2008 Top 10 most reported Australians

Little surprise that our most reported Australian in 2008 was the Prime Minister with around 960,000 news items mentioning him last year. Next was fallen Liberal leader Brendan Nelson, and then the treasurer Wayne Swan arounding off the top three positions. In fact the only person in the top 10 not in politics was Ricky Pointing, captain of the Australian cricket team.

The figures also show just how powerful radio broadcasting in generating news coverage, outstripping all other news outlets for nearly every person on the list.

If you are interested in the entire list of 2008 Top 50 most reported Australians complete with figures for each media type, email me at kylie at slicemedia dot com and I'll send a copy your way.

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Transcripts, video clips and audio clips just got cheaper!

Happy new year Slicers!

To get 2009 off to a flying start, we've sliced our broadcast product pricing! Check out our new prices:

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Slice news: Broadcast pdfs are here!

Since February you've been able to download your press AND broadcast summaries via the 'All Items' page in your Slice subscription website. But wait! There's more! Now each broadcast summary delivered into your individual tracking folders also has a pdf of the summary! Just like a press clip!



No more cutting and pasting. No more formatting crises. Yay for small wonders.

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Monthly Media Index: September 2007

For the month that was, here it is - top news stories in the Australian media for September 2007. Thanks to Patrick Baume, Senior Analyst at Media Monitors for the round up.

APEC – The early September meeting in Sydney of 21 government leaders from around the Pacific rim, including U.S. President George Bush and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, was largely overshadowed by a breach of security by the ABCs Chaser comedy show, although a number of trade deals were signed with China, Russia and the U.S.

Climate Change – APEC produced an agreement for aspirational targets amongst its members, including the two biggest carbon emitters, the U.S. and China, although the agreement was criticised as unenforceable by green groups.

Drought and water supply – The situation in the Murray Darling Basin went from very bad to calamitous during September, with the lowest inflows to the system on record. While citrus growers talked of having to pull up fruit trees, the price of water rose 1300% from the same time last year and there were predictions of higher grocery prices.

Industrial relations policy – The IR debate came back to centre stage during August, with business groups weighing in with an advertising campaign warning of dire times for small business if the WorkChoices reforms are overturned, whilst the Federal Opposition came out with its detailed policy, keeping many of the reforms but sticking to the commitment to remove AWAs

Xue Qian Xun – Strenuous debate over the merits of the Federal Government’s intervention into indigenous communities in the Northern Territory continued throughout August, with aboriginal groups and some welfare groups criticising several elements of the plan, particularly surrounding long-term ownership and the effectiveness of drinking bans.

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Monthly Media Index: August 2007

Happy Spring Slicers! Below are the top news stories at home and around the globe for August 2007. Thanks to Patrick Baume at Media Monitors for the round up.




• Industrial relations policy – The IR debate came back to centre stage during August, with business groups weighing in with an advertising campaign warning of dire times for small business if the WorkChoices reforms are overturned, whilst the Federal Opposition came out with its detailed policy, keeping many of the reforms but sticking to the commitment to remove AWAs

• APEC – The early September meeting in Sydney of 21 government leaders from around the Pacific rim, including U.S. President George Bush and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, received plenty of coverage during August, with most of the focus on security preparations and disruptions to business and travel in the Sydney CBD.

• Climate Change – Climate change was one of the key areas discussed in the lead-up to APEC, with the Government pushing its plans for an alternative future international agreement to Kyoto and announcing further subsidies for alternative energy use, while the Opposition maintained its commitment to long term significant cuts in carbon emissions.

• Dr Mohamed Haneef – After all charges against Dr Haneef were dropped, the Federal Court overturned the Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews’s decision to revoke Dr Haneef’s visa, leading to further calls for Mr Andrews’s resignation and prompting the Government to immediately announce an appeal.

• Federal indigenous intervention plan – Strenuous debate over the merits of the Federal Government’s intervention into indigenous communities in the Northern Territory continued throughout August, with aboriginal groups and some welfare groups criticising several elements of the plan, particularly surrounding long-term ownership and the effectiveness of drinking bans.

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Monthly Media Index: July 2007

The first month of the new financial year delivered the following top Australian media stories (see below). Many thanks to Patrick Baume, Senior Analyst at Media Monitors for putting this together for Slice. Enjoy Slicers!

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• Dr Mohamed Haneef – The detention, arrest, charging in relation to the failed Glasgow airport attack, release on bail, re-detention, dropping of charges and ultimate release of Dr Mohamed Haneef was easily the biggest news story of July, with the AFP, the DPP and the Minister for Immigration all under intense media pressure for their part in the saga.

• Federal indigenous intervention plan – The Federal Government’s takeover of many remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory was hotly discussed in the media, with heavy criticism from some groups but polls showing majority support for the move.

• Climate Change – Climate change remains near the top of the news agenda as it has for the last nine months, with the Federal Government making more concessions with a solar hot water rebate, while the Opposition continued to claim the PM is asleep on the job.

• Water policy – The attempted Federal takeover of the Murray-Darling river system was big news this month, as former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks stepped away from negotiations, claiming the Plan was dead, while the Federal Government pledged to go ahead with the takeover without Victoria’s agreement.

• Federal Liberal leadership – The speculation about the Liberal leadership resurfaced this month after criticism of the PM by the Treasurer in a soon to be released Howard biography, although a poll claiming 30% of people would be less likely to vote for the Liberals with Peter Costello as leader nor his own ruling out of a challenge dampened media discussion fairly quickly.







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