Chopper Read on the end of a criminal dynasty.
June, 2009
Iran election fallout — as tweets happen
A live feed of Twitterers from within Iran — and some of the more informed tweets from outside the country.
Video of the Day: Deadline
A student passes the time with post-its. An awesome little stop-motion video.
TiVo fails to make a splash in Australia
Despite huge success in the US, TiVo will not make its first-year sales target of 40,000 units in Australia.
VIDEO: “an immediacy no sane Western journalist could convey”
Some fresh footage from Iran shows “clearly the counter-attack against the Basij headquarters yesterday: the same Basij sniper on the roof”, writes Andrew Sullivan whose blog is posting continual updates.
Keeping abreast of the Iran election fallout
Since the Iran election fallout commenced, Andrew Sullivan has been using his blog as a collector for the most important and up-to-date information. Check it out.
Mag industry to make “modest” recovery
The magazine industry will recover “modestly” by 2013, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast, though things will probably get worse before they get better.
TV headed the same way as newspapers?
The TV industry is where the newspaper industry was about five years ago, says Henry Blodget: in denial. Internet distribution will take over, and TV will find itself out on the cold.
Kanye’s guide to empire building
Rapper Kanye West is a shrewd businessman with a record label, shoe lines with Nike and Louis Vuitton, philanthropic causes and more. Fast Company wraps Kanye-isms for business success.
What Costello did next: cross the floor?
PM Kevin Rudd is considering offering Peter Costello a job, says Matthew Franklin. He doesn’t know what yet, but Costello’s interested. How very West Wing.
Myspace unfriends 400
MySpace has laid off 400 employees as marketing revenue falls and Facebook takes the lead in the social networking stakes.
Desperate British Airways chief: what if you worked for free…?
BA chief exec Willie Walsh, in an article in the airline’s staff newspaper, BA News, has suggested that staff should consider working for free. Hard sell. Walsh earns £700,000 a year.
Lavazza and Leibovitz sex up caffeine
Annie Leibovitz, sex and Italy. Lavazza, the same brand that was showing people having sexy times among coffee beans two years ago, is banking on a Romulus and Remus-led boon.
Fielding hops into bed with climate naysayers
Senator Steve Fielding recently went to the US for a climate change fact-finding mission. But, says Matthew England, he chose a mob famous for thinking that smoking is not a health hazard.
Hot tips for lobbying Ministers
Our source — who’s been both a lobbyist and the recipient of lobbying — is now doling out advice. For example, why not use the Opposition to raise your issue?
Death of the music megastore
Once an icon of the west, music super-stores are now a sad casualty of the booming digital music market and shrinking bank balances. The NY Times visits New York’s last large-scale record store — Virgin Megastore — on its final day of business.
Is Iran about to break?
The Iranian regime is showing some serious cracks and could be imploding, says Salameh Nematt.
What Monopoly taught you about money
The Big Money explains how the board games you played as a kid screwed up your fiscal sense.
Recount on the cards, but just what will be counted?
Iran’s Guardian Council have offered to recount the votes from Friday’s election — but moderate candidates say millions of ballots have gone missing.
Iranians thirst for more
Iran is close to the brink, says Roger Cohen, and their cries for democracy echo all the way back to the 1979 revolution.
Jimmy Carter expresses “grief and despair” for Gaza
For US President Jimmy Carter has spoken out strongly and passionately against the destruction in the Gaza Strip by Israel, saying Palestinians there have been treated “like animals”.
Iranians defy government censors online
Despite the government’s best efforts to censor them, Iranian dissidents are successfully using the Internet to share videos, photos and information about the protests with each other and the world.
Another
Tiananmen?
Has the backlash in Iran gone too far for even the hardline clerics to crush?
Queensland’s depression-era Budget
In one word: jobs. With its Budget, the Bligh government is doing nothing more than what governments the world over are having to do to keep their economies ticking over, says Craig Johnstone.
Bolt: Why Malcolm shouldn’t be so cheery
Haven’t the Libs considered why the former treasurer finally gave up his dream of being prime minister? wonders Andrew Bolt It’s likely not a guts issue; he thinks they can’t win.
