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Sharp rise in social media abuse calls for defamation law reform

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

The proportion of defamation cases emanating from digital publication – be it social media, a blog or a news web site – has risen from 17 per cent to 53 per cent over the 10 years to 2017, according to the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Centre also found that the majority of "digital defamation" cases over the period between 2013 and 2017 did not involve paid journalists. Peter Fray, professor of journalism practice at UTS, claims people are becoming addicted to defamation, and that Australian defamation laws need to change.

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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PRESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Blogger Freedman puts Mamamia up for sale

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 8-Dec-16

KPMG has been commissioned to find a buyer for the Mamamia Women’s Network, with a deal likely to be concluded in early 2017. The company was founded by former magazine editor Mia Freedman and is best known for publishing the Mamamia.com.au blog. Freedman opted to sell the business after being approached about a potential deal by an offshore party.

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MAMAMIA.COM.AU PTY LTD, MAMAMIA WOMEN’S NETWORK, KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Three million Australians active in the blogosphere

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Aug-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 15 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (3,024,000 people) read or added comment to blogs or forums, or managed a blog themselves in an average four-week period during the year to June 2016. The survey also shows that 1,713,000 Australians read or added comment to someone else’s online journal or blog, 1,226,000 viewed or contributed to online forums, and 480,000 created or managed an online journal or blog themselves. Meanwhile, almost 1.1 million Australians read or add comment to an online newspaper blog in an average four weeks, with "The Saturday Paper" and "The Mercury" having the highest level of engagement (26 per cent and 24 per cent of visitors respectively).

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A bun in the oven and a blog on the screen

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 7-Nov-14

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 17.3% of pregnant Australian women look at or comment on blogs in an average four-week period, compared with around 8.6 per cent of all Australians aged 14+. The survey, which was carried out in the year to June 2014, also shows that 29.5 per cent of women expecting their first baby read a blog

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