Australia’s media is a gerontocracy. Is that a problem?
Australia's legacy media is owned and controlled by men aged 80+ and run by 50-somethings. Given it's mainly older people who still use legacy media, that might not be a bad thing. The post Australia’s media is a gerontocracy. Is that a problem? appeared first on Crikey .
Australia's legacy media is dominated by older men, with ownership and control in the hands of men aged 80 and above, and management typically held by people in their 50s. This demographic alignment may not be problematic given that older individuals are the primary users of traditional media.
The age profile of Australia's media leadership has been noted, with Crikey describing the country's legacy media as a "gerontocracy".
The population of Australia has been growing, with 392,700 people added in the year to March, of which 292,100 were migrants, according to ABS data cited by ABC News AU.
Brief written by urgent.news from Crikey, ABC News AU — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
