Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, May 8
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, all you need to keep up to date in the latest happenings in media and marketing. Refresh the page for latest updates.
Top stories:
- BMF retain place on the MLA roster, joined by The Monkeys
- Fairfax strike: Staff return to work
- Opinion: Why b2b print media shouldn’t be written off
- Foxtel quiet on future of The Face
- TV ratings: Puberty Blues finishes on high, Voice still dominant
- Dr Mumbo: Shooting yourself in the face
6.14pm – Reports in The West Australian and now Fairfax Media reporting that Federal Cabinet has approved the axing of the Australia Network.
4:42pm – Following the strike at Fairfax Media, some of the production crew on Network Ten’s soap Neighbours have voted to take protected industrial action. The FremantleMedia Australia employees and members of industry union the MEAA are not currently on strike but “now have the potential to disrupt the production of Neighours”, a Fremantle spokesman said.
