Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, February 20
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, your rolling diary of everything you need to know in the marketing and media worlds (and some stuff that makes us chuckle). Refresh the page regularly for the latest updates.
Highlights: Mumbrella Hangout this afternoon with Julian Morrow and Kate Browne from The Checkout | Police turned up one ‘unconsummated’ Schapelle Corby agreement during raids on Seven | Fairfax boosts profits despite revenue falls |LinkedIn opens up publishing platform to anyone in content push | TV ratings: Ten falls below ten per cent share for main channel | Dr Mumbo: Calvin’s got a hashtag
5:59pm – If you didn’t get enough of Robbie Williams on Today this morning (see 8:10am) then fear not, there’s a hard hitting interview on ABC’s 7:30 tonight, where he talks about, amongst other things, UFOs. Who does he say “I’m daddy bear and I want to protect her with a ferocity. I have a ferocity that is beyond me.”
Curious Fairfax numbers. Year on year is down hugely, though a big part is TradeMe having been sold. The claims of improvement for the “continuing” business are not showing up in the cash flow from operations, which is down 30%.
What is abundantly clear is that Fairfax is a dying print business.