Media Man Australia - March 2009

This is the Media Man Australia monthly update as we get ready to enter a new month.

March 2009 proved to be a most significant month for Media Man Australia and we suspect for most people and companies.

The sentiment on the street and in the boardrooms is that Australia nor the rest of the world has yet to see the worst of the financial crisis, recession, crush, or whatever other terms we wish to use to describe it. It's well and truly a casino economy.

The "casino economy" was a catalyst in Media Man Australia further ramping up its activities in the casino, online casino, resort, financial news and tourism sector.

As you likely know Media Man Australia is primarily a media, publicity and portal development company. MMA was born in Sydney, Australia in 2001.

In 2005 we become fully aware that the casino, online casino and professional poker poker business had some exciting and potentially lucrative ties in with the media company and internet portal development business. It was our former client Keith "Bendigo" Sloan, poker commentary and trainer who tipped us off, and it must be said that "Bendigo" was right on the money as far as poker and casinos being made for TV in addition to convergent media opportunities.

In our time managing "Bendigo" we also expanded our online presence in the media, new media, poker and casino space, and were certainly able to see our business get to the next level.

Over the past few years we have noticed the trend of business giants such as Richard Branson's Virgin Group expand into other lifestyle sectors including launching their Virgin Casino - Virgin Games and James Packer's Crown Casino offering more of a total entertainment experience via bring in world class entertainment acts and in house facilities to their casino in Melbourne and Burswood Entertainment Complex in Western Australia. Billionaires such as Mr Branson and Mr Packer has also experienced their ups and downs with the financial markets and only last week caught up for a chat at the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix. Last month Donald Trump referred to the casino business as a "disaster", however the casino business is not the online casino business, and here down under in Australia things are a bit different to Las Vegas and Atlantic City which are somewhat saturated with debt laden land based casinos.

Just as in any business their are individuals and brands who stand head and shoulders about the rest and there are others which raise a number of questions and concerns.

As the founder and director of Media Man Australia and Casino News Media you can imagine that I get asked for my opinion and experience with a number of media, new media and casino entities. Here's is a list, not complete by any means, of a range of companies that we have had positive dealings and experiences with:

Virgin Enterprises Limited

Virgin Games

PartyGaming PartyCasino.com PartyPartners.com

PKR

World Poker Tour

World Series of Poker

Playtech

William Hill

Rewards Affiliates

Captain Cooks Casino

Microgaming

Cryptologic

Betezy

National Rugby League

Crown Casino

Hilton Hotels

Marvel Entertainment

InterCasino.com

JackpotCity

Moneybookers

Betfair

Australian Stunt Academy

Maxx-G Aerobatics

Drasin Productions

Richard Bradley Productions

Casino Affiliate Programs

Gaming Portal Webmasters Association

Gambling911

DGM

World Wrestling Entertainment

Layfield's Energy

Google

Fairfax

News Corporation

Foxtel

Craig's List

The Bondi View

ABC

Again, this list is not complete by any means. Please see the Media Man Australia and Casino News Media websites for more information and company reviews and articles.

What to expect from Media Man Australia in the coming months?

Media Man Australia will be at the forefront of important news stories, especially those which concern both the online casino and censorship debate and the ACMA "blacklist".

We will be continuing our policy of supporting many worthy causes at the same time via our online listing of the Social and Community Entrepreneurs and Charity portfolio. Our favorite worthy causes include Virgin Unite, Variety, beyondblue, The Salvation Army and The Shane Warne Foundation.

The Media Man Australia network will continue to expand in an online and offline capacity.

The main websites in the Media Man Australia online portfolio are:

Media Man Australia

Casino News Media

Australian Casino News

Australian Sports Entertainment

Marvel Slots Online

Party Casino News

Casino Travel Tourism

We also also assisting our friends and associates at Travel Tourism Media.

Expect to see one or two Media Man Australia websites turn up again in the Hitwise top ten lists and our Alexa rankings further improve.

The good old fashion work - life balance will remain a focus. Some good places to check out on that front include the offerings from Virgin Limited Edition and Universal Peace Centre Retreat. MMA also have an online Mind, Body and Spirit portfolio. If your looking into air travel check out Webjet, Virgin Blue, V Australia and Qantas.

We're set to break more leading news stories and will also continue to play a major role in new and exciting developments in the publicity business. I am known to say, "we don't advertise" however the internet could be seen as one giant advertisement and positive word of mouth could also be seen as a form of advertising.

Movie Reviews

There's been some great movies released so far in 2009 and some potential blockbusters just around the corner.

Movie Profiles

The Wrestler

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

Watchmen

Wolverine

12 Rounds

Game Reviews

The Godfather

Wolverine

Lucky News Network

No Worries

Bush Telegraph

Goanna Gold

The Hulk

Cleopatra

WWE Legends Of WrestleMania

News

Access the world's major news services online here and here.

That's a wrap for March. Remember, you only live once so make the most of it.

Thanks for supporting Media Man Australia.

Greg Tingle
Director
Media Man Australia