Today’s topics:

Business media’s new battleground as Forbes and Inc both come to Australia;

The Optus brand after the hack;

How a one-sided Grand Final meant lower AFL ratings

Plummeting prices for media stocks

Damo’s last dance (and Unmade’s next events)

Today’s episode features Unmade’s Tim Burrowes and Damian Francis. As always, we’d love to hear what you think at [email protected]

Further reading on today’s topics:

Australian Financial Review: New business publication to target aspirational eyeballs;

Mumbrella: Forbes Australia CEO on what the brand offers advertisers;

The Australian: Rift widens over $50m Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism prize;

Unmade: Reputation crisis for Optus

The New Daily: AFL grand final’s TV audience was a ratings disaster;

The Australian: Local content quotas on streaming platforms will cause bottlenecks: Disney chief

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