AU & NZ

Andrew Burke, Australian Financial Review Weekend editor, has shared details of his interview with the late Glen Wheatley.“I was calling him to talk about a project that was, perhaps unsurprisingly, designed to further leverage the success of his old friend and greatest professional collaborator, singer John Farnham.”With both men in their 70s, the idea was… Read More
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The International Olympic Committee has awarded ABC sports journalist Tracey Holmes the 2021 Women and Sports Award for Oceania.Holmes is the first journalist to win the prestigious award, which the IOC said recognises her contribution to reporting on women’s sport and mentorship for the next generation of women sports journalists.“In 1989 I started a weekly segment on… Read More
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Audible has commissioned a new Audible Original podcast, Climate of Change with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy.Co-created and co-hosted by multi-award-winning actor, producer, and environmental advocate, Cate Blanchett (Don’t Look Up, Nightmare Alley, Blue Jasmine); and climate entrepreneur and activist, Danny Kennedy (CEO of New Energy Nexus [NEX] and Managing Director of the California Clean… Read More
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Lucia Elliott (pictured) has been appointed SCA’s national Trade Marketing Director. Elliott, who is currently Marketing Director of the Boomtown collective, will also join the Boomtown Steering Committee as part of her new role. Megan Parkes has been promoted to National Trade Marketing Manager. She is currently Trade Marketing Manager – NSW and in the… Read More
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‘Baby’ John Burgess is in intensive care at the Royal Perth Hospital due to a bacterial infection.His manager Evan Broadway says he was due to be released on Friday and was already eager to get back to his work as a radio announcer at Perth’s 6iX.“He wanted to work Saturday, and we said, ‘Nah mate… Read More
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Commercial radio has performed strongly in another year impacted by COVID, with weekly audiences up by 1.3% to a record 11.2 million listeners in the five metropolitan capitals in 2021.The figures from Commercial Radio Australia’s annual listening summary are based on an average of the eight official GfK radio surveys conducted in 2021.“Radio continued to… Read More
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