186 publishers apply for initial Innovation Fund grants

September 4, 2018 9:10

186 companies have applied for the first round of the Federal government’s Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has revealed.

The fund, part of the Federal government’s media reforms package to help small and regional publishers deal with digital disruption, was due to launch in July, but was held up to legislation problems.

Subscribe to keep reading

Join Mumbrella Pro to access the Mumbrella archive and read our premium analysis of everything under the media and marketing umbrella.

Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

Topics

ACMA Anna Reynolds Louisa Graham media reforms Meghan Brownlow Michael Malone Peter Fray Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund small publishers innovation fund The ACMA

3 COMMENTS

David Hague 4 Sep 18

Is there a list of the applicants somewhere?

User ID not verified.

Beau Ushay 4 Sep 18

Paul Wallbank 4 Sep 18

I’ve contacted ACMA and they’ve advised me they won’t be making the applicant list available but they will be releasing details of the successful applications in November.

So only two Prime Ministers until you’ll find out..

Regards,

Paul Wallbank