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The era of male dominance is coming to an end

Crikey / Richard Farmer / 0

After the great recession manly men will no longer be running the world. This and other weekend reading from the world’s magazines.

Breakfast Media Wrap: Stories of monetary interest - Chinese and Italian connections

Crikey / Richard Farmer / 1

The role of money in politics and sport provide the pick of this morning’s media

Aboriginal radio banned from Macklin town meeting

Crikey / Bob Gosford / 12

Why did Jenny Macklin’s office refuse to let CAAMA Radio record a town meeting on homes she intends to compulsorily acquire? asks Bob Gosford?

The WashPo cash-for-access scandal

Politico

The Washington Post has faced massive backlash since Politico revealed the paper was to host an exclusive “salon” where lobbyists and execs could have off-the-record access to “those powerful few” — like Obama officials and the paper’s own reporters and editors.

%#$@!

The Australian Government urges the DPRK to immediately desist from provocative acts and threats.

– New Defence Minister
John Faulkner has some strong words for North Korea after the latest missile tests

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY: How to get Computershare to sign over $15m in stocks.

Crikey / 7

Part two of a Crikey special report. Today: How a Hallam housewife convinced a multinational share registry to transfer $15m of blue chip Australian stocks. Jacqui Walker reports.

Gerard Henderson's Media Watch Dog: Tim Palmer channels Tammy Wynette

Crikey / 6

Henderson hits back at Rundle’s Murdoch/Stalin comparison, Leigh Sales’ climate change coverage, Bob Ellis’ return to ABC Unleashed and more.

My role in Jeff Goldblum’s death

John Skelton

My initial thoughts were to play on the idea of the trifecta of celebrity deaths, Farrah Fawcett having died the day before. The reason for choosing Jeff Goldblum? I don’t know really, he seems like the kind of actor someone would have a strong emotional response to.

RIP Frank Devine, editor and columnist

The Australian

The veteran columnist and editor has just died, aged 77.

China: reports of Green Dam’s death greatly exagerated

Mashable

Celebrations over news that China are ditching their plan to further censor the country’s Internet were a bit premature — officials are now saying it has just been postponed, with several companies such as Sony, Benq and Acer already shipping out censored PCs. Dam.

Helen Thomas: Obama is a media control freak

CNS News

Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas is becoming increasingly worried about the Obama administration’s attempts to control the press, stating that even Nixon didn’t try to exert the same level of control.

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Politics

  • Obama’s Evil Eye

    Drudge Report

    The Drudge Report has noticed the increasing appearance of the President’s “evil eye”. Here he is during sessions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Colombia’s Alvaro Uribev. A developing story…

  • Getting to know Saddam Hussein: the FBI conversations

    Crikey / Crikey Intern / 1

    FBI reports of interviews it conducted in 2004 with former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein have been published them today. Crikey intern Sophie Tarr picks out the best bits.

  • Communists take a gamble

    Inside Story

    Over ten million Australians couldn’t resist having a crack at this week’s $106m Oz Lotto jackpot — even the Communist Party of Australia took a punt. But they’re not the first comrades to consider funding the downfall of capitalism with a gamble, explains Brett Evans.

Media

Business

  • Does Bernanke deserve a second term?

    The American

    Ben Bernanke’s stint as Federal Reserve chairman has been checkered at best, says Desmond Lachman — surely there are better candidates out there?

  • CIS’ position on cartels just doesn’t sit right

    Crikey / Greg Barns / 3

    Isn’t the Centre for Independent Studies the advocate for free and open markets? If so, why are they publishing a paper arguing that cartels aren’t really that bad?

  • Not so fast, BRW

    Crikey / 0

    Would the BRW ‘Fast Starters’ list look so robust if they hadn’t used data that was a year old — taken from before the financial crisis hit? Crikey intern Sophie Tarr investigates.

Environment

  • The Greenpeace guide to greener electronics

    Greenpeace

    Greenpeace has released the 12th version of their ‘guide to greener electronics’, ranking the top 17 electronics manufacturers on their products’ green credentials. Top marks go to Nokia, but it’s Game Over for Nintendo.

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