The Guardian launches Australian Media Blog and diary column The Weekly Beast
The Guardian has launched a dedicated site for media news called Media Blog Australia which will be published on a Monday pitting it against the media sections for The Australian and Australian Financial Review.
Amanda Meade, who spent more than a decade writing The Australian’s Media Diary, will now write her own Monday column called The Weekly Beast.
“Our readers love media stories and so we’ve signed Amanda Meade to develop a regular media blog in addition to the news articles she already does for us. That blog soft launched about a week or so ago and we expect it to build,” said Emily Wilson, editor, Guardian Australia.
Finally a Monday media column worth reading. Amanda shouldn’t have been allowed to leave the Australian. Well done Guardian.
The Guardian analysing media? That will just be a vessel for anti Murdoch venom, hysteria and conspiracy theories. Think of that kid in “The Exorcist” – wild eyed, head spinning, green vomit spewing – that’s The Guardian analysing the real media!
I’d say you’re being a bit hysterical there Mike.
SeaDog, in the ‘World of Mike’ that was rational and cogent analysis. Sad isn’t it.
Looking forward to a media column that isn’t all about trying to push the interests of its proprietor while attempting to tear down competitors or anything standing in its way.
Fantastic. Glad to see Amanda back writing about the media. I’ve missed her stories,
Can’t wait to make this my Monday Ritual!