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Jeremy Paxman in £1m deal for book trilogy including his BBC career – reportThe former Newsnight presenter’s first subject will be Britain over the last 50 years while the second will be about his TV career -
ABC ‘sacks’ Quentin Dempster after axing of 7.30 NSW programVeteran presenter promises viewers the show will ‘go out with a bang’ next week as budget cuts take their toll
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Popular Australian newsreaders channel Anchorman in epic broadcast battleThe Feed news show on SBS2 gathers some of the biggest names in public and commercial television journalism for violent parody of Ron Burgundy news clash -
Four producers sacked and others placed in redundancy pool in 'ABC version of Survivor'Senior journalists face four-week skills audit as managers decide who they will make redundant
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Adam Bandt: ‘People believed Abbott when he said there would be no cuts to ABC or SBS’ – video
With widespread job losses expected at the ABC and SBS, Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt says Tony Abbott should have honoured the promise he made before last year's election that there would be no cuts.
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Australia's G20 in the world's press: climate change, koalas and cringingTony Abbott may have wanted to keep the climate off the summit agenda, but the international media had other ideas
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G20 journalists leave media centre empty in favour of sticking with leadersThe Brisbane media centre has been underused, but journalists who do drop in are happy to have a go at office cricket
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Dateline takes a lighter new direction after 30 years on SBS‘We do need to make the program a little bit lighter and that’s part of the direction that it will be going,’ says managing director
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The Weekly Beast: At the Movies a critical loss for Margaret, David ... and Michael BodeyJournalist leaves out one fact for Weekend Australian criticising axing of At the Movies; Cathy Freeman kept on track for Seven; ABC fails to launch
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Rolling Stone walks back UVA rape story over 'discrepancies' in student's accountThe magazine has apologised for the article about a woman who alleges she was the victim of a calculated gang rape by members of a fraternity
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Good to meet you… Debbie CarrThere's a geography lesson in every GuardianEyewitness photo, says a scuba-diving knitting teacher who makes use of every page of the Saturday edition
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Mass walkout at New Republic over digital strategyStaff at politics and culture magazine say they have been treated in a ‘cowardly, hostile way’
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Today's media stories from the papers
Our roundup of the day's media stories, including CPS to review Mazher Mahmood cases and BBC defends 'hyperbolic coverage' of cuts after chancellor's criticism
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Jon Snow: Go on, join the good guys on International Day of the VolunteerAs a trustee of Media Trust, the Channel 4 News presenter calls on execs to help charities develop communications strategies
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Where do our fish really come from? SBS show promises to lift the lid on the seafood industry – video
An SBS series promises to reveal the unsustainable fishing practices prevalent in the seafood industry
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Andrew Quilty tells the story behind his Nikon-Walkley photo of the yearAndrew Quilty tells the story behind his striking but heartbreaking image of a baby girl being treated in an Afghanistan hospital
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Cheap eats: FOI requests reveal how little the ABC spends on lunchesThe Australian’s media editor, Sharri Markson, has outed herself as the person who lodged a raft of FOI requests with the ABC
Attacks on public broadcasting have gone global. The ABC is no exception