Listen "Mark Humphries: why do we love media moguls? "
Episode Synopsis
If you weren’t reading the newspapers in Victoria and Queensland in 1980s you could be forgiven for not knowing the name of fallen media mogul Christopher Skase. It's a problem Mark Humphries is trying to solve with a new podcast from ABC Radio National Rewind - Skase Fall of a Tycoon. We dig into why media personalities are so interesting to Australians when they're at their peak, and decades later.News Corp Australia boss Michael Miller fired some opening shots at the big tech companies this Wednesday at the Melbourne Press Club claiming calls to reform copyright laws are an attempt at a "big steal". Why is copyright becoming such a hot topic and what do Australian writers and creatives stand to lose? Google has launched in Australia a chatbot-like advanced form of AI search, called "AI Mode". They’re calling a move from “search engine” to “answer engine”. What impact will this have on news websites which have already seen a drop in traffic after AI summaries were introduced on Google a year ago? Guest: Mark Humphries, comedian and host of Skase: Fall of a Tycoon on ABC Radio National Rewind
More episodes of the podcast MediaLand
Social media ban bites!
05/12/2025
Gambling advertising under the spotlight
28/11/2025
Whistleblowing to media under threat
21/11/2025
How do you cover a dismissal?
07/11/2025
First Nations Media: telling our stories
31/10/2025
Does democracy die in a news desert?
24/10/2025
Mitch Churi: Radio killing season kicks off
17/10/2025
Media merger mania!
03/10/2025
Megan Pustetto: reality TV pulse check
26/09/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.