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Mark Zuckerberg's warning: A major change to how we build Facebook
'We're making a major change to how we build Facebook'
by James Manning – Jan 15, 2018

Martin Clarke on return of DailyMailTV renewed for second season in the US
'At DailyMailTV we aim to set the news agenda'
by James Manning – Jan 15, 2018

TV Ratings Jan 14: Ten kicks off 2018 with a bang, ODI cricket dominates Sunday
Mediaweek editor James Manning looks at last night’s TV ratings
by James Manning – Jan 15, 2018

Sports Friday: Crocmedia name lives, Why Golf changed channels, Cricket crowds, Tennis climax
Sports Friday: A roundup of sport broadcasting news. Cricket Crowds: TEN and Nine The Big Bash League has been delivering big audiences to TEN with the cricket every night since the 2017/18 season…
by James Manning – Jan 12, 2018

Nova Red Room 2018 launch: Liam Gallagher begins another ambitious year
It seems as if Nova Entertainment's Tony Thomas and Claire Marshall challenge each other and their team to improve on the Red Room offer to Nova listeners and potential commercial partners each year.…
by James Manning – Jan 11, 2018

Media People: Karina Carvalho, Helen Kellie, Ron Tandberg, Kris Madden, Jesse Cox, Wayne Castle, Weekend Today
Mediaweek's Media People Karina Carvalho ABC presenter Karina Carvalho (above) is moving to a new national role in 2018. After five years leading ABC TV’s flagship 7pm News bulletin in Queensland,…
by James Manning – Jan 10, 2018

Box Office: Jumanji 2 leads the charge on second successive $25m weekend
• Good weekend – 8 movies in million dollar plus club A massive weekend saw the top 20 movies return $24.74m with box office down only 10% on the previous weekend's record haul. It has been a good…
by James Manning – Jan 9, 2018

Gfinity Esports Australia partners with Alienware for 2018 Elite Series
• Prize pool of $450,000 on offer during the first year of competition HT E Events and Gfinity Esports Australia have announced Alienware, a subsidiary of Dell, as the presenting partner for…
by James Manning – Jan 9, 2018

TorchMedia re-signs Queensland Rail contract
TorchMedia has re-signed its contract with Queensland Rail for the External Rail Advertising for another five years. Since commencing work with Queensland Rail in 2012, TorchMedia reports there has…
by James Manning – Jan 9, 2018

Stan reveals Billions series three launch date
Stan has announced that the third season of the hit drama series Billions will premiere on Stan on Monday March 26, at the same time as the US. The series stars Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden…
by James Manning – Jan 9, 2018

Crocmedia merger with Pacific Star Network to proceed
• Combined Pacific Star Network and Crocmedia have annual revenue of $48m with $10m EBITDA • Crocmedia founders Hutchy and Chris Giannopoulos join Pacific Star board • How much will Hutchy earn as…
by James Manning – Jan 8, 2018

Jase and PJ: New KIIS 101.1 breakfast hosts ask for fair go
Day one with new KIIS 101.1 breakfast hosts Jase and PJ
by James Manning – Jan 8, 2018

ARIA Charts: King Gizzard chart top 10 with fifth album released in 2017
The fifth album from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, "Gumboot Soup", was released on New Year's Eve and it has debuted in the top 10 at #8.
by James Manning – Jan 7, 2018

Game Of Thrones final season delay confirmed
GoT fans will need to be patient
by James Manning – Jan 5, 2018

Romper Stomper pulls biggest Stan original crowd
Streaming video on-demand platform Stan has announced that its original series Romper Stomper has attracted a bigger audience in its first 24 hours than any other Stan original. The six-episode…
by James Manning – Jan 4, 2018

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