The Sunday Herald Sun's Damon Johnston
James Manning with the Off the Bench team
James Manning and Brenden Wood with AFR's Tony Boyd
May 22, 2012 We also caught up with Celina Edmonds, the national affairs correspondent for Sky News who talked about her highights from covering major events around the world for Sky News. She also looked back through her career and recalled for us the amazing years she spent in Tasmania 20 years ago covering the shootings at Port Arthur as a young reporter and news anchor for ABC Hobart.
May 22, 2012 We spoke with Bridie Barry, Sky News Business anchor and host of the world-famous Mediaweek TV program.
May 22, 2012 It has taken a while to organise a recording session with the editor of the biggest-selling weekly magazine in Australia, Woman's Day. But we were invited into Fiona Connolly's office this week for what amounts to a masterclass in magazine publishing and celebrity wrangling. Hear the behind-the-scenes story about securing an interview with Simone Callahan for the cover story of the current edition. Find out about the celebrities that sell and those that don't. Connolly talks about her weekly competitors and about being the official magazine for The Voice. She recalls her days on Sydney Confidential and reveals how she feels about Kyle Sandilands now after she famously banned him from the newspaper during a massive feud several years ago.
May 16, 2012 The Ten Network's head of digital gives us a fascinating insight into a vital part of a broadcaster's offering. While Nine and Seven have JVs with ninemsn and Yahoo!7, Ten handles its own digital output and Dempsey talks us through the broadcaster's considerable online arsenal, including the recently renovated MasterChef site. He talks about digital strategy, website audiences, mobile devices, apps, Twitter and loads more. Hear about the Ten shows that connect best with a digital audience and hear what Dempsey and his team have planned for The Shire and Being Lara Bingle. He reveals his own tech set up and he debates with Brenden and James whether tweets on TV can be called visual pollution.
May 11, 2012 The head of drama for Screentime sits down with James Manning and Brenden Wood to talk about the new Screentime mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers In Arms. The show commences next week and a very busy Greg Haddrick also has duties as executive producer on the series as well as sharing writing credits. Ahead of the launch of the show next Tuesday, Haddrick talks about the long wait to get the rights to the book by former SMH reporters Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson, how the series was pitched to Ten, and the challenges involved in the production. Hear how Screentime managed to get their hands on motorcycles after they found owners of expensive choppers reluctant to lend their machines to the actors.