Michael Thurlow

Media historian, former TV journalist, producer and presenter with a long and passionate interest in the history of regional commercial television in Australia.

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@skytv I have recently discovered #LAOTY and #PAOTY so have been binge watching all available series. Informative, entertaining and educational. TV at its best. Host Stephen Mangan and the three judges are brilliant.

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@SciNate @SydWorldPride @sydneymardigras @ABCTV @BreakfastNews I just read an article on SMH which included a reference to Gail Warnings. Love it!

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60 Minutes trailblazer and legendary TV producer Gerald Stone dead https://t.co/7slXafbRiy

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Kath and Kim fans invited to take one last look at their 'noice' home... https://t.co/3mBzzcSgjC @MailOnline

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Vale Mr Movies
Film critic Bill Collins dies aged 84
https://t.co/VBmZxWYNeh

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@nancycato1 Hi Nancy, thanks for your message. I'd be very grateful if you could email me at [email protected] if you are still able to assist with answering a small number of questions re GMV for my PhD project. Thank you.

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@nancycato1 Hi Nancy, I'm a PhD researcher at Macquarie University where I'm writing a history of regional commercial TV. I'd be extremely grateful for the opportunity to ask you some questions re GMV. Please email me at [email protected] if you can assist. Thank you

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An interesting article on the Bombe machine, designed by British mathematician Alan Turing during WWII.
https://t.co/rHL7Q4sfQs

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Hi, I'm trying to locate a copy of "Australia - Video on Demand, Free-to-Air TV, Pay TV and Digital Media" by Paul Budde Comms for PhD research. I'd be grateful if you (or someone you know) would consider lending me a copy if you have one. Thanks.

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@jomato11 Hi Jan, I'm a PhD researcher at Macquarie University. I am currently writing a history of regional commercial TV and would like to ask you some questions re your time at GMV. Is this something with which you can assist? Thank you.

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Is this the future of television news presentation? China unveils first female AI TV news anchor. https://t.co/Uk7G2flMWx via https://t.co/TYWW16ckvE

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Off to see The Box in the Corner exhibition which celebrates Australian television from its inception in 1956 to 1999.

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This photograph was taken in 1887 and shows the tangled web of overhead telephone lines in New York, just seven years after the first installation.

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Bewitched opening credits c.1965 with modifications for major sponsor, Chevrolet. The final seconds should appeal to car buffs.
https://t.co/oXqLRckbw4

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Hello Australia: 100 years ago, the first direct wireless message between England and Australia. https://t.co/eqGmrWavv5 via @canberratimes

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ping @CMediaHistory @mmccs_tweet @walkleys @HumanitiesAU @Macquarie_Uni @WyndhamSusan @Inkster_Oneill @anSMHreader @WillaMcDonald @MAVanHee @cfwriter @MaggiePatts @RNevilleSLNSW @cclperkins @MellyJay6585 @nenieb @michael_thurlow @TomDCRoberts

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@annabelcrabb colourfully observes that it's taken 14 years for the Liberal Party to work Malcolm Turnbull, like a splinter, out of its flesh. And today, in a final bout of demented junkie-scratching, they've finally done it. https://t.co/7t4SpSizxF

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Here's proof the circus in Canberra is having an international impact. The ABC reports political uncertainty has delayed landmark free trade agreement negotiations with our largest (and arguably most important) neighbour, Indonesia.

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The first humanoid social robot - called Pepper - is being trialled in an Australian acute clinical setting at Townsville Hospital https://t.co/8g6VzvHA08

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WIN Network to launch Sky News channel after securing first-of-its-kind news supply deal between Foxtel and free-to-air television - AdNews https://t.co/cOLbjzNCrt via @po_st