Papers review: Slow-going for Nine; the bad ship Blue Freeway; Walton returns with a mean new haircut

Tim Burrowes

March 30, 2009 9:06

In a quiet news week, the good journalist turns to their diary, and that’s what today’s media and marketing sections have done, with the AFR and The Oz looking forward to the Winter Olympics, future TV shows and today’s digital TV conference.

Australian Financial Review

The Fin reports that Nine is receiving “a cool response” to its ad packages for next February’s Vancouver Winter Olympics.

The paper also reports that mobile phone radio service Stripe– part owned by M&C Saatchi exec David Whittle – is preparing to launch a marketing push. The 31-channel service has been marketing itself to Optus custoemrs since December, and a deal has now been done with Telstra too.

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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.