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The Great Rebalancing in Australian Media
Australian media isn't dying because social media stole its audience. It's dying because a whole new class of intermediaries is better at capturing value than publishers ever were.
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Can Politico conquer Canberra?
Politico is entering the Australian political news market at precisely the moment others are retreating from it. Can a well-resourced American publisher, fresh from conquering Brussels, find a premium niche in Canberra?
WTF is happening in rural news?
In my decade-long tenure as a media academic at "Australia's leading regional university" (🙄), I was regularly asked to comment on shifts and changes in regional broadcasting and news. It was a difficult position on occasion because we needed to work closely with regional broadcasters to place
What 50 years of The Science Show tells us about science communication
How does someone go from being a bit player on Monty Python's Flying Circus to one of the longest-standing hosts on Australian radio? Just ask the ABC's Robyn Williams - the founding host, 50 years strong, of The Science Show. I know Williams only as a
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Australian media in 2026
This is not a prediction, this is just a trend check.
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Frequency is a newsletter focused on deep analysis of the Australian media industry written by Dr Travis Holland, a media and communication academic, ex-University of Wollongong and Charles Sturt University. Frequency will primarily come in the form of a fortnightly essay offering insight and critique on market and regulatory changes,