The view from down-under

Poking around the various referral pages that have led people to my blog, I came across a recommendation on an interesting view of the media and blogging in Australia on Mark Jones' Filtered site. As in so many areas of its media, Australia seems to be well ahead of the Asian and European curve and broadly in line with the US in terms of the sophistication with which its media industry is adopting and adapting to developments like the blog-ortunity.

Splendid bitchiness between rival media groups is also an ever-entertaining feature of the Australian media scene. Mark highlights that with his link to a piece in The Australian newspaper, a News Corp. title, which lays bare management and newsroom rumblings at rival Fairfax where the new CEO has asked for savings of $100mn.