Media organisations wishing to cover Alan Jones’s high-profile trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges have to apply individually for access when the six complainants give evidence in an otherwise closed court.Last week seven media organisations, including Guardian Australia, were successful in their applications to sit in the court and to report the evidence. Police officers stationed outside the Downing Centre courtroom on level 3 are diligent in checking every reporter’s media pass before allowing entry.One media organisation, the Daily Aus, was late to the party and asked local court judge Glenn Walsh to approve their participation this week. Walsh remarked not once but twice that the social media-first outlet was off to an “inauspicious” start because they had spelt the judge’s name wrong.The Daily Mail reporter meanwhile caused a stir when his mobile phone went off twice during evidence despite stern warnings from the court officer to turn all mobile phones off.Jones’s large legal team took pity on the reporters filing during their lunch break and brought out a surplus tray of sandwiches to share.Media companies are dedicating significant resources to the coverage. The ABC alone has a twice-weekly podcast, The Case Of, with Isobel Roe and Stephen Stockwell, and plans for a documentary as well as reporters covering the daily news for radio, TV and online. Guardian Australia has a weekly podcast with Nour Haydar and Amanda Meade, Alan Jones on Trial.Kyle and Karl’s tête-à-têteKyle Sandilands and Karl Stefanovic don’t want anyone to feel sorry for them, they have assured listeners, in a 35-minute podcast episode that hashed out at length the premature downfall of their respective careers on commercial networks.It was the shock jock’s first appearance on The Karl Stefanovic Show since going independent with his own venture, Kyle Sandilands Live, and he’s feeling “invigorated”. “I’m not looking for the violin at all,” he said, after airing a four-part documentary series on his new app and website that detailed in length the aftermath of his firing.Before his first daily four-hour live show on 10 August, Sandilands said his subscription service had already received “tens of thousands” of sign-ups. Subscribers pay a flat annual rate of $99 to gain access to his content, which currently includes the documentary and three episodes on “building the show”, to be released in parts, with a timer countdown.While Kyle Sandilands owns 100% of his new platform, his former employer ARN will receive 19.9% of any revenue it generates beyond $3m in its initial stages under their settlement deal. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAPThe app, which is free to download, was trending at #46 in entertainment on Thursday, behind the official app for the Royal Queensland Show and Tatts Group’s The Lott.“We’ve got enough money to run the thing for three years already,” Sandilands told Stefanovic, adding if they hit 200,000 subscribers they’d give away “bars of gold” and “houses”. While he owns 100% of the business, his former employer ARN will receive 19.9% of any revenue it generates beyond $3m in its initial stages under their settlement deal.The duo also joked about teaming up and creating their own media empire, owing to the fact they both have the initials KS and are attempting to make it outside the mainstream.“I’ve had a few big name types from around the world … that have contacted me to say … if we invested some money into this, what’s to stop this platform becoming my show in the morning, Karl Stefanovic drives you home in the afternoon, Ray Hadley comes out of retirement next year and does the midday?” Sandilands reasoned. I mean, their mansions don’t renovate themselves.A Murdoch boycottA campaign urging a boycott of the Daily Telegraph was launched with a website on Wednesday by an opaque coalition of “community, faith, cultural and civil society organisations” branded under the name The Justice Coalition. Its organisers allege the outlet has repeatedly embarked on a “sustained pattern of sensational, misleading and inflammatory coverage targeting racial, religious and culturally diverse communities”.The campaign lead, and only identifiable individual, behind “Boycott The Daily Telegraph” is Alex McKinnon. He didn’t confirm who was paying him for his role.