Columns & opinion

Robert Whitehead: New Australian code of conduct locks in payments from Big Tech for content

Aug 04, 2020 at 01:01 am by Staff

Australia's code of conduct to force platforms to fairly pay publishers for content has just become a big global deal for two reasons: The platforms will have no choice but t.... Read More

Phil Jarratt: Click-bait and social media issues as only some of shamed are pictured

Aug 03, 2020 at 09:36 pm by Staff

At the beginning of July a local media organisation 'named and shamed' four people who had recently been convicted in my local Noosa magistrates court of various charges relat.... Read More

Wayne Knowles: How SCMP's new edition, campaign build meaningful news media brand in Asia

Jul 28, 2020 at 07:19 pm by Staff

Information is everywhere. By 2018, 33 per cent of the global population had a smartphone, with Asia Pacific making up 35 per cent of this total. This percentage represents so.... Read More

Peter Coleman: New report to look at other countries' news business models

Jun 22, 2020 at 02:44 am by Staff

What now, if post-COVID advertising revenue doesn't climb back up the cliff off which it's fallen, and Australia fails to force Google and Facebook to chip in what publishers.... Read More

Damian Eales: A different take on print closures, digital future

Jun 02, 2020 at 09:26 pm by Staff

It is easy to characterise, as some have, the impending closure of the print editions of many of News Corp Australia's regional and community mastheads as a disaster for journ.... Read More