Paul Barry is stepping down from his role as the host of Media Watch after 11 years.
He will leave the ABC program in December.
He is the longest-serving presenter of the show, which airs every Monday after Four Corners.
The network is yet to announce a replacement for him.
A spokesperson for the network said that the exact details of Barry’s departure will be announced later this year.
He thanked the show’s viewers and said he was confident that the program would continue to go on without him.
Barry said that he was very grateful for his time as the host of Media Watch, but it was time for him to give someone else a go.
He also hosts Media Bites, an online publication that features his opinions about the media industry.
Despite his outspoken views about the media industry, Barry has received criticism from both the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald.
In 2008, the ABC’s Fiona Cameron dismissed a complaint made against Media Watch by the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.
The complaint was made after Barry hosted a segment on the controversial Red Alert series.
The programs by the Nine-owned newspapers, which were focused on China, received criticism from foreign affairs experts and Paul Keating, the former prime minister of Australia.
In 2022, comments on the X profile of Media Watch were disabled after a segment was aired that discussed the program’s partnership with a community group that supports transgender individuals.
Some of the journalists who were offended by the segment included Patricia Karvelas, the host of RN Breakfast, and Benjamin Law and Beverly Wang, hosts of Stop Everything.