Commercial Radio Australia believes the draft code requiring Google and Facebook to negotiate with broadcasters for news content is an important step, Craig Bruce from Game Changers is launching a national survey to find out how announcers and breakfast teams have been faring since the COVID-19 restrictions were put in place, The production group BPR has revealed the key elements it uses in developing promos and commercials.

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The ACCC's mandatory code will hopefully see Australian news producers compensated by the tech giants including Google and Facebook, Yet another survey confirming the trend for on-line listening during COVID restrictions and showing a 24% bump in listening via laptop and desktop computers, ACE Radio's regional FM stations in Warrnambool and Hamilton are celebrating 18 years on the air and both are now the #1 station in their respective markets.

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3AW's John Burns retires from his partnership with fellow breakfast host Ross Stevenson today after three decades and a record-breaking 147 consecutive survey wins, Luke Davis has been appointed to the newly-created role of Content Manger - Sydney for Nine Radio, ABC management is getting ready to issue redundancy notices to hundreds of staff between now and Christmas as the national broadcaster begins to roll into its Five Year Plan.

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A US journalist says the days of music piracy aren't over and bootleg music is now being distributed through podcasts on platforms like Spotify, Radioinfo is offering employers free job ads during August to help revitalise the recovery of the radio industry and ensure good people aren't lost to the business, To many COVID-19 is just daily statistics but reality struck home on Tuesday for GOLD104.3's Craig Huggins when sadly his mother passed away with the infection.

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The HIT brand may be disappearing in most of the country but it could be staying put in Perth with SCA cagey about the brand's future in WA, Canadian media mogul Allan Slaight is being recognised by Sydney community broadcaster Eastside Radio 89.7FM, Nine News journalist Georgie Gardner has started hosting a new 10-part podcast series dedicated to the aspirations of women to be called Drive.

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SCA has dropped the HIT Network branding on its metro stations and returned them to their heritage callsigns, Pacific Star Network has had its $1.5M rights issue undersubscribed by more than a million dollars, Ex-Newscorp editor Shelley Hadfield has taken on the role of Content Director of ABC Melbourne after 20 years with the Herald Sun.

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Hit Network rebrands and changes programming strategy. Radioinfo's Peter Saxon discovers why.

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SCA brings back the old names for Hit stations. B105 relaunch audio aired just after 0800 this morning.

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Former 4BC News Director Scott Mayman will head-up Rebel's new on-line news bureau to report on grassroots community issues, Millennials have taken to social media to dump on ABC Chair Ita Buttrose over general comments she made about the generation's work ethics at a supposedly closed meeting of the Australia-British Chamber of Commerce, Triple M's Garage Session that features live performances by top artists will have The Killers as their next featured act.

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Australian Associated Press will survived in a scaled down form as a not-for-profit organisation with the help of altruistic investors, Several Hong Kong media companies have had to shut thanks to cases of coronavirus amongst staff, SCA is keeping a lid on their planned breakfast changes for HIT90.9 until showtime on Monday morning.

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