• Hello,
  • MyCommNews
  • Logout
  • connect
Community Funded Reporting

How Much is ABC24 Really Costing Us?

Action Items

Go_to_story

Here is the published story

STORY: The Final Outcome- ABCNews24
Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Margaret Simons in australia

What is the true cost of the ABC’s 24 hour television news service, ABCNews24? It is a question that has preoccupied ABC watchers for over a year now, since the… Read the published story »

Widget Pitch Widget

Want the embed code to add to your blog or site!? Grab the different widgets below.
Simple Widget | YouCommNews Lite
To get this widget, just grab this html code and paste into your template. You can of course change the width of the iframe to fit your template.

YouCommNews Lite

YouCommNews Lite is widget which allows anyone to register at YouCommNews, login at YouCommNews and even donate to a pitch without having to leave the site hosting the widget. Isn't that cool?'

You need to follow a few steps to get YouCommNews Lite working on your site. Just follow these simple steps below to get it up and running in no time.

  1. Download the file https://youcommnews.com/helper.html, and upload it to your root folder on your server.
  2. Grab this html code and paste into your template:
  3. You now need to modify the pasted code. You need to change 'http://www.domain.com/path' to the root path of your server. Example: If you can access the helper.html file at http://www.domain.com/path/helper.html, then you add http://www.domain.com/path there.

You can of course change the width of the iframe to fit your template. Note: As YouCommNews Lite is an interactive widget, we recommend that you do not use widths below 300px.

If you have any issues with the widget, please contact

Supporters

$300.00 donated by 9 people

Default_avatar
Tara Peck
$20.00
Default_avatar
Melissa Sweet
$20.00
Photo_18_thumb
Tim Doyle
$20.00
Default_avatar
Peter Monie
$60.00
Default_avatar
Murrell_thumb
Colleen Murrell
$20.00
Default_avatar
Georgina Simmonds
$40.00
Default_avatar
Dennis J
$25.00
N728562616_1888731_2370_thumb
Edmund Tadros
$35.00
Default_avatar
Author
Margaret Simons
  • Description
  • Story updates (4)
  • Comments (2)
  • Assignments (1)
Story Update « view all story updates

A Little More Progress

posted by Margaret Simons at Wednesday, May 11, 2011

 There is a little more progress to report on my FoI request to the ABC. Having initially claimed that they could not answer my question about how much ABC24 cost, due to the request being too voluminous, I entered into some negotiations. A few days ago, I got an email from the FoI officer that said:

"∙         In relation to the set-up costs of ABC News24, I have identified documents which show, amongst other things, the estimated costs of establishing and operating ABC News24.  

∙         In relation to the actual cost of establishing and operating ABC News24, the ABC’s accounting systems are not structured by platform or channel. My understanding is that the actual costs of ABC News24 are intermingled with other cost areas and it is not possible to isolate all of  the particular costs which could be attributed to ABC News24. 

∙         I will explore whether there are documents which show comparative News budget/spend in the years before and after ABC News24 was established.  

I will proceed to make a decision regarding access to these documents, and notify you of that decision as soon as practicable."

So here's hoping. I will keep you tabbed. 

 

Margaret

« view all story updates