Q&A with Andrew Maiden

In a piece that first appeared in Encore, Andrew Maiden, the CEO of subscription television industry body ASTRA, talks about his guilty media pleasure of binging on news bulletins.

Who is the most powerful person in Australian media and why?
Kim Williams because of his success over many years leading different media entities, and because News Corp has a large reach, enjoys financial success and, importantly, takes seriously its responsibility to advocate for policy reforms that expand consumer choice and encourage investment.

What one medium could you not live without?
Definitely television because it remains the dominant entertainment and information medium in consumers’ homes despite 50 years of technological change.

Your one guilty media pleasure?
While other people binge on drama series, I binge on news and current affairs, sometimes watching recorded prime-time news bulletins back-to-back through the evening.