Radio
Is the podcast bubble starting to burst?
A million podcasts started airing in 2020 alone. Two years on, 2023 is set to see a fraction of that number.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Latest
Have we already hit peak streaming? Stranger things have happened
Netflix boss Reed Hastings predicted an industry “shakeout” when he visited Australia last year. It hasn’t happened – yet.
- by Nick Bonyhady
From waiting tables and hosting kids’ shows to Smooth FM’s evenings: meet Cameron Daddo
Cameron Daddo might be a part of Australia’s Daddo entertainment dynasty, but before he was in showbiz he considered an unlikely alternative career.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Opinion
Is there anybody out there? Tony Staley’s gift to the airwaves
Tony Staley, who received a state funeral this week, was a conservative. But he believed in diversity and freedom. He bent the rules to give both a voice.
- by Tony Wright
Exclusive
ABC
Radio was the ABC’s crown jewel, but new data shows how it has fallen
Five years of ratings data from the industry’s official provider shows the scale of the challenge faced by the national broadcaster as it deals with a generational shift in its ranks and audience.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios
Updated
Media & marketing
‘Bad luck’ to critics as Hadley signs up for another two years on air
The high-profile host said some people would be happy he was staying, and “bad luck” to those who would be disappointed.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Goggle Box is KIIS host Jase Hawkins’ guilty streaming pleasure
Jase Hawkins is one half of KIIS 101.1’s breakfast show, Jase & Lauren.
- by Zoe Samios
Southern Cross boss to exit after tumultuous tenure
Grant Blackley is leaving the company, which owns Triple M, after an eight-year stint as CEO that coincided with the pandemic and a share price fall of nearly 80 per cent.
- by Zoe Samios
Maverick, irreverent priest had staunch commitment to helping those in need
Father Bob Maguire, a self-described larrikin, was a long-serving parish priest, an unlikely TV and radio star and determined to be of “earthly use”.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
Media & marketing
Doug Mulray farewelled by closest mates at wake befitting the great man
They did Mulray proud, providing a send-off fit for one of Sydney’s favourite sons: the greatest icon of Sydney FM radio bar none.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Why this BBC radio show sends me to sleep
The Shipping Forecast provides a soothing soporific for the insomniac.
- by Grace Linden