Tasmanian Times
Media
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1.3KThe Mercury goes shopping at the Boxing Day sales
“Retail frenzy: Tasmanians set for $52m Boxing Day blast,” screamed the front-page of the Boxing Day edition of the Mercury, a headline...
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Comment: Is Bigger Media really a good option for Tasmania’s democracy?
Most people in Tasmania could be forgiven for not realising that the local media landscape may be about to go through a...
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The Chrissy/New Year hiatus …
*Pic: Santa on head by Steph, Montgomerys Hotel, 2006 First of all a huge thanks to the monthly supporters including JB, PJB,...
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The growing financial crisis in Tasmania’s newspaper industry
Tasmania’s newspaper industry is in the grip of a growing financial crisis as circulation relentlessly plunges but digital circulation and advertising fails...
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Will Jacqui Lambie back Big Media’s merger plans?
The fate of the lobbying push by Australia’s largest media companies for the abolition of two legal rules frustrating greater media concentration...
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First Day … December … a tribute to Leonard …
In the Tower of Song. Leonard Cohen, 15th November 2010, Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart. Photo © Giles Hugo 2010/2016. [Olympus E-P2, Olympus...
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Why? BAFTA-Award winning doco on Mr Flanagan has received no ABC promo …
*Pic: Richard Flanagan’s acceptance speech at the 2014 Man Booker Prize awards. He won for The Narrow Road to the Deep North....
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Arnold Bloch Leibler, acting for the Receivers v Abetz Curtis, acting for Forestry Tasmania
*Pic: of Minister for Resources Guy Barnett from the Libs’ website. Pic: of Treasurer Peter Gutwein (from his website) Part of the...
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Letter to the Editor on Mercury paywall …
*Pic: This is the firewall that one paying customer gets when attempted to access an on-line story in the blog-like version of...
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TT: The Future …
Firstly to the regular contributors to Tassietimes … Alison, PJG, Kev, Anon, Claire, Geoff, gerrya, Andrea, Bob, Intheloop, Service One, Sir Andrew...
