Archive for June, 2008

Quaint thinking Mr Dalton

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

ABC Chief Kim Dalton has just outlined the White Picket Fence view of media policy, calling for enforced quotas of Australian broadband content. Gee, wouldn’t the Internet be great if it were just like television?
No. One of the main reasons for the growth of the Internet is its phenomenal diversity compared to alternative media. Imposing […]

Foster’s: the failure was marketing

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The resignation of Foster’s CEO Trevor O’Hoy, previously their CFO, was accompanied by an admission that the company paid too much for Southcorp wines. The rise of the Australian dollar was also mentioned. But I believe the company’s woes have more to do with a lack of dynamism in wine marketing.
New world wine-makers like […]