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The Digital Apocalypse Has Arrived! Will 2017 Be The End Of Media In Australia?
In this dramatic guest post, Andrew Birmingham, the editor in chief of Which-50.com, paints a rather dystopic picture for a lot of Australian media, predicting their ad revenues (and business models) are heading in one direction- off a cliff!
Google, Facebook. Facebook, Google, let’s call the whole thing off.
Last week the IAB released its quarterly approximation of online ad spend. It suggested that the shift of budgets into online advertising continues unabated as does the unparalleled migration in media wealth from local players like Fairfax to international dotcoms like Google and Facebook.
Posted by B&T Magazine
bandt.com.au
TV’s Four HorseMEN Attack In Internet Evangelists’ Apocalypse
The slumbering giant of television has awoken and promised to smite its enemies in spectacular fashion at this morning’s reThinkTV Marketing Forum.
In front of a packed house of more than 500 people at Sydney’s Doltone House, TV’s biggest bosses in Australia Paul Anderson, Ten, Hugh Marks, Nine, Peter Tonagh, Foxtel, and Tim Worner, Seven, took to the stage together to show a united front against their common enemy of Internet platforms (mainly Facebook and Google).
By David Hovenden
bandt.com.au
What’s In Store For Digital In The Next 12 Months?
Henry Ford once said, “If I asked the people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse”, and in this opinion piece, Customer Experience Director at TBWA\Melbourne Billy Loizou explores the trends in digital, and takes a stab at predicting what will be the next big thing for the industry.
Henry Ford in the late 1800’s was a pioneer in the automobile industry. Consider this: By the end of 2017 driverless cars will no longer just be an idea, they could very likely become reality. How does that change our lives and how much more potential time does that unlock between our day-to-day activities.
By Billy Loizou
bandt.com.au
Hywood Upbeat Despite Fairfax’s $890m Loss
The fortunes of Fairfax have swung dramatically, with the media giant posting a net loss of $893.5 million for the 2016 fiscal year, following an $83.2 million profit in FY15.
Fairfax revealed today that its underlying net profit decreased by 7.6 per cent to 132.5 million in the 12 months to 30 June, with overall revenue falling 0.6 per cent to 1.83 billion.
Posted by HUNTLEY MITCHELL
www.bandt.com.au
Heavyweight Investor Tells Fairfax To Shut Weekday Papers “Sooner Rather Than Later”
On Monday, speculation of thedownfall of Fairfax’s weekday newspapers was confirmed via a leaked email from one of the publisher’s executives, and today things don’t look much better, with billionaire investor Alex Waislitz urging them on.
According to an article from The Australian, Waislitz is spurring chief executive Greg Hywood on and shut weekday print editions such as SMHand The Age sooner rather than later.
[B&T Magazine]
Posted byB&T MAGAZINE
Study: Digital Disruption Is Inevitable And 75 Per Cent Of Brands Will Fail
Nearly all of the chief strategy officers (CSOs) surveyed by Accenture around the world say digital disruption will reshape their industries but very few however are equipped to navigate the change.
That’s a key finding from a study called ‘Thriving on Disruption’, by the Accenture Institute for High Performance. According to Paul Nunes, managing director, Accenture Institute for High Performance, “Rapid and disruptive change is coming, regardless of the industry that you operate in.”
[B&T Magazine]
Posted byB&T MAGAZINE
Fairfax Signals End Of Weekday Newspapers
Fairfax has acted on speculation that the end is nigh for its weekday newspapers, with a leaked email revealing that the media group’s print focus will now be on its weekend titles.
According to The Australian’s Media Diary section, the email from a Fairfax executive paints a glass-half-empty picture of the newspaper market, claiming that the Monday to Friday paper will become “obsolete” as readers turn to digital alternatives.
[B&T Magazine]
Posted byB&T MAGAZINE
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