Filthy Adelaide Maccas a worlwide hit … US paper ad revenue plummets … Should The NY Times go online-only?
April, 2009
Media briefs: Social media bites McDonalds and Domino’s
Crikey Clarifier: Why won’t Indonesia stop the people smugglers?
Corruption, bribery and boats: we know that asylum seekers who attempt to come to Australia by boat invariably come via Indonesia, and that much of the problem lies there.
How much CO2 makes a Manildra biofuel?
A new US biofuel standard may spell trouble for the local industry.
My Cup Of Tea: Bligh’s PTFC goes PHHHTT
Is a scandal brewing in Queensland Premier Anna Bligh’s arts portfolio over the Pacific Film and Television Commission, Queensland’s film funding body?
Cable broadband: the real challenger to the NBN
Cable broadband networks are moving to deploy fibre-to-the-premise for new network builds, writes Dermot Cox.
NSW upper house succession deal turns nasty
Luke Foley maintains that he has been “dudded” by Ian Macdonald but the ALP hierarchy cannot enforce an unrecorded and private deal.
Political snippets: The chatterati and the twitterati in India
Middle class urban voters in India are stepping out like never before.
Tips and rumours: Courier Mail evacuated
Courier Mail employees evacuated … Rudd Government’s budget a shambles …
Morning Market Report: Market up, Woolworths to report
The market is up 67 … The Dow was up 95
Green Lantern to be shot in Sydney’s Fox Studios
The next big budget Hollywood movie to be filmed in Sydney’s Fox Studios will be the long anticipated superhero flick Green Lantern.
Secret Beijing voting business saves Sir Rod
Rio Tinto’s AGM in Sydney on Monday is all about treating small shareholders with utter contempt.
The week in geek: Amazon fails the Twitter test
Amazon suffered PR carnage when they failed to adequately respond to the mysterious disappearance of gay and lesbian books from their sales lists. Why weren’t they following Twitter?
Hot Form Charts: A must win for Richmond
In the absence of off-field misogyny and violence, the footy world has this week trained its cross-hairs on Terry Wallace. Should Richmond be upset by Melbourne on Sunday, the trigger will be pulled.
Ashmore explosion: a commentary time line
A timeline of events in the Ashmore explosion.
Wankley Awards: Australian TV news producers pick Mel over Kim
It was the story that enthralled the world’s news editors, writes Neil Walker. A matter of great importance: Mel Gibson’s divorce.
Asylum seekers, the facts in figures
Crunching the numbers on asylum seekers worldwide helps put the number of recent refugee boats in Australian waters into perspective.
Bear market trap will snare investors
Much of the good news which has spurred the latest market rally is not really good news at all.
Nothing soft — or cheap — about our border protection
The most alarming thing about our border protection arrangements in north-western Australia is not that they are insufficient, it’s that they are far in excess of what is justified.
When flaming wogs attack!
Who are these queue jumpers coming and taking up space on our oceans?!
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey defends use of anonymous sources
In today’s letters section, journalist Brian Toohey questions Crikey’s use of an anonymous source and his (her!) “unsubstantiated surmise about the ‘religious nutter’ Frank Costigan.”
newspaper death watch US printing presses grind to a halt
The biggest newsprint maker and the second largest retail mall operator both went bankrupt overnight.
