• Posted on 20 Nov 2025
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Centre for Media Transition - Issue 21 | 2025

This week, Monica Attard unpacks the latest BBC turmoil and what it signals for the ABC as public broadcasting becomes a proxy battlefield. 

Derek Wilding digs into the proposed Australian content obligations for streaming services. 

I look at new claims about Russia “grooming” AI models. 

And finally, Alexia Giacomazzi invites you to our upcoming UTS panel ‘Can News Survive AI?’. 

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Alena Radina

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society

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Derek Wilding explores the complications surrounding the latest adjudication from the Australian Press Council and the deluge of commentary from The Australian opposing it.

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Monica Attard examines the alarming emergence of news as a loss leader at The New York Times.  

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Florencia Melgar – Editorial Standards Manager at SBS – reminds us of the importance of verification, not just to counter disinformation, but also to raise standards. She describes the developing trend for balance to replace accuracy, “as if unverified claims were factual counterpoints”