Meet The Monthly’s new editor23-year-old Ben Naparstek has nabbed the job after the recent controversial departure of Sally Warhaft. Catch up with the saga to date at Crikey’s Monthly page.
May, 2009
Woof! Pet economy on the up
As the US economy collapses, it seems pet owners still want to pamper their loved ones
Shell gets ready to face the music
The petrol multinational could be about to meets its legal fate at the hands of the US justice system.
Lessons from the bones of Ida
A 47 million-year-old fossil gives a new sense of mankind’s enduring adaptability.
Heckling the Prince of Wales, why I did it
Vicky Richardson tells why she yelled at the Prince of Wales during the Royal Institute of British Architects’ annual lecture.
Tales from the SeattlePI.com launch party
The new, online-only version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been launched. Eli Sanders reports on the PI’s attempts to sell themselves following the death of the paper.
Crikey Sports Q&A: Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley
Crikey Sports had the pleasure to talk to the man we all hope will deliver a World Cup to Australia — whether we win it or we host it or both.
Pressure for India’s Congress to do more with more
The Congress Party has achieved its best result since 1991. What will it do with its victory?
Documenting the deadly decline of Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett has cancer of the bowel and is dying. She — of course — made a movie about it.
Link love NYT style
When newspapers first went online they were reluctant to use links, fearing the loss of readers in one click, but slowly slowly big media has gotten used to the idea…
Canberra barista creates swans, dragons, angels and pigs from frothed milk
Sam serves up to 1,500 cups of coffee every day at Cafe Yala in the Canberra Institute of Technology. In the downtime, he practices his latte art…
Life, liberty and the pursuit of witches
A new book shows how the 18th century constantly throws up juxtapositions of the rational and the weirdly superstitious.
The butt of Rush Limbaugh’s jokes
Conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh remains fixated on political humiliation — his, and other people’s — and it’s amazing how frequently such humiliation focuses on the hind quarters…
Filthy rich people meet in secret to solve GFC
Earlier this month Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah, Ted Turner, Warren Buffett and others met in New York City in secret to try and figure out how to solve the GFC.
A week in the life of California, troubled state
Excess might be what Californians do best but it’s coming back to bite them right about … now.
Stalking Sad Panda: a slide show
Who is this mysterious creature, with his furry suit, and deep dark eyes, that seems to be haunting Lower Manhattan?
Media banned from Aung San Suu Kyi trial again
Burma’s military junta has again barred the media from the trial of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Qantas beware: Virgins running amok!
Virgin Blue is leading Qantas on domestic routes in the latest traffic figures posted to the ASX this morning and it is clear Qantas has to do something to stay competitive.
Another feral ALP council set to test Brumby
A Melbourne council described by ALP insiders as the “new Brimbank” is being probed by the Victorian Ombudsman on at least three fronts.
If the UK’s AAA goes, who’s next? US? Japan?
If Britain’s Triple A credit rating is under threat, can America and Japan be far behind?
Gail Kelly has made some rotten moves, but not when it concerns selling shares
While the financial services sector continues to lay-off thousands of staff, Westpac boss Gail Kelly, recently cashed in some of her equity in the bank, selling 250,000 shares.
Wankley Awards: Deceptive toddlers and fabricated bogans
Viral marketing, vested interests and self promotion tricked up as news, nothing new to see here folks… But here’s a Wankley anyhow.
Guy Rundle: How sport got caught between group sex and a dishwasher
What’s going on in rugby league? It sure ain’t football.
