I spoke with Radio National this afternoon about how Australia’s defamation laws silence women, journalists and media publishers reporting violence against women and what needs to change. Who is served by Australia's defamation laws? - ABC listen abc.net.au/listen/program…

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Have a Plan to Soundtrack Everything (Zach Baron - GQ Magazine) redef.com/item/660eee38f…

This Month in Digital Music Libraries - March 2024 buff.ly/3TypKUV including MetaBrainz Michael J Walsh LUMIN Roon Labs Matt Daniels Stat Significant

New #book by TASA member Michael J Walsh University of Canberra Walsh, Michael James (2024) Streaming Sounds: Musical Listening in the Digital Age. Abingdon: Routledge. buff.ly/4cPG909. The relevant Twitter tags are: Routledge Books

It was a pleasure to be interviewed on ⁦ABC News⁩ about the #Lehrmann decision, the trauma-informed approach taken by #justicelee and the need for reform to protect women speaking out about violence ⁦UOW_VC⁩ ⁦@UOW⁩ ⁦UOW Research⁩ abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

New OPEN ACCESS article by TASA member Michael J Walsh Business, Government & Law @ UC University of Canberra ‘It’s mostly an accompaniment to something’: Music Streaming and the Hastening of Audio as Background. buff.ly/4aS4qkD

Republicans widely believe that major tech companies have a pro-liberal bias. By contrast, the most commonly held view among Democrats is that technology companies support the views of conservatives and liberals equally. pewrsr.ch/44npPQl

"It's not about you, mate": My column at ABC today is about what male leaders sometimes get wrong when they encounter female distress. Even when they're well-intentioned. If you do choose to do me the honour of reading it, I'd suggest getting to the end. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

When it comes to music streaming, are we the masters of our own music preferences or slaves to another algorithm? 🎧 UC's Michael J Walsh investigates in his book 'Streaming Sounds: bit.ly/44SmSYh Business, Government & Law @ UC #UniCBR How personalised is your music consumption?

Some 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are not available today, and 8% of pages that existed in 2023 have disappeared. How fleeting is online content? pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024…

I wrote about how #NigelFarage strategically uses memes and TikTok to target young people: medium.com/@stephanie.ali… #ElectionNews #Farage #Trump

Generative AI music apps Suno and Udio are alleged to have copied significant amounts of famous recordings. theconversation.com/record-labels-…

Putting aside concerns about feasibility and cost, it's difficult to square the policy with the basic principles on which the Liberal Party was founded writes Judith Brett (La Trobe University). theconversation.com/with-its-nucle…

Recent OA article by TASA member Michael J Walsh et al. (2024). An Examination of the Policy Content of Scott Morrison's and Anthony Albanese's 2022 Federal Election Campaign Materials doi.org/10.1111/ajph.1… Business, Government & Law @ UC Prof Linda Botterill University of Canberra AJPH doi.org/10.1111/ajph.1…

I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote. Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else. Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.

Read the full report: bit.ly/3VWrGb7 #Economics #Research #Income #DataAnalysis #Ausecon

“Spotify does not seem to care about your relationship to ‘your’ music anymore,” Kyle Chayka writes. “For long-term users, this has felt like a slow-motion bait and switch.” nyer.cm/81Dyxer

Record labels forgot these songs existed. One man rescued them bbc.com/news/articles/…

Spotify Has a Fake-Band Problem. It’s a Sign of Things to Come (Andy Vasoyan - @slate) redef.com/item/66ccd794b…