Tim Burrowes - Unmade

Yet another place I might eventually, sporadically, post when this place finally implodes substack.com/profile/142232…

@MarkDiStef Bravo

Today we're publishing an investigation into Peter V'landys, and how he wields immense power over Australian sport, politics and media. I sat with him for nearly two-hours to talk about racing, NRL, Albanese, Murdoch and his enemies. Hope you'll read! (link in next tweet).

This ASX sector has been left in the dust 💨 @timburrowes of Unmade breaks down the struggle of media companies and what plagues the sector. 📺 Watch here: ausbiz.co/4emfGXw #ausbiz #asx200 #mediasector

@clothedvillainy I may be unique among media owners that both in my time as an owner of Mumbrella and now Unmade I’ve given them more money than the other way round

In which I find myself arguing on the side of a tax intervention

Media companies are struggling, but should taxpayers bail out journalism? In today’s Friday Fight, @UnmadeAU owner @timburrowes argues yes: crikey.com.au/2024/08/23/fri… While professor of economics @chrisberg argues no: crikey.com.au/2024/08/23/fri…

This is the media read of the day

@NeilMcMahon @JamesCridland You’re absolutely right - if memory serves, just three weeks of ten in the last survey, and eight out of ten this time around. So it’s a reasonable scorecard of where they are now. My hunch is they’ll find a tribe in Melbourne just as they did in Sydney but will take time

@NeilMcMahon I think that’s my main point on personality - they haven’t got to win over most people, just be the biggest / most listened to personalities by 10 or 11% of the audience

@NeilMcMahon It’s early days: this trip, 94.1% of the average audience chose something else. I’d be surprised if that number gets higher. They haven’t got to win 100% - they’ve just got to be distinctive enough to get it down to (only!) 89% choosing something else to be no 1. They’ve got time

Disrupt Radio is currently burning $400,000 a month to stay on air via @timburrowes unmade.media/p/how-disrupt-…

Well worth reading this Unmade article about Seven West Media from @timburrowes open.substack.com/pub/unmade/p/t…

@ants000 @theage @theheraldsun @australian @FinancialReview @nytimes @washingtonpost @FT @WSJ @Bloomberg @ballaratcourier @BgoAddy @WboolStandard @substack @Medium @CapitalBrief @crikey_news @SatPaper @GuardianAus @guardian @TheDanBarrett @UnmadeAU Thank you for the kind words!

@theage @theheraldsun @australian @FinancialReview @nytimes @washingtonpost @FT @WSJ @Bloomberg @ballaratcourier @BgoAddy @WboolStandard @substack @Medium @CapitalBrief @crikey_news @SatPaper @GuardianAus @guardian .@TheDanBarrett's Always Be Watching & @timburrowes' @UnmadeAU Substacks are brilliant in the categories of film & TV for ABW & the media industry for Unmade. They punch above their weight due to being on the world class Substack platform though I do prefer reading on the web. 🧵

I trialled running all the major Australian news organizations apps on @Android on my Google Pixel 6 Pro. I've reverted back to their websites for all but @GuardianAus. So many downsides to the apps compared to the benefits of their websites. 🧵

One for media nerds: If you're looking for a great summary of the annual Uni of Canberra Digital News Report @timburrowes is well worth a read (note: paywall) unmade.media/p/despite-meta…

@haravayin_hogh I’m curious whether you think fish traps were still used?

Despite eating seals, crustaceans, & various molluscs, Tasmanians categorically refused fish - despite spending a quarter of the year starving. The fossie record indicates fish was once a major nutrition source for the Tasmanians, but this completely ceased around 2000 BC.

Short thread on life of the Tasmanian Aborigines prior to European arrival - the most isolated & primitive human society that has ever existed. Excerpts from Edgerton's "Sick Societies". Photos from my own last holiday there.🧵

@NancyGeorges @UnmadeAU Correct - survey covers ten weeks; they were on air for only the last three of them

For balance, because the headline doesn’t reflect: they only launched the show in April & they do t be part of a full ratings period till August. @timburrowes gave me this info on @UnmadeAU podcast. 👍🏼

ping @purplepingers

From me: The worst people in the world are making the most desperate hand over their data. What could possibly go wrong? unmade.media/p/the-worst-pe…

@andrewpascoe Thanks for the nudge unmade.media/p/the-worst-pe…

@timburrowes "The report does not make any new recommendations to government but provides further evidence to support the introduction of a prohibition on unfair trading practices & the implementation of strengthened privacy laws in Australia."

@timburrowes Have you seen any takes on it at all? Or did it sneak under ppl's radars given how long it took to released?

@MarkDiStef Am I being cynical to suspect this is a deliberate attempt to generate some Windows 95 style infamy? youtu.be/lAkuJXGldrM?si…

Canva's private valuation should be marked down 30 per cent because of this.