November 2024
ABC chairman cops ‘watch out’ messages after Joe Rogan criticism
Asked what the ABC could learn from Joe Rogan, the most popular podcast presenter on Spotify, ABC chairman Kim Williams didn’t hold back.
Kim Williams’ protege in the lead for ACMA role
Widely expected to eventually replace Creina Chapman is authority member Adam Suckling.
Sally Sara named host of a new-look ABC breakfast show
The chairman has said Radio National should emulate the BBC’s Radio 4, which reaches more than 10 per cent of the UK population each week.
August 2024
Kim Williams’ ‘harder, faster, bolder’ ABC plan claims first casualty
Kim Williams has been outspoken about the ABC’s shortcomings and has a history of radical change. Now, MD David Anderson is giving up his $1.2 million role.
June 2024
Kim Williams shares Paul Keating’s lesson on art of persuasion
The ABC’s new 72-year-old chairman plans to use a speech next week to argue a tsunami of American and British content is diluting Australian culture.
January 2024
A short history of nearly everything Kim Williams has said on the ABC
It’d take a book to compile incoming ABC chair Kim Williams’ thoughts on the ABC – luckily he did that; Kerry Stokes’ The Nightly poaches from News Corp
August 2020
The News Corp survivor who helped save AAP
This week, AAP 2.0 begins its new life. The former News Corp and Foxtel CEO has played a vital role in the efforts to rescue the newswire from the brink of death.
December 2019
Lunch watch: Life after News Corp
It's six days to Christmas, meaning very few long lunches remain in 2019.