It’s getting nasty

Tim Burrowes

April 23, 2009 3:48

“The problem is this – the Australian social media industry simply doesn’t live up to its name. And it certainly does not live up to its nature. Indeed, to me it often seems like the word ‘anti’ should be placed in front of the word social.”

James Duthie on the snarkosphere

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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