Government backs away from war on ABC in election year; CHEP reboots; Paul Henry – Breakfast was Ten’s poison chalice
Welcome to Unmade, mostly written in the departure lounge at Sydney Airport, and completed this morning as the sun was coming up at beautiful Sisters Beach, Tasmania. It’s good to be back.
On the way though, it was a big nerdy thrill to finally see my book on display in the airport bookshop, seven months since publication.
Happy National Cut the Cord Day. I could Google that to find out whether it’s a reference to the rise of streaming at the expense of bundled US television services, or a way of involving partners in the birthing process, but that would spoil the mystery.
ABC unfrozen
So that’s one topic that won’t be an election battleground.
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From what I read originally the $2m paid for Cleo Smith also included licensing of their story for future movies and TV series. That seems to have been lost somewhere along the line in the rush to bash 60 Minutes…
That’s a fair point, Josh. Mind you, I wonder what extra rights that bestows compared to somebody making an unauthorised version of the story.
Cheers,
Tim