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Episode Synopsis
What's a journalist to do when they accidentally get added to the US government’s war planning Signal chat? Tim and Viv dissect The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg's strange scoop and the process of reporting classified information. Netflix and Stan turn 10 in Australia as Max enters the market. We look at how the state of streaming has changed viewing habits and homegrown content production. Plus, the first gfk radio ratings survey for the year yields interesting results for the ABC’s big lineup changes, and the ALP turns to a bizarre AI cat video to sell its Medicare election message.Guest: Dr Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer in Digital Communication at RMIT University and co-leader of the Streaming Industry and Genres Network.
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