Crikey’s collection of the best Ted Kennedy content from around the world.
August, 2009
What are Australians afraid of?
Roy Morgan has released a looking at the public perceptions of which countries are considered to be Australia’s biggest security threat, finding many are worried about Indonesia… except young people and Tasmanians.
Breakfast Media Wrap: NSW Premier will not go quietly and neither will Ricky Ponting
The pick of this morning’s media
Why do Australian films continue to fall over?
It’s an age-old question: do Australians want to see Australian films? Sydney journalist Steve Dow looks at the current state of the Australian film industry.
Where five mags are finding their money
Times are lean in the media industry, and magazines must find new and creative revenue streams to survive. Ad Age looks at five very different print titles and charts their five very different revenue models.
Did you hear about the Don DeLillo hoax?
A hoax review appeared in US literary journal Modernism/Modernity, ‘written’ by a character from Don DeLillo’s White Noise. Which wouldn’t be a big deal, except it was being referenced by academics and took five years before the hoax was noticed.
Knit one stanza, pearl one stanza
More than 800 knitters are currently knitting and crocheting 12 inch individual letters to create the world’s first giant knitted poem. The selected poem is a secret, part of the centenary celebrations for the Poetry Society.
The musical history of the mp3
This decade will go down in music history, not for the tunes created but for the technological changes. Mp3s have reaffirmed that the music industry is about more than just capitalism, writes Eric Harvey.
podcast Canberra Calling: Bye-bye Brendan Nelson
Crikey’s Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and editor Jonathan Green are back with your favourite podcast. Today they stew over Brendan Nelson’s retirement.
Vale Ted Kennedy
US Senator Ted Kennedy, the youngest member of the famous Kennedy political dynasty, has died fro brain cancer, age 77. The New Yorker pays tribute through its files.
Red Bull’s can-ny new strategy
Red Bull has moved away from its distinctive slim 250ml can to a much larger 473ml offering and much smaller 60ml “shot” drink. But will it keep the brand competitive against growing rivals Mother and Rockstar, or has it cost the brand its individuality and image?
Bag lady chic
W finds a sensitive way to respond to the Global Financial Crisis — packaging up homelessness in designer labels for a photo shoot.
The world’s first kissing robots
Cute AND creepy: robots Thomas and Janet are the stars of a Taiwanese robot production of Phantom of the Opera developed by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
The dark side of the moon
The sun never shines on the floor of some of the moon’s deeper craters. So what lies there? Ice? Aliens? Spaceships? For the first time, the US and India are teaming up to take a closer look.
How to photograph a cough
The instructional site that makes photography fun — Photojojo — teaches you how to capture what’s invisible to the naked eye but not the camera.
Stokes sits on cash, Packer sells the farm
Which media mogul wins? Reports today show that while the Packer media empire is shrinking, the empire Kerry Stokes is building is sitting on $2 billion of cash and sharemarket investments.
Sony unveils its Kindle killer
Sony has unveiled its new e-reader, hoping to regain back some of the market from Amazon’s Kindle. It costs more, but has a touch screen and supports a more open book format. Yet Apple’s mythical iTablet — which hasn’t been made yet — is still being touted as the real potential threat. Poor Sony.
No gender equality (or world peace) for Miss Universe
The problem with beauty pageants isn’t the bikinis, it’s that women who pay lip service to the gender equality myth are rewarded. It is dangerous to say women have achieved gender equality, writes Nina Funnell.
Change the climate, say Australians, but not at any price
The Australian public wants a healthy environment, jobs and well-priced fuel, writes pollster Ian Woolcott.
Crikey Says: Dear diary: by Kevin Rudd
So what exactly does PM Kevin Rudd think of Brendan Nelson quitting and forcing a byelection? Luckily, Crikey has access to Rudd’s diary, thanks to The Oz…
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Tax and the family home
Crikey readers weigh in on tax and the family home, the idea of community-funded reporting and the continual fight for equal pay for women.
Morning Market Report: Market at new closing high for the year
Things are looking positive, with the market up 26 and Wall St. closing up 30 overnight. The figures are the new closing highs for the year.
