Start the Week: Paramount in play?; Radio 'smears'; ABC's big commercial hire; Prime's Aussie surge

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

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Ten back on the block?

The future ownership of Paramount’s local staff will be decided in the US

Today:

• What will it mean for Ten staff if Paramount changes hands?;

• Commercial radio heavyweight Mike Fitzpatrick set for ABC switch;

• Amazon Prime now reaches one-third of Aussie households;

• Radio body’s unseemly “smear” row

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Further reading:

• Unmade: Paramount on the block?;

• Australian Financial Review: As billionaires vie for Paramount, a Network 10 sale looks more likely;

• Capital Brief: Amazon leads the race for new Australian streaming subscribers ahead of ad tier launch;

• The Australian: ABC Radio shake-up

  Australian Financial Review: Record labels accuse radio networks of ‘smear campaign’ in fees row

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Today’s episode features Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy

Time to leave you to start your week.

Editing was courtesy of Abe’s Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers, sound design and podcast production.

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Tim Burrowes

tim@unmade.media