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In the entertainment business it’s Modern Warfare…

The Expounder — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:54:09 +0000

How the world continues to change.

When asked what is the worlds fastest selling entertainment title in history to reach the $1 billion mark you might answer Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows Part Two which smashed opening weekend records both in the US and worldwide….but you would be wrong.

Avatar might be your next thought [...]

Watch out Karl Stefanovic, the iPhone is coming !!!

The Expounder — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:12:27 +0000

In a previous post I wrote about how Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth, and how concern was being raised about the current campaign by much of the international press to spread panic over emissions of radiological material from nuclear power stations in Japan. The end of that article suggested, from a quote [...]

Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth, isn’t it?

The Expounder — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:56:08 +0000

Take a look at the images below.

They are of the same helicopter gathering water to assist in the nuclear emergency in the North of Japan.

The first headline was written by the Huffington Post. The second (the smaller picture) was by the BBC. [Source: U-110 via Reddit]

Over at The [...]

ABC’s Scott to face senate

The Expounder — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:33:32 +0000

EAVB_HCTIQXBLJD In addition to the 24hr News channel a "second front" has opened up in this battle between commecial media and the public broadcaster, and the concern is that in these enviroments if the ABC are allowed to compete you will create market failure - that is where private companies that have been able to operate will move away because it is economically unviable when your comeptitor can provide a superior service for free. [...]

Happy Australia Day to the Facebook nation!!!

The Expounder — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:16:05 +0000

I must say I was surprised when I found out who spent the greatest average time per user on such Social Networks as Twitter and Facebook. Australian's consumed almost 7 hours per user, with the United States and the United Kingdom a close second and third. But if you are starting a social media venture you might want to launch in Brazil... [...]

The ABC should not compete…

The Expounder — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:12:32 +0000

Both the ABC announcement of a new 24-hour news channel in direct competition with existing media outlets and the way they are conducting themselves demonstrates that the ABC has lost its way. What was an independent, non-competitive supplier of quality public services is now morphing in into a government funded News Corp or Fairfax. [...]

Brittany Murphy, Google Results and the Live Web

The Expounder — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:35:23 +0000

Waking up this morning I heard the news about Brittany Murphy's passing so I went and "googled" it and sure enough the search confirmed the story. But as I scanned through the numerous results I saw a new window embedded in the page I had not noticed before which was continuously scrolling with updates. The Brittany Murphy story was breaking before my eyes via a "dynamic stream" of real-time content from such sites as Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed, Jaiku, Identi.ca and of course Twitter. This was not static content - this was news and opinions as it happened... [...]