2015 Annual: The year that was – January

December 24, 2015 7:00

In 2015 we saw more major transformation in the media and marketing world. Over the next 12 days, Mumbrella’s Nic Christensen and Miranda Ward provide a month-by-month recap of the most read and biggest stories that affected the industry. We start with January.

The year started with public broadcaster the ABC getting a kicking for the quality of its New Year’s broadcast with hundreds of viewers and many media outlets calling on it to relinquish the rights to a commercial broadcaster.

It was the second year the public broadcaster has shown the event after taking over the rights from commercial rival Channel Nine, with Sydney’s Daily Telegraph publishing an editorial headlined “ABC’s New Year’s Eve coverage needs a cracker up its clacker”, a reference to a famous headline from News Corp stablemate the NT Times.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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