Culture wars, content gaps and AI risks

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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