Besieged Disrupt in ‘holding pattern’
The start-up entrepreneurial station has not paid its employees for months and they remain in the dark about their future as funding dries up.
The start-up entrepreneurial station has not paid its employees for months and they remain in the dark about their future as funding dries up.
ABC boss David Anderson admits the broadcaster’s legal team ignored a letter raising concerns over audio depicting an Australian soldier shooting at unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.
Justin Stevens concedes the issue with altered audio in a news report on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan ‘shouldn’t have occurred’ and that an investigation was ongoing to determine who was responsible | LISTEN
The taxpayer-funded broadcaster has taken down a video containing audio that depicted an Australian soldier firing at unarmed Afghan civilians.
Employees at trouble-plagued Disrupt Radio are still waiting for their pay cheques and clarity from the founder on whether the station has a future.
Last year, the ABC announced an extraordinary review into racism at the taxpayer-funded broadcaster, but 16 months on it has not been handed down, and Indigenous leaders are not happy.
Embattled Nine Entertainment chief executive Mike Sneesby will leave the broadcaster and newspaper group within weeks as it moves into the next phase of its transformation.
The trouble-plagued media company will soon hand down the external review into the organisation’s workplace culture, amid claims of sexual harassment and widespread bullying.
Executives at the tech giant have been grilled over the use of photos and posts on Facebook and Instagram without Australians’ consent and the bias of its AI tools towards Labor.
The digital station is just 15 months old but it has hit financial woes, with staff left unpaid and the station no longer available on DAB+.
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