Those authors and publishers who are busy defending protectionism so as to ensure an income stream should examine the fate of the classical music recording industry.
July, 2009
On Line Opinion opens editorial complaint to public
An exchange between the chief editor of Australian e-journal On Line Opinion, Graham Young, and NSW Greens MP Lee Rhiannon, whose story he didn’t publish, reveals the inner thoughts of an online media outlet. Refreshing.
The strange, profitable world of the junior lawyer
The use of cheaper overseas labour could prove to be a boon for Australian legal partnerships, writes Adam Schwab.
MasterChef’s recipe for success
What is it about MasterChef that’s just so addictive? Courteney Hocking serves up a few ideas.
Media briefs: Paid content debate rages on… Economist blocked in Thailand…
The paid content debate rages on at the Financial Times and NZ’s National Business Review, Thai distributors block The Economist, what’s in a can of Red Bull and more from the media.
Lowbottom High Diaries: And now a word from Principal Kevorkian
The government ban on pulbic statements by principals has not gone unnoticed at Lowbottom High, writes Trevor Diogenes.
The bushfire blame game: greenies, loggers or arsonists?
Victorian conservation groups have hit back at claims greenies and National Parks are culpable for the severity of the Black Saturday bushfires, blaming logging companies.
The original moonwalk: 40 years on
In honour of the original moonwalk on 20 July 1969, Crikey intern Josh Taylor looks at some of the best stories about the day Neil and Buzz landed and what’s happened since.
Tips and rumours: Some letters on red envelopes
Tipsters tell us about red envelopes in China and more cost-cutting at The Age.
Ruddblog: populist masterstroke or full of fail?
I really want to like Kevin Rudd’s new blog. I really do. For Australia’s sake I want to be able to say that government is finally getting Web 2.0. But I don’t.
UK Afghanistan commitment unravels at remarkable speed
This week’s funerals of the latest casualties has provoked an angry public debate about the war.
Guy Rundle: Book parallel import restrictions a ludicrous anachronism
The “remainder” problem for Oz authors obviously has to be addressed — and it’s an area the Productivity Commission has barely addressed.
Faulkner flicks FOI exclusivity; bunfight begins!
The new era of transparency and openness sought by the media (and most prominently by the News Ltd dominated Right To Know Coalition) comes with an unexpected complication: now everyone can play.
Seven years on, $15m spent: the cost of a personal injury case
The case Dr Angus Mackinnon brought against BlueScope is probably the longest and most expensive personal injury litigation in NSW’s living memory, says Richard Ackland. And it goes on.
Nuttall gets 7 years
Ex-Queensland Minister Gordon Nuttall has been sentenced to seven years’ jail for corruption. But this might not be the end. Queensland’s DPP is finalising advice on whether Nuttall should face other unrelated charges.
Thailand censors The Economist
Thai magazine distributors have blocked an edition of The Economist from even entering the country due to an article about the Thai government’s censorship of internet sites said to be critical of the royal family.
Pesticides linked to Parkinson’s
UK Scientists have found that pesticides could trigger Parkinson’s, in people already prone to the disease. They found beta-HCH in 76% of people with Parkinson’s, compared with 40% of healthy controls.
What IS Politico?
Politico is one of the most successful political sites on the web and an influential membera of the White House Press Corp. But with an emphasis on generating viral articles and page views, does it really qualify as a news organisation?
Nazi garden gnome goes on trial
German prosecutors must decide whether a sculpture in a Nuremberg art gallery of a garden gnome performing a Hitler salute contravenes German law. Is it ridiculing or glorifying the gesture?
France calls for airlines blacklist. Hypocritical non?
For chauvinism in air transport an award should be given to French Secretary of State for transport Dominique Bussereau who called for a global blacklist of unsafe airlines this week. Um, Air France anyone?
On Line Opinion fights bias allegation
Old media v new media: The Age’s Richard Baker alleged that e-journal On Line Opinion pulled an article by NSW Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon on Malcolm Turnbull. Editor Graham Young has denied Baker’s implications.
At last, an Australian terrorism law watchdog
The Rudd government’s new office to review the impact of anti-terrorism laws, the National Security Legislation Monitor, may sound pedestrian — but its role couldn’t be more important, write Andrew Lynch and Nicola McGarrity.
