BOTW: How the platforms ghosted news; Say it ain’t so, Joe; Media companies see 40% decline

Welcome to Best of the Week, written on a beautiful morning back home in Sisters Beach, Tasmania, after two days of being rained on in Melbourne.

I blame Qantas for my soaking. If my flight in hadn’t been so late getting in, I wouldn’t have needed to run into the Qantas lounge to record the TV Blackbox podcast. If I hadn’t been in the lounge, I wouldn’t have been kicked out halfway through because they were closing for the night. If I hadn’t been mid-podcast, I might have noticed I was leaving my raincoat behind.

Today: How the platforms turned off the tap for news; The Unmade Index hits the floor; In praise of Joe Aston.

If you believe in supporting journalism, become a paying member of Unmade today.