Microsoft-Murdoch deal in the worksMicrosoft is in negotiations with News Corp to pay the media empire to pull all its news content from Google, insiders tell the Financial Times.
November, 2009
Mike Rann is fighting for his life
Last night, Sunday Night broadcast a report in which a former Parliament House barmaid gave lurid descriptions of a sexual relationship with SA Premier Mike Rann. Can he survive? asks Hendrik Gout.
Media briefs: NY Times slams Sachs … Ten’s call on Idol … How to writers make money out of new media
A NYT editorial has slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis, Ten must work out what to do with Australian Idol in 2010, how the media downturn will affect higher education, newsreaders get emo, and more.
Copenhagen the Libs’ MacGuffin for total immolation
Copenhagen is the reason the government insists that the CPRS issue must be resolved now. Copenhagen is the reason many in the coalition think the CPRS issue shouldn’t be resolved now. Both are wrong.
Victorian ALP slides in behind Brumby’s man
When the Victorian press pack decides to focus on what did or didn’t happen five years ago between consenting adults in an Adelaide golf club car park, you know it’s been a quiet weekend in state politics.
All those journalism graduates … all these jobs
It might seem that a journalism degree is a sure-fire path to a life of blogging about your experiences at Centrelink, says Chris Scanlon, yet enrolments in the country’s journalism courses have been rising steadily.
Political snippets: Rann will do a Clinton
Mike Rann should practice looking a little sheepish in public and refuse to answer any more questions about his private life, eunuchs can now vote in India, and wine critic Matt Skinner admits to recommending wine he’s never tasted.
leaked How to catch a taxi: the News Ltd way
News Limited headquarters in Sydney has struck a “preferred deal” with Legion Cabs, which has locked out other cab providers, meaning staff often wait 30 minutes for a Legion cab to arrive because they are not allowed to get into other cabs.
The Conservative Commentariat Knitting Circle
Featuring the Cane Toads for a Free Tibet Action Committee
Dear Guy Rundle: being an immigrant doesn’t disqualify me from debating Aussie identity
Tim Soutphommasane cranks up the Cold Chisel, cracks open a VB and responds to Guy Rundle’s critique of his new book, Reclaiming Patriotism.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Fiji’s diplomatic manoeuvres
Today’s Crikey tipsters tell: Fiji’s diplomatic attempt to send Australia a message, shire problems in the NT, is the Sunday Age all Gatto-ed out? and the Sunday Tele rewrites the history on Australian politics.
Three cheers for Channel Seven, time for Mike Rann to resign
Last week was arguably the second most dramatic time a state premier has contacted Kerry Stokes attempting to stop a potentially career-ending story from going to air.
US newspapers shrivel and die
There’s just no let up in the revenue slump for America’s battered newspaper sector.
Alles Neu! A customised newspaper!
This week in Berlin, niiu has been delivering what it claims to be the world’s first personalised newspaper, writes Ben Gook.
Mungo MacCallum: ETS decision crunch time for Turnbull
This week’s long-promised vote on the emissions trading scheme is crunch time for Malcolm Turnbull, but whole Liberal Party, and indeed the coalition, have a lot riding on it too.
leaked Twas the month before Christmas and all through the ABC…
Silly season stories, they’re the seaonal bane of every newsroom. At the ABC, they even have an elaborate mythology about it, as this internal memo explains.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The politics of climate change
Crikey readers weigh in on the climate change debate.
Coal power lobby mines new lows in late compo scramble
Foreign multinationals ramped up their rhetoric yesterday in a desperate attempt to scam further compensation from taxpayers under the CPRS for their coal-fired power generation assets.
CRU emails reveal a worrying pattern of bad behaviour
Leaked email exchanges between climate scientists stolen from the University of East Anglia are causing a rather juicy online scandal, writes Sinclair Davidson.
The NSW Right is a dead, dead duck
The flaming rage of neutered warlords and right-wing unions about their loss of influence within the NSW ALP will blow itself out, writes NSW ALP Left insider Joe Sammaras.
Bargaining over CPRS comes down to one thing: compensation
So after months of negotiations the CPRS comes down to one thing: how much should the government give to big polluters to compensate them for, or shield them from the effects of the scheme, writes Andrew Macintosh.
Smiling assassins: how Rudd is killing renewable energy
Despite strong and consistent public support, renewable energy has been held back for decades by Australian governments, writes Dr Mark Diesendorf.
