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ABC boss to stand down after no confidence vote

Australia's public broadcaster is on the hunt for new boss after ABC managing director David Anderson signalled he would step down.

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ABC managing director David Anderson resigns a year into second term in role

In a note to staff Anderson – who was first appointed to role in 2019 – says it was an honour and privilege to lead the ABC

The Guardian - AU

‘Game of Thrones’: AFR editor blindsided as Nine inundated with voluntary redundancy applications

Nine CEO defends highly publicised decision to carry the Olympic torch in Paris. Plus: ABC revives beloved news theme

The Guardian - AU

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Here’s what Crikey readers think the ABC is getting wrong. And a few things it’s getting right

If ABC chairman Kim Williams wants ideas to help lift the national broadcaster’s standing, Crikey readers are more than happy to oblige.

Crikey

For sale: Murdoch’s grand dream, barely used. Available by subscription only

News Corp’s sale of Foxtel represents the dying embers of Rupert Murdoch’s grand plan for a global television subscription network.

Crikey

New chair Kim Williams says ABC should be ‘last broadcaster standing’ and News Corp’s criticism is ‘unbalanced’

Exclusive: Former News Corp CEO says Murdoch company’s obsession with the public broadcaster is ‘fairly unhinged’ and should largely be ignored

The Guardian - AU

Why are ABC execs suddenly talking about ‘social cohesion’?

The national broadcaster has always been tasked with helping to shape and reflect Australia’s identity. But there’s another reason why its leaders are suddenly using this particular phrase.

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Ex-ABC podcast superstar Wendy Zukerman sends a message, and The Daily Aus passes around the cap

Wendy Zukerman stirs up ABC’s Futurecast, The Daily Aus asks for donations, and we say goodbye to Jane Hansen.

Crikey

Kim Williams is right to criticise how the ABC covers news, but there’s a change he needs to make to fix it

ABC chair Kim Williams has attracted considerable attention with his criticism of the broadcaster’s online news choices. Williams has taken issue with what he sees as the ABC prioritising lifestyle stories over hard news. In the process, he has raised an important issue of principle.

The Conversation

Paris becomes Australia’s greatest Olympics

Australian athletes secured four more gold medals overnight in our greatest-ever Olympic haul, and the Great Barrier Reef is enduring its hottest seas in more than 400 years.

Crikey

Yes, Kim Williams, yes! Let’s see some blood on the carpet for a better ABC!

Slow-burn comedy and drama, aimed at the mainstream, synergy with Radio National to broaden its appeal — can the clarinettist with clarity save Aunty from itself?

Crikey

Albo puts truth-telling in doubt

Labor’s commitment to a Makarrata commission on First Nations truth-telling is on shaky ground, and the ASX is set for its worst day in two years.

Crikey

‘Not a great fan’: Phillip Adams signs off with parting shot at ABC chairman Kim Williams

Adams criticises Williams but wishes him well ‘in trying to save the joint’. Plus: turmoil at Seven as staff axed

The Guardian - AU

ABC chair Kim Williams calls for public broadcaster to be ‘national campfire’ and to understand its audiences better

New ABC chair Kim Williams has said the public broadcaster should become a reimagined “National Campfire”, fostering a stronger sense of community togetherness and conversation in a world increasingly fragmented by social media.

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The Guardian - AU

ABC has ‘areas for improvement’ but can be force for ‘togetherness’, broadcaster’s chair says

In wide-ranging speech, Kim Williams says digital age has led to ‘fragmentation’ at the ABC and warns against ‘insidious and dangerous’ ideas of censorship

Crikey

Nine’s cultural problems have been around since I was there in the 1980s

The culture of power games reported in the wake of the Darren Wick scandal is nothing new at Nine, where they’ve been going on for decades.

Al Jazeera

ABC Australia staff’s concerns over pro-Israel bias revealed

Staff warned that language in national broadcaster’s coverage ‘favoured the Israeli narrative over objective reporting’.

The Guardian - AU

Kerry O’Brien criticises ABC, saying management needs ‘clarity of thought’ as Ita Buttrose departs

Former 7.30 and Lateline host uses interview ahead of chair’s final day to argue ABC in danger of losing its way and drifting closer to commercial model

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Crikey

The ABC and Nine are showing their hand with their new appointments

Kim Williams chairing the national broadcaster and ex-News Corp editor Luke McIIveen running Nine flag big changes on the way.

Crikey

Who is Kim Williams, the new chair of the ABC?

Let’s look at the history of the former News Corp and Fox executive who will replace Ita Buttrose as head of the national broadcaster.

The Guardian - AU

Kim Williams must marry ABC’s need for diversity with objective journalism, former Media Watch host says

Jonathan Holmes believes incoming ABC chair knows it is a ‘very live debate’ amid upheaval over impartiality at the broadcaster

Crikey

Fatter wallets for 84% of Australians

Average-wage earners will pocket more than $1,500 in tax relief under Labor’s changes to the stage three tax cuts, and Alex Zverev thoroughly defeated dual grand slam champion Carlos Alcaraz last night, leaving the Australian Open race wide open.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Trump wins New Hampshire primary; Labor to amend stage-three tax cuts; and former News Corp boss appointed ABC chair

New Hampshire primary result suggests smooth path to GOP nomination for Donald Trump

The Guardian - AU

Kim Williams is more than just a former Murdoch boss, but his new role does not make it his ABC

The public broadcaster is under siege. Williams must focus on bringing staff and management together again

Crikey

Kim Williams will be a quite different ABC chair, and is no Murdoch stooge

Don’t expect business as usual from new ABC chair Kim Williams. He brings extensive broadcasting and arts management expertise to the role.

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