MEDIA DISABLED , DISMEMBERED .

When  our  Shipping  Reporter went along to cover the Townsville arrival of the cruise  ship  Queen Elizabeth  he  discovered  that  usual   parking  spaces  for  vehicles with disabled  passengers  at  the  main wharf  had   been  converted  to   media  use  only  which   was  really   an  indication   of   the  current  tough  financial  times in  commercial  media , not  to  mention  its  obvious  shortcomings.  

Since then, Channel Nine has   axed its  Darwin bulletin  and made changes to  its  Gold Coast office ,  involving  11  full-time employees  , three made  redundant.   

Nine Entertainment  announced it  would lay off  up to 200 employees ,38 from television  news and current  affairs , about  half  from publishing ,  some from  digital  and  head  office. 

 Murdoch's News Corporation this  month embarked upon  a $65million  restructuring  which resulted in  the removal of  many senior News executives  and  a split into three  publishing  divisions. 

 At Seven West Media, run by Kerry Stokes,  150 staff members are to depart under a plan to save  $100million.

Commercial media is fighting  falling revenue as advertisers  slash marketing  budgets  plus the  decision by Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, that it would no longer provide funding to traditional media outlets under deals struck in the wake of Australia's landmark legislation in 2021 that required  technology  companies to  pay   for  news content.

To quote moaning  Donald Trump, suffering from RSI after signing all those  decrees,  thank  God for the Australian Broadcasting  Corporation which is  constantly  shot   at   by  News  Corp , especially  by  Sky . 

(Media. Disabled. Trump.)