Project ARI is a fictional storytelling series, designed as a useful tool to help parents and caregivers have more meaningful conversations with kids about respectful behaviour, focused on topics that can seem challenging to tackle.

Kane Reiken, Nova Entertainment’s digital commercial director said, “We are proud to partner with the Australian Government to bring this incredible story to life, supporting a number of important societal issues.”

Project ARI is a branded podcast that follows the story of a fully functioning Artificial Intelligence prototype, affectionately known as ARI. Appearing as a 10-year-old boy, ARI has access to all the information you can Google but couldn’t be programmed with human experience. Placed with a normal everyday family, they take ARI under their wing to educate him the ways of our world, namely, how to be human. Along the way Ari uncovers everyday circumstances where disrespectful behaviours are normalised.

Project ARI

Project ARI boasts a cast including a range of talented young actors, auditioned from major talent agencies around Australia, as well as Nova’s Kate Ritchie and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli, smoothfm’s Cameron Daddo and Byron Webb and Australian professional soccer player Kyah Simon.

The podcast was written by Australian author and screenwriter Nat Amoore. Her first book ‘Secrets of A Schoolyard Millionaire’ became Australia’s #1 best-selling debut Australian children’s fiction in 2019. Her second book ‘The Power of Positive Pranking’ has been shortlisted for the 2021 Reading’s Children’s Book Prize and the 2021 REAL Children’s Choice Book Awards and her latest book ‘The Right Way to Rock’ was published in June this year.

New episodes of Project ARI will launch every Monday from 14 June. Episodes are available on major podcast platforms.

Project ARI cast and production details

Lead cast: River Mardesic (ARI), one of the actors cast in the title role of Billy Elliot the Musical; Xion Jarvis (Sammy), one of actors playing the title role in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory; Eva Grados (Sammy’s best friend Malika); Victoria Wulff (Sammy’s sister Tanna) and smoothfm’s Cameron Daddo (Professor Hixon, ARI’s creator).

Supporting cast: Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli – Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa (Sammy’s father Fernando), Kate Ritchie – Nova’s Kate, Tim & Joel (Sammy’s mother Alison), smoothfm’s Byron Webb (school teacher Mr Gibson), Knox Gibson (naughty school kid Jeremy), Australian professional soccer player Kyah Simon (pro sports player), Mel McLaughlin (commentator) and Sirine Demachkie (school parent Ms Riakos) – bilingual presenter who has written children’s books and hosted children’s podcasts.

Project ARI Credits

Head of Podcasts & Digital Content: Rachel Corbett
Executive Producer: Elle Beattie
Sound Design: Lem Zakharia
Author: Nat Amoore
Media agency: Universal McCann

See also: Podcasting engagement growing for audiences and advertisers
A special feature and podcast with SCA head of commercial partnerships and podcasts Kim Norman, Nova Entertainment digital commercial director Kane Reiken and Commercial Radio Australia’s head of digital Jaime Chaux.

facebook lifeblood
Facebook partners with Lifeblood to launch new Blood Donations feature

The initiative launches as part of Lifeblood’s National Blood Donor Week (14-20 June).

Facebook has announced a partnership with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (Lifeblood) across Australia to help top up the nation’s blood supply with much-needed new donations. 

Launching as part of Lifeblood’s National Blood Donor Week (14-20 June), Facebook’s new Blood Donations feature has already helped over 100 million Facebook users sign up to receive notifications to donate blood globally, increasing blood donations around the world and helping maintain blood supplies during COVID-19.

The feature will allow those aged between 18 and 65 to sign up to receive updates on Facebook about giving blood, get notified about opportunities to donate at local blood donor centres and invite friends to donate. Facebook is promoting the feature by notifying people in their newsfeeds, or people can simply find it by searching “blood donations” on Facebook.

More than 31,000 blood donations are needed by Lifeblood every week to meet the needs of patients across Australia, and thanks to the generosity of the nation’s blood donors, thousands of lives are saved every day. But with demand higher than ever, more donors are needed.

Currently most Aussie donors are aged over 45, which is why Lifeblood is seeking to recruit ‘new blood’ through Facebook’s blood donation feature to help secure the next generation of long-term donors and secure the blood supply for the future.

Mia Garlick, director of public policy for Facebook Australia and New Zealand, said: “The work undertaken by Lifeblood saves lives every day. The need for blood in Australia is ongoing, with one blood donation needed every 24 seconds and a new blood donor needed every 5 minutes. We want it to make it as easy as possible for our Australian community to donate blood and save lives, and within a few clicks you can sign up, be notified when your local donor centre needs more donors to book in, as well as encourage others to do the same.

“During the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve seen many Australians come together on Facebook to help each other, for example by offering to help others in Facebook Groups. This product launching today is another way Australians can come together and use our services to learn about how and where they can donate blood, no matter where they are in Australia.”

Samantha Bartlett, Lifeblood’s marketing director added: “We know Facebook is a great way to spread the message about giving blood and for people to encourage others to get involved as well, so we’re excited about the blood donation feature.

“In Australia this means we’re able to let people who have updated their profile know when a blood donor centre nearby needs their help.

“Over the last 12 months, with the rise of people working from home, people’s donating habits have changed, so this is a great way for people to know when their ‘new’ local donor centre needs a helping hand.

“We’re encouraging existing donors, former donors, and people who have considered donating but haven’t gotten around to it yet, to update their status so we can reach them when we need it most.”

People who sign up will be able to see requests and opportunities to donate blood at over 76 donor centres on Blood Donations on Facebook on their mobile devices.

box office
Box Office: A big week for horse films as Dream Horse and Spirit Untamed enter top five

By Tess Connery

This week the Australian Box Office made a total of $7.76 million.

This week the Australian Box Office made a total of $7.76 million, which is down 5% from last week’s $8.13 million.

In a big week for horses, entering the top five this week are Dream Horse, the true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by Welsh bartender Jan Vokes and Spirit Untamed,  a spin-off of 2002’s Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

Dropping out of the top five this week are Wrath of Man and Those Who Wish Me Dead.

#1, The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It, $2.22 million

Taking viewers back to the universe that gave us The Conjuring, Annabelle, and The NunThe Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It pulled in an impressive average of $6,637 across 335 screens. This takes the film to a total of $5.90 million.

#2, A Quiet Place Part II, $1.65 million

John Krasinski’s sequel to 2018’s A Quiet Place has made an average of $4,049 across 407 screens this week. In week three of release, the film has come tantalizing close to cracking the $10 million mark, making a total of $9,997,117.

#3, Cruella, $1.33 million

The latest live-action adaptation from Disney gives viewers the backstory of one of their most iconic villains. Cruella made an average of $3,859 across 344 screens. It has made a total of $5 million in its third week of release.

#4, Dream Horse, $681,142

Entering the box office charts this week, Dream Horse made $2,270 across 300 screens. The film has been around for a little while now, making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 before being released in the United States in May 2021, and in Australia on June 10th 2021.

#5, Spirit Untamed, $659,153

Making an average of $2,817 across 234 screens in its first week of release, Spirit Untamed continues the story of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and is based on the Netflix animated spin-off television series Spirit Riding Free.

olivia rodrigo
ARIA Charts: Olivia Rodrigo dominates, Crowded House returns

By Tess Connery

Plus an Avalanches’ classic makes its top ten debut.

Singles

American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo notches up her third week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with Good 4 U. This week, Favorite Crime debuts at #13, making it the eleventh track from Rodrigo’s SOUR album to occupy the ARIA top 50.

The highest rating Australian artist this week is Sydney rapper Masked Wolf with Astronaut In The Ocean which stays steady this week at #9.

Billie Eilish scores the week’s second-highest debut at #18 with Lost Cause. It’s the fourth single to chart from the American’s forthcoming Happier Than Ever album after My FutureTherefore I Am, and Your PowerHappier Than Ever is released on 30 July.

In its third week in the top 50, Vance Joy’s Missing Piece jumps up twelve spots to claim a new peak at #32. The Melbourne singer-songwriter’s last appearance inside the top 40 was with We’re Going Home which hit #16 in March 2018.

Sydney singer-songwriter Dean Lewis makes his first appearance in the ARIA top 50 in two years as he debuts at #48 with Falling Up. The track is the lead single from Lewis’ forthcoming second album, the follow-up to the ARIA Award-winning A Place We Knew which topped the chart in April 2019. Lewis last charted with Stay Awake at #26 in April 2019.

Debuting at #50, American producer Marshmello and pop trio the Jonas Brothers unite for the new single Leave Before You Love Me. It’s the first singles chart entry for the Jonas Brothers since What A Man Gotta Do at #22 in February 2020. Marshmello last charted with his collaboration with Demi LovatoOK Not to Be OK at #47 in September 2020.

This week marks the 80th week that The Weeknd’s chart topper Blinding Lights has been in the singles chart, coming in this week at #30.

Albums

Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR holds #1 on the ARIA albums chart for a third straight week. The American singer-songwriter has eleven tracks in this week’s singles chart top 50 with Favorite Crime debuting at #13.

Taking out the highest Australian artists entry this week, Crowded House score their ninth top ten album on the ARIA charts as they return with Dreamers Are Waiting at #2. It’s the seventh studio album from the beloved Trans-Tasman band and their first in eleven years. The follow-up to Intriguer which topped the charts in June 2010 features a reconstituted line-up of the band; founding members Neil Finn and Nick Seymour are joined by Finn’s sons Liam and Elroy, as well as Mitchell Froom (keyboardist and producer of the band’s first three albums). Between albums, Crowded House were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 2016, coinciding with four shows on the Sydney Opera House forecourt.

American punk band Rise Against take out their fifth top ten album with Nowhere Generation at #4. The group’s first album in four years is their ninth studio album. Between 2017’s Wolves and Nowhere Generation, the band released The Ghost Note SymphoniesVol. 1 in 2018, which reimagined tracks from their catalogue.

Since I Left You, the debut album from Melbourne act The Avalanches, hits the ARIA top ten for the very first time following a reissue to mark its 20th Anniversary, coming in at #5. First hitting the chart at #29 in December 2000, the album earned the group four ARIA Awards in 2001 including Best Dance Release and Producer Of The Year. It hit its previous albums chart peak of #15 in February 2017 following a release on vinyl. The 20th Anniversary Edition includes bonus discs with remixes by the likes of MF Doom, Stereolab, Cornelius, Prince Paul and more. 

Taylor Swift’s evermore jumps back into the top ten for a twelfth week, hitting #8. The move comes following the release of the album on vinyl. Released in December 2020, evermore spent four straight weeks at #1.

British indie trio Wolf Alice grab a new career charts peak as they debut at #9 with Blue Weekend. The follow-up to 2017’s Visions Of A Life is the band’s first top 50 entry since their debut, My Love Is Cool hit #41 in June 2015.

This week marks the 150th week that XXXTentacion‘s ? has been in the top 50. 

2021 ARIA Chart Toppers

Singles
January 4 24Goldn Mood
January 11 24Goldn Mood
January 18 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
January 25 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 1 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 8 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 15 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 22 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
March 1 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 8 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 15 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 22 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 29 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 5 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 12 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 19 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 26 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
May 3 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
May 10 The Kid Laroi Without You
May 17 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 24 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U

Albums
January 4 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 11 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 18 Barry Gibb Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook
January 25 Illy The Space Between
February 1 Bluey Bluey The Album
February 8 The Kid Laroi Fuck Love (Savage)
February 15 Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
February 22 The Rubens 0202
March 1 Tash Sultana Terra Firma
March 8 Architects For Those That Wish To Exist
March 15 Kings Of Leon When You See Yourself
March 22 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
March 29 Justin Bieber Justice
April 5 Skegss Rehearsal
April 12 Justin Bieber Justice
April 19 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
April 26 London Grammar Californian Soil
May 3 Justin Bieber Justice
May 10 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 17 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 24 Delta Goodrem Bridge Over Troubled Dreams
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR

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tv ratings
TV Ratings Survey: Monday Week 25

By Trent Thomas

• Anticpiated Four Corners episode on QAnon has over 700k
• Big Night for news with Seven close to 1.3m for 6pm bulletin
• Celebrity Apprentice sets up its GF with heated penultimate boardroom

Primetime News
Seven News 1,293,000 (6 pm)/ 1,194,000 (6:30 pm)
Nine News is 1,055,000 (6 pm)/ 971,000 (6:30 pm)
ABC News 718,000
10 News First 348,000(5 pm)/ 270,000 (6pm)
SBS World News 187,000 (6:30 pm)/136,000 (7 pm)

Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 727,000
7:30 682,000
The Project 318,000 (6:30 pm)/530,000 (7 pm)
The Drum 189,000 

Breakfast TV
Sunrise 252,000
Today 185,000
News Breakfast 149,000

Nine

Following the elimination of Wippa on Sunday night, Celebrity Apprentice had 621,000 as the show got to the nitty-gritty of the season.

The episode opened with Lord Sugar addressing the final four contestants, “This is the hardest sell you’re ever going to make in your life,” Lord Sugar told Shaynna Blaze, Martha Kalifatidis, Ross Noble and Josh Gibson. “I want you to sell the impossible.”

The Impossible was selling enormous loads of lemons, sand, ropes and tennis balls, with each celeb tasked with one of the items, and the challenge of turning them into something more valuable.

Ultimately, Ross Noble and Shaynna Blaze were chosen to go into the Grand Finale, with 679,000 watching the boardroom decision.

Seven

It was a big night for 7 News with its 6:00pm bulletin bringing in close to 1.3m as it helped power Seven to the Monday win with the highest primary (19.1%) and network (27.2%) share of the night

On Big Brother, 568,000 watched as Big Brother opened up his shop full of temptations, but everything came with a catch.

Sid snapped up an overnight stay in the Attic, choosing SJ to join him in hopes of blowing up the game with a new plan.

The plan? Nominate two heavy hitters along with Marley, forcing Marley to play the immunity eye, thereby squeezing out one of the two housemates sitting beside him.

Sid pulled out all the stops, winning his first ever individual nominations challenge to put his plan into action, nominating Marley, Tilly and Danny.

In an emotional eviction ceremony, Danny told the housemates to send him home and save Tilly, saying “she deserves to win”. 

But Danny’s pleas weren’t enough. Marley played the eye and when the final votes came in Tilly was evicted until Big Brother stopped Tilly as she exited the house, sending her to his secret Mirrored Room instead.

10

The Project had 318,000 (6:30 pm) and 530,000 (7 pm) viewers as the show covered the issues of concussions in the NRL following the retirement of Boyd Cordner, The Queens’ Birthday Honours list, and Calum Scott joined the show to talk about his new music.

On MasterChef, 579,000 watched as the chefs took on a service challenge by preparing Deliveroo orders, as the teams vied to avoid the pressure test on Tuesday night.

ABC

After being delayed for a week, the anticipated and controversial episode of Four Corners that examined Prime Minister Scott Morrison‘s links to a member of the QAnon cult had 722,000 viewers.

The show examined the QAnon cult and a Sydney man Tim Stewart.

The report claimed that Morrison was influenced by the old family friend with links to the QAnon cult to refer to “ritual sex abuse” and that he planned to holiday with the couple in Hawaii during the bushfires.

The report also stated that Morrison and his wife, Jenny have been friends with Stewart and his wife Lynelle since the 1990s.

The gravity of the episode saw ratings up across the board for the public broadcasters news and current affairs line up with ABC News (718,000), 7:30 (682,000), Australian Story (651,000), and Media Watch (681,000) all performing well.

SBS

The top non-news program on SBS last night was a repeat of The Secrets of the Tower of England which had 159,000 viewers.

Week 24-25: Friday-Monday
FRIDAY METRO
ABCSevenNine10SBS
ABC14.4%721.3%916.8%10 9.2%SBS One4.5%
ABC KIDS/ ABC TV PLUS2.1%7TWO3.4%GO!2.4%10 Bold3.8%VICELAND0.7%
ABC ME0.4%7mate6.3%GEM2.0%10 Peach2.2%Food Net0.9%
ABC NEWS1.9%7flix2.2%9Life1.9%10 Shake0.6%NITV0.2%
    9Rush2.1%  SBS World Movies0.9%
TOTAL18.8% 33.2% 25.2% 15.8% 7.1%
SATURDAY METRO
ABCSevenNine10SBS
ABC8.2%724.6%917.2%10 7.3%SBS One6.1%
ABC KIDS/ ABC TV PLUS1.7%7TWO4.4%GO!3.4%10 Bold4.5%VICELAND1.1%
ABC ME0.7%7mate5.4%GEM2.4%10 Peach3.1%Food Net0.8%
ABC NEWS1.9%7flix1.9%9Life2.6%10 Shake0.2%NITV0.2%
    9Rush1.2%  SBS World Movies1.3%
TOTAL12.4% 36.3% 26.7% 15.1% 9.4%
SUNDAY METRO
ABCSevenNine10SBS
ABC12.1%720.2%919.7%10 12.7%SBS One5.0%
ABC KIDS/ ABC TV PLUS2.0%7TWO2.9%GO!3.5%10 Bold3.3%VICELAND1.1%
ABC ME0.6%7mate5.1%GEM1.3%10 Peach2.2%Food Net1.0%
ABC NEWS2.0%7flix1.7%9Life1.4%10 Shake0.6%NITV0.1%
    9Rush1.1%  SBS World Movies0.4%
TOTAL16.8% 29.8% 27.0% 18.8% 7.6%
MONDAY METRO
ABCSevenNine10SBS
ABC15.2%719.1%918.7%10 13.2%SBS One4.0%
ABC KIDS/ ABC TV PLUS2.1%7TWO3.5%GO!1.9%10 Bold4.7%VICELAND1.6%
ABC ME0.3%7mate3.2%GEM2.4%10 Peach2.6%Food Net0.7%
ABC NEWS1.6%7flix1.4%9Life1.7%10 Shake0.5%NITV0.1%
    9Rush0.9%  SBS World Movies0.6%
TOTAL19.2% 27.2% 25.6% 21.0% 7.0%
MONDAY REGIONAL
ABCSeven AffiliatesNine Affiliates10 AffiliatesSBS
ABC15.7%720.0%913.4%WIN10.1%SBS One3.8%
ABC KIDS/ ABC TV PLUS2.0%7TWO5.4%GO!3.2%WIN Bold6.3%VICELAND1.5%
ABC ME0.7%7mate4.4%GEM2.7%WIN Peach2.2%Food Net0.6%
ABC NEWS1.3%7flix (Excl. Tas/WA)2.1%9Life2.2%Sky News  on WIN2.1%NITV0.1%
        SBS Movies0.6%
TOTAL19.7% 32.0% 21.5% 20.7% 6.6%
MONDAY METRO ALL TV
FTASTV
88.5%11.5%
All People Ratings

Friday Top 10

  1. Seven News Seven 923,000
  2. Nine News Nine 903,000
  3. Seven News At 6.30 Seven 857,000
  4. Nine News 6:30 Nine 839,000
  5. ABC News ABC TV 636,000
  6. A Current Affair Nine 582,000
  7. Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football Seven 539,000
  8. Hot Seat Nine 480,000
  9. The Chase Australia Seven 480,000
  10. Vera (R) ABC TV 468,000

Saturday Top 10

  1. Seven News Seven 857,000
  2. Nine News Saturday Nine 783,000
  3. ABC News ABC TV 570,000
  4. A Current Affair Nine 497,000
  5. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Seven 424,000
  6. Getaway Nine 347,000
  7. David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet Nine 330,000
  8. 10 News First 10 272,000
  9. The Durrells ABC TV 267,000
  10. M- The Martian Seven 258,000

Sunday Top 10

  1. Nine News Sunday Nine 951,000
  2. Seven News Seven 939,000
  3. Celebrity Apprentice Australia -Boardroom Nine 718,000
  4. Celebrity Apprentice Australia Nine 636,000
  5. ABC News Sunday ABC TV 619,000
  6. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football Seven 570,000
  7. MasterChef Australia Sun 10 558,000
  8. Spicks And Specks ABC TV 523,000
  9. Jack Irish ABC TV 521,000
  10. 60 Minutes Nine 480,000
Monday FTA
  1. Seven News Seven 1,293,000
  2. Seven News At 6.30 Seven 1,194,000
  3. Nine News Nine 1,055,000
  4. Nine News 6:30 Nine 971,000
  5. A Current Affair Nine 727,000
  6. Four Corners ABC TV 722,000
  7. ABC News ABC TV 718,000
  8. 7.30 ABC TV 682,000
  9. Media Watch ABC TV 681,000
  10. Celebrity Apprentice Australia -Boardroom Nine 679,000
  11. Australian Story ABC TV 651,000
  12. Have You Been Paying Attention? 10 650,000
  13. Celebrity Apprentice Australia Nine 621,000
  14. Home And Away Seven 617,000
  15. Seven’s AFL: Monday Afternoon Football Seven 617,000
  16. MasterChef Australia 10 579,000
  17. Big Brother Seven 568,000
  18. The Project 7pm 10 530,000
  19. Hot Seat Nine 471,000
  20. Seven’s AFL: Monday Afternoon Football – Pre Match Seven 460,000
Monday Multichannel
  1. NCIS (R) 10 Bold 187,000
  2. NCIS Ep 2 (R) 10 Bold 176,000
  3. Doc Martin 7TWO 174,000
  4. NCIS Ep 3 (R) 10 Bold 174,000
  5. Bluey ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 132,000
  6. Peter Rabbit ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 118,000
  7. Neighbours 10 Peach 117,000
  8. Shaun The Sheep ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 104,000
  9. School Of Roars ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 104,000
  10. Bluey ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 104,000
  11. Peppa Pig ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 103,000
  12. M- Captain America: The First Avenger (R) 7mate 102,000
  13. The Wonder Gang ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 100,000
  14. Remy & Boo ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 100,000
  15. NCIS Late Encore 10 Bold 99,000
  16. Bargain Hunt 7TWO 98,000
  17. ABC News Mornings ABC NEWS 95,000
  18. Judge John Deed 7TWO 92,000
  19. Peppa Pig ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 92,000
  20. Kangaroo Beach ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus 91,000
Monday STV                           
  1. Live: AFL Melbourne V Collingwood FOX FOOTY 212,000
  2. Live: NRL: Bulldogs V Dragons FOX LEAGUE 173,000
  3. Live: On The Couch FOX FOOTY 114,000
  4. Live: AFL Monday Pre-Game FOX FOOTY 99,000
  5. Live: AFL 360 FOX FOOTY 80,000
  6. Credlin Sky News Live 65,000
  7. Paul Murray Live Sky News Live 63,000
  8. The Bolt Report Sky News Live 63,000
  9. Live: NRL 360 FOX LEAGUE 57,000
  10. Alan Jones Sky News Live 52,000
  11. Live: NRL Monday Pre Game FOX LEAGUE 50,000
  12. Peppa Pig Nick Jr. 39,000
  13. Peppa Pig Nick Jr. 39,000
  14. Peppa Pig Nick Jr. 39,000
  15. Jeopardy! FOX Classics 38,000
  16. NCIS FOX Crime 36,000
  17. On The Couch FOX FOOTY 36,000
  18. Peppa Pig Nick Jr. 34,000
  19. Abby Hatcher Nick Jr. 34,000
  20. The Kenny Report Sky News Live 34,000

Shares all people, 6pm-midnight, Overnight (Live and AsLive), Audience numbers FTA metro, Sub TV national
Source: OzTAM and Regional TAM 2021. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM

Media News Roundup

GB News Channel Launch

Angelos Frangopoulos-led GB News Channel launches in the UK

GB News launched its opinion-led take on broadcast news and a new website on Sunday, prompting a campaign group to seek to shut it down with an ad boycott, reports Press Gazette.

Google Trends showed a surge in interest for GB News on the search engine with 200,000+ searches yesterday (Sunday) and GB News was also trending on Twitter.

The channel has been widely trailed as Britain’s answer to Fox News.

But interviewed by Press Gazette, GB News director of news John McAndrew said: “My view of our channel, and certainly how it’s going to be, is that it will be a very warm, inclusive channel where disagreements will be had, tough subjects will absolutely be taken on, but they’ll be taken on in a classy and courteous fashion.

“What this won’t be is a hate-filled divisive shout-fest that some people seem to have characterised it as, which is 180 degrees away from where we want to be.”

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GB News launch gains more viewers than BBC or Sky news channels

The launch of GB News was watched by more people than both the BBC News channel and Sky News despite several technical glitches on opening night, according to data released on Monday, reports The Guardian’s Kevin Rawlinson and Jim Waterson.

The television news channel, which claims to “lend an ear to some of Britain’s marginalised and overlooked voices”, launched at 8pm on Sunday with a mission statement delivered to camera by its chairman, Andrew Neil.

According to the TV industry magazine Broadcast, GB News peaked in its opening minutes with 336,000 viewers, meaning it outperformed the 100,000 who watched BBC News across the hour and the 46,000 who watched Sky News.

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Tony Abbott among guests on first full day of GB News channel

No country has had more of a positive impact on the modern world than Britain, former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott told GB News.

Abbott, who is advising the UK government on trade deals, said he did not understand why so many people played down Britain’s role in the world, and urged Brits to be proud of their history.

Critics have raised questions about the impact a trade deal with Australia could have on UK farmers, but Abbott said Britain had nothing to fear.

Speaking on the new Brazier and Muroki show, Abbott said: “It baffles me a little that so many people in Britain are always running the country down, always taking Counsel of fears no hopes.

“No country has had more impact on the modern world than Britain. When you think of the mother of Parliament’s, the rule of law, democracy, the Industrial Revolution, emancipation of minorities, written and spoken word.

“And this is a trade deal with one of Britain’s greatest friends, namely Australia.

That’s no threat to the people of Britain. This is going to help the people of Britain because we will stand beside the people of Britain through thick and thin in the future as we have in the past.”

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Queen's Birthday Honours

Patrick Smith, a legend honoured for relentless campaigns

Patrick Smith was the light on the hill for many of us in journalism. A man of towering reputation, one whose thundering contempt held administrators, codes and participants to account, a relentless campaigner on issues that mattered and a beautiful writer who could throw the lever to vaudeville with equal effect, reports News Corp’s Peter Lalor.

The three-time Walkley Award-winner has been roused from retirement by the news he has been awarded a medal (OAM) in the general division of the Order of Australia for his services to print media.

The award’s citation mentions Smith’s advocacy for restricting the use of whips in racing and for the introduction of a racial vilification code in AFL football as chief among the 69-year-old’s achievements. Smith started in journalism in 1972, worked at The Age from 1976 to 2000 and anchored The Australian’s sports section from 2000 to 2019.

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Former Fairfax journalist Lindsay Murdoch honoured with OAM

Former Fairfax Media journalist Lindsay Murdoch has received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his contribution to journalism, reports SMH’s Josh Dye.

After a cadetship at the Warragul Guardian in Victoria’s Gippsland region in 1968, Murdoch joined The Age in 1977 as a police reporter. He became the paper’s chief-of-staff in the mid-1980s before spending 25 years on the road as a foreign correspondent throughout Asia for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021: Judi Farr, Angela Bishop

Showbiz actors, presenters, journalists, commentators, producers and crew are amongst those recognised in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours, reports TV Tonight.

They include actors Judi Farr, Chris Hemsworth, Peter Caroll, Leah Purcell, journalists Angela Bishop and Simon Bouda, TV presenters Mark Beretta and Peta Credlin, cinematographer Russell Boyd and the late producer John Caldon of Flame Media.

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Business of Media

ABC’s reputation under scrutiny like never before

One of the ABC’s best-known on-air presenters is unusually blunt about the bad publicity the public broadcaster’s flagship current ­affairs program has attracted in recent months. “It’s incredibly bad for all of us,” the journalist says. “They’re embarrassing the whole organisation,” reports News Corp’s James Madden.

It’s a point of view widely held within the national broadcaster, whether those at the helm of Four Corners or in the upper echelons of management wish to admit it or not.

Of the dozens of ABC journalists The Australian’s reporters have spoken to in recent weeks, two central points of irritation are recurring themes — annoyance that 4C, as it’s known internally, appears exempt from the editorial oversights and management controls demanded of other news programs at the organisation; and deep concern that the lines of journalism and activism have, in recent times, too often been blurred on a program long considered the gold standard for current affairs on television.

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How Four Corners became the story in the government’s ABC wars

Conflicts – between journalists, editors and management – are the subatomic particles of journalism without which not much journalism appears. But rarely has an internal editorial process become so public than when the ABC’s managing director David Anderson decided to delay an upcoming Four Corners episode about the Prime Minister and his connections to a QAnon conspiracy theorist, reports SMH‘s Zoe Samios, Lisa Visentin and Stephen Brook.

Once again when ABC journalistic endeavour rubs up against the federal government, the friction throws the national broadcaster into turmoil. The ABC’s elite investigative unit strives to uncover damaging political stories that their colleagues can’t or won’t. As veteran investigative reporter Andrew Fowler, the last person to have a Four Corners episode delayed by ABC management, puts it: “Four Corners is the single most important investigative unit in Australia. Its powerful visual impact has the kind of political clout that really worries governments.”

Yet for its detractors, staff at the program are operating as a journalism vigilante unit whose overzealous reporting and intemperate tweets have plunged the ABC once again into crisis.

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Controversial Four Corners episode on PM’s alleged links to QAnon to air on Monday

The much-hyped Four Corners episode about an Australian man’s association with the far-right conspiracy group QAnon – and his alleged links with Prime Minister Scott Morrison – will air on the ABC on Monday night, just days after the boss of the national broadcaster said the story was “not ready”, reports News Corp’s James Madden.

The episode has been the subject of fierce debate since it was revealed last week that the ABC’s managing director David Anderson – after reviewing a draft of the program – had ruled that it did not meet the editorial standards of the national broadcaster.

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As News Corp savages its enemies, the ABC must strive for unity. Which makes it the perfect target …

The other day I got angry enough about an editorial in the Australian newspaper – which castigated in vicious terms two of the ABC’s most accomplished journalists – that I wrote a letter to the editor. A waste of time, of course: the letter wasn’t published, writes Guardian Australia‘s Jonathan Holmes.

So I posted it on Twitter, where it got thousands of likes, replies and retweets, almost all of them supportive. But as Ann Braine, a former teacher from Perth, tweeted: “Unfortunately those who should read it, won’t.”

She’s right. And they won’t read this either. The Guardian is not part of the diet of readers of the Australian, and vice versa.

It’s a cliché to say that we all inhabit news silos these days: we are seldom confronted by views that differ from our own. And what’s true of social media is becoming just as true of the so-called mainstream. Advertising no longer pays journalists’ wages. What their employers need are loyal, paying readers and viewers. And in general, people pay to read stories that reflect and reinforce their views.

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Shock treatment to tame a taxpayer-funded beast

ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose thinks the ABC should be more like the BBC. That’s a start, writes News Corp’s Janet Albrechtsen.

In her foreword to Aunty’s 2019-20 annual report, she wrote: “It’s worth remembering that the ABC serves a population just over one-third the size of the UK (over a landmass 32 times bigger) and does so with total funding of around one-seventh the size of the BBC’s budget.”

It’s also worth remembering that the BBC is funded by a licence fee paid by all British households, companies and organisations that receive or record live television broadcasts, including iPlayer catch-up.

To make the ABC more like the BBC, the Morrison government should propose a voluntary licence fee for the ABC, providing a direct line of sight between money from our pockets to the coffers of the public broadcaster. That would test Aunty’s impartiality at the next federal election. It also might help relieve taxpayers from more ABC arrogance.

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News Corp’s Michael Miller warns of cluttered media market

The Australian media market has become cluttered with too many new entrants, and the industry faces an “uncertain future” as consumers become more circumspect with their subscription choices, News Corp boss Michael Miller has warned, reports News Corp’s James Madden.

The executive chairman of News Corp Australasia (publisher of The Australian) said while the nation’s media landscape had never been more competitive and diverse, the sector was struggling to accommodate the recent rush of fresh entrants, and some players would need to change their business model in order to survive.

“As more players enter the market, there are fewer people to go around. Advertising dollars are decreasing and subscriber dollars are very competitive to earn,” Miller told The Australian.

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MasterChef may not air in parts of Australia as Ten toils on affiliate deal

Television programs such as MasterChef Australia and Have You Been Paying Attention? may not be available for viewers in Tasmania or Northern NSW in a matter of weeks because Network 10 has not signed a deal with a single regional affiliate partner, reports SMH‘s Zoe Samios.

10 was informed in early March that its current regional broadcasting partner WIN Corp had struck a seven-year deal with Nine Entertainment Co, owner of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, to broadcast programs such as Married at First Sight and The Weakest Link in regional areas from July. Regional affiliate Southern Cross Media Group, which ends its current deal with Nine on July 1, said it intends to do a deal with Ten but no contract has been signed.

Ten has also not signed deals with other regional affiliates Prime Media Group or WIN in the markets where Southern Cross has no presence, according to industry sources familar with the negotiations.

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Streaming giants brace for shakedown in post-pandemic era

In the early days of lockdown, amid the uncertainty and fear that gripped the world, one man helped distract from the pandemic with his ludicrous antics, reports SMH’James Cook.

Joe Exotic, the gun-toting operator of a big cat park in Oklahoma, left millions of viewers gripped by his stranger-than-fiction tale in the Tiger King when it came out in March last year. The show helped Netflix reach a record 182.9 million subscribers for the first three months of 2020, more than twice the number it had expected to gain.

That trend continued throughout the year, with millions signing up to streaming services at the end of 2020 despite COVID-19 restrictions forcing the amount of new shows and movies to slow to a trickle.

Now, however, the pandemic’s biggest winners are facing the prospect of rapidly shrinking user growth as lockdowns ease – and some are warning the boom time may be over.

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Victoria Cross ‘put a target on my back’: Ben Roberts-Smith

Being awarded the Victoria Cross put a target on his back and brought “a lot of misfortune and pain”, Ben Roberts-Smith told a court in Sydney, reports AFR‘s Max Mason.

The former Special Forces soldier also accused a witness set to testify against him of jealousy and a “flair for the dramatic”.

Roberts-Smith said there was a distinct change in attitude after he received the Victoria Cross – the highest award in the honours system – in 2012, following the Battle of Tizak in Afghanistan in 2010.

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News Brands

Peta Credlin to join The Australian as a columnist

Sky News host and former prime ministerial chief of staff Peta Credlin is joining The Australian as a columnist, reports News Corp’s James Madden.

“It’s been a privilege to have been a national News Corp Sunday columnist for six years. To now join The Australian as well, with its stable of thinkers, provocateurs and experts, is about as good as it gets, if you’re like me and believe in the battle of ideas,” she says.

Credlin, 50, is a Sky News political contributor and anchor of her own self-titled show; she writes a weekly column in News Corp’s Sunday papers (and will continue to do so) and is a political contributor for Nine Radio, with her on-air slot carried in Queensland, WA, NSW and Victoria.

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Radio

Kyle Sandilands celebrates 50th birthday in fine style

It wasn’t so much a case of who was but who wasn’t invited along on Saturday as Kyle Sandilands, Sydney radio’s undisputed king, rang in his 50th birthday with a lavish bash aboard a $3000-per-hour superyacht on Sydney Harbour, reports News Corp’s Amy Harris

Surprisingly many of Sandilands’ long-times besties — including Sophie Monk and Karl Stefanovic — were nowhere to be seen aboard the swanky seafarer.

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Publishing

Is there a market for Harper’s Bazaar 2.0?

It’s the story of glossy magazine publishing, which was once a hugely successful industry in Australia, but is now a shell of its former self. In the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, Kerry Packer’s Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) was selling more than a million copies each of marquee mastheads such as Woman’s Day and Women’s Weekly, reports AFR‘s Lauren Sams.

Pacific Magazines and News Limited, too, were power players, with their own stables of successful magazines. Fashion bibles Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Mode set the style directive for millions of Australian women.

You know the rest of the story. The internet came along. Publishers did not act quickly enough, or do enough, to quell its effects on readers (free content, shrinking attention spans) or advertisers (a new avenue in which to invest and attract eyeballs).

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