Start the Week: A new Twitter clone from Meta; Coalition promises TV networks $46m tax cut; new hires at Scire; No love for subs

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Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.

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Future of TV gambling ads is on shaky ground | Source: Canda Media Intelligence

Today:

• Coalition proposes $46m TV tax cuts;

• Survey reveals public support for government gambling ads ban;

• Children’s commercial programming takes a nosedive;

• A new Twitter clone from Meta;

• Media startup Scire announces new hires;

• Walkleys Foundation slammed for scrapping headline award;

• Stan steps down from Q&A - will his replacement save the ratings?;

Today’s episode feature Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy.

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Further reading:

• Australian Financial Review: Coalition pitches $46m tax cut to TV networks after gambling ad attack

• The Australian Financial Review: Strong support for Dutton’s sport betting ad ban

• The Australian: Commercial TV networks’ spending on children’s content plummets

• Australian Financial Review: Chris Janz’s (attempted) journalist poach-a-thon bears its first fruit

• TechCrunch: Everything we know about Instagram’s Twitter clone, due this summer

• The Australian: Walkleys slammed for scrapping award for ‘best headline’

• Crikey: How I hacked the Walkleys: confessions of a journalism award nominee

• The Australian: RN’s Patricia Karvelas set to front Q+A after Stan Grant’s shock exit

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Time to leave you to start your week.

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We’ll be back tomorrow with Tuesdata.

Toodlepip…

Tim Burrowes

tim@unmade.media