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INSIDE THE NEW MAGAZINE

Mediaweek #919, July 6, 2009

Top Story

When news of Michael Jackson’s death broke on Friday morning, June 26, Australia’s biggest daily newspaper, the Herald Sun, made the decision to put out a special late edition. Editor Simon Pristel tells us how they did it and also about the amazing numbers for Heraldsun.com.au. Also, find out which local music mag is issuing a special Michael Jackson commemorative edition this week.

Media Buzz

Nova gets into the P!nk, APN unveils Brüno’s biggest erection on Sydney’s Oxford St, executive shuffle at ACP, Carat, Lonely Planet, John Singleton’s daughter makes a bid for pop stardom, news on TV1’s new channel, Seven gets geeky, Disney attacks the Sunday papers on DVD and ONE HD rolls out more of its sports rights.

Spectator

Our cameras catch the action when Nova and Soothers team up for a Daniel Merriweather showcase in Sydney’s Old Darlinghurst Gaol, the Men’s Style Men of Influence dinner, the World Dog Games, EMI Music’s annual conference and Vega’s win at the 2009 Sydney Royal Easter Show Media Awards.

Person of the Week

Brendan Moar, “gardening dude”, LifeStyle Channel

Inside Digital Media

GM for entertainment and lifestyle at Fairfax Digital, David Ray, speaks to Mediaweek about TheVine.com.au now heading into its second year and what has been achieved by the site aimed at 18-30-year-old “industry leaders”. We also have digital bytes from Zoom Media, Flossie.com and Google.

Inside Radio

Content director for Fox FM in Melbourne, Dave Cameron, explains why consistency is what’s helped keep Fox at #1 and why the Melbourne market is a little more pop/dance-orientated than other network stations. We also have the AirCheck most-played ads in the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane markets.

Inside Magazines

ACP Magazines’ contract title for Weight Watchers is selling well on the newsstands and we speak to new editor Jacqui Mooney about the title, working with the renowned international weight-loss organization and also her career as a veteran of women’s mags, including Dolly, Cleo and Bride To Be.

Inside Newspapers

New editor of The Newcastle Herald, Roger Brock, talks about localism and offerings for everybody and also explains just why local news sells. Find out what he has to say about the Pasha Bulker and the Orkopoulos case as well and why these were – and still are! – major stories for the regional paper.

Inside Television

Producer David Mason talks about his new series for Nine, Trouble In Paradise, and his own troubles in paradise – getting thrown out of his job in Lebanon at broadcaster LBC when he discovered some financial irregularities. We also speak to the ABC’s head of TV, Kim Dalton, about the programming on the new ABC3 channel. Plus OzTam and Nielsen’s weekly TV charts, and the UK, US and NZ top 20.

Inside Subscription TV

TV1 CEO Peter Hudson talks to us about their newly appointed COO, their 30 Rock launch and what’s happening with that Sci Fi channel rebrand in this territory. We also have shorts cuts from Foxtel, Turner Entertainment Networks, Nickelodeon, BBC Worldwide Channels and UKTV, plus the week’s top 50 subscription TV shows and channel shares as compiled by OzTAM.

Special Section: Reporting Michael Jackson's death

Mediaweek examines how newspapers, magazines, radio, online and TV reported on the news of Michael Jackson’s passing, the biggest entertainment story of the year, if not the decade, after it first came through on Friday morning, June 26. We also have tributes to the legendary performer from a number of top industry execs, including his Sony Music record label bosses.

Entertainment Media

AFTRS CEO Sandra Levy talks to us about the launch of their new journal of screen arts and business, Lumina, and whether she has any plans to return to producing. Plus “the entertainment buzz” – the stories the biz was buzzing about this week, the MPDAA top 20 box office chart, ARIA top 20 singles and albums, GfK top 20 DVD chart and Hitwise’s Top 20 newspaper website rankings.