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Media: who owns what?

ACMA publishes an interactive map of major media ownership in Australia.

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has published an interactive snapshot of who owns major media organisations in Australia.

You can drill down by pressing on any of the buttons to see the shareholdings and control interests.

Bound to be needing regular updating in 2016!

There are five main control rules that apply to commercial TV, commercial radio and associated newspapers. These rules are:

  • 75 per cent audience reach rule: this prevents control of commercial TV licences whose combined licence area populations exceed 75 per cent of the population of Australia.
  • Two out of three rule: this prevents control of more than two of commercial radio, commercial TV or newspaper in the same licence area.
  • Two to a market–radio rule: this prevents control of more than two radio licences in the same license area.
  • One to a market–TV rule: this prevents control of more than one commercial TV licence in the same licence area.
  • Number of voices rule: this prevents media acquisitions that would result in there being less than five independent media operators in a metro licence area and four in a regional area.

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  1. The TV licence areas are a hangover remnant of when they were set up in the 1950s. Will be complicated to unscramble in certain areas when the 75% Audience Reach Rule is finally abolished. The Govt should start with a clean slate and abolish them as well and instead just have 3 commercial network Australia wide licences.

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