AU & NZ

While other kids his age were reading books, Tom King spent his primary school days glued to the sports section of the newspaper.Now Head of K Rock Football in the Victorian city of Geelong, Tom tells Radio Today “As a child, I hung on the back 15-20 pages of The Sun. Football, cricket, basketball, racing…. Read More
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There are positive signs for Australia’s news industry – and traditional news outlets – according to a major new report out today.The Digital News Report Australia 2022 found more young people are shifting away from social media, towards more traditional forms of news.While social media remains Gen Z’s main source of news (46 per cent),… Read More
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Budding radio hosts can learn vital broadcast skills through a hands-on, intensive short course on offer at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).The TV & Radio Presenting Intensive is an introductory course, starting July 11.Students learn presenting and voiceover skills and how to conduct interviews. There’s also an introduction to radio announcing.Enrol now… Read More
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ARN says today’s monthly Triton Podcast Ranker results further cement iHeart’s position as Australia’s leading podcast network.iHeartPodcast Network Australia continues to perform strongly with a combined total of 5.6 million listeners.In addition, the network has achieved its highest number of downloads since the Podcast Ranker began, with over 26.6 million monthly downloads in May (up… Read More
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ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia, LiSTNR (SCA), and Audioboom are the top three publishers in Triton Digital’s latest Australian Podcaster Ranker.The top three podcasts for both the Top 100 Ranker and Top 100 All-Australian Ranker included Hamish & Andy (LiSTNR), Casefile True Crime (Audioboom), and Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions (Nine Publishing).Liar, Liar first… Read More
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As inflationary pressures impact media budgets, two new reports from SCA’s insights division, SCAiQ, reveal that ad-supported audio adds as much as 18 percentage points of additional reach to screens such as TV and BVOD.Audio Reach Amplifier explores ad-supported audio’s ability to increase a campaign’s scale and better impact the total marketing funnel, and analyses… Read More
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