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Hugh Marks is the new managing director of the ABC. Is he the right person for the job?

Aspects of Hugh Marks’s record as chief executive of the Nine Entertainment Company raise questions about his suitability for the position of managing director of the ABC, to which he has just been appointed.

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ABC’s new managing director Hugh Marks says turmoil at Nine Entertainment makes him a ‘better leader’

Chair of the national broadcaster describes appointee to five-year term as ‘unusually well qualified’

The Guardian - AU

Changing channels as former Nine chief takes ABC reins

The man who oversaw the merger of two major news companies before leaving Nine under a cloud has been appointed as the next managing director of the ABC.

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Judge gives the media a serve over criticism of rape prosecutions

Judge John Pickering defends NSW DPP Sally Dowling and fomer ACT DPP Shane Drumgold against sustained attacks. Plus: what Gina Rinehart wants for Christmas

The Guardian - AU

Julian Leeser braces for the teals, Abbott meets JD Vance, and Kim Williams to sing at RN Xmas party?

Another moderate Liberal is worried about his chances, and we get an email promising an ABC musical number.

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ABC inboxes flooded with fan abuse after Kim Williams’ criticism of Joe Rogan

ABC chair’s comments that ‘people like Mr Rogan prey on vulnerabilities’ sparks furious response. Plus: lean times for awards ceremonies

The Guardian - AU

ABC Chair Kim Williams Said Joe Rogan’s Content Is ‘Deeply Repulsive’ & The Podcaster Isn’t Happy

Even Elon Musk got involved in the tit-for-tat.

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Joe Rogan responds after Australian media boss decries ‘repulsive’ impact

Chair of Australia’s national broadcaster claims podcaster preys on ‘people’s vulnerabilities’ and ‘fear’.

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‘Deeply repulsive’: ABC chair Kim Williams rails against Joe Rogan amid pitch for greater funding

ABC chair Kim Williams faced the National Press Club today, during which he pitched for funding and railed against podcaster Joe Rogan.

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Podcaster Joe Rogan 'preys on fear': ABC boss warns

Australians have increasingly turned to alternative media sources, but the ABC head claims these content creators plunder the public for 'malevolent' purposes.

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Chair Kim Williams makes rare admission about ‘poorer’ state of ABC’s output

Williams issues plea for proper funding to keep broadcaster as a bulwark against misinformation and ‘downright lies’

The Guardian - AU

Thirty bills still before Parliament in final sitting week

The government is scrambling to pass, scrap or delay dozens of bills in the last sitting week of the year, and developing countries are incensed by the ‘bad faith’ climate deal struck at COP29.

Crikey

As ABC staff reel over radio shakedown, Kim Williams lectures on ethical leadership

ABC chair Kim Williams got to avoid curly questions on a day when Aunty was rocked by major departures.

Crikey

ABC chair worried about rise of fact-less AI news

The threat to editorial guardrails due to the rise of AI and what it means for truth and democracy is worrying, according to ABC chair Kim Williams.

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Albo’s Qantas headache continues

Try as he might, Anthony Albanese can’t get his alleged flight upgrades from Alan Joyce out of the news, and Joe Biden has given Kamala Harris the gift of the gaffe.

The Guardian - AU

ABC chair says pressing ‘digital titans’ for revenue is a ‘mainstream democratic imperative’

Kim Williams says funding local news and public interest journalism is crucial in a world where ‘the distortion of culture poses such a grave threat to democracy’

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‘The camera and the mirror’: Sitting down with Kim Williams on the future of the ABC

‘The ABC is not here to provide public sport for News Corp.’

The Guardian - AU

‘Vital’: ABC Radio to become own division after chair Kim Williams intervenes to reverse strategy

Networks including Radio National and Triple J were moved under the general content department last year, but Williams has stepped in

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The Conversation

Introducing a new series: what’s the future of the Australian media?

Australian media has entered a new phase in its painful transformation, yet so far it has been poorly reported and is only vaguely understood.

The Guardian - AU

ABC chair quotes JD Vance memoir as he sounds alarm on media future

Giving the Monash Oration in Sydney, Kim Williams says truth and democracy suffers every time a job in journalism is cut

The Guardian - AU

Times are tough in the media – just not for Australia’s TV network executives

Amid scandals, industrial disputes and profit downgrades, the Seven and Nine leadership was still rewarded handsomely. Plus: Sammy J’s ratings win

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Dutton ‘most divisive leader in history’: Chalmers

The treasurer has spectacularly attacked the opposition leader, calling him ‘pathologically’ divisive, and new research highlights how much gambling addicts turn to crime to fund their habit.

Crikey

Kim Williams’ ABC is moving on from bland stability — and that’s a good thing

The past few years at the ABC have been a disaster: bland, uncontroversial, lightweight and in a permanent defensive crouch. Can the national broadcaster turn things around.

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Anderson’s exit can be a reset at the ABC. It must start with Radio National

Radio National should be the centre of national culture, not drifting in the margins. Guy Rundle has some ideas on how to set things right at the station.

The Conversation

David Anderson’s resignation as ABC managing director could be a watershed moment for the broadcaster

The resignation of David Anderson as managing director of the ABC has the potential to be a watershed moment in the history of the national broadcaster.

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