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January, 2010
The Barack Obama 2010 State of the Union drinking game
Barack Obama is set to give his annual State of the Union address tonight, and HuffPo has the unofficial drinking game. Click on to WhiteHouse.gov and break out the whiskey — this could get messy.
Paywall FAIL: Newsday has 35 subscribers
In ominous news for the NYT and News Corp, it has been revealed that newsday.com has only secured 35 subscribers since the paper put up a paywall. The account of how the figure came out is gold.
Richardson: Elections matter — just ask the Tamils
If more Tamils had voted in the last Sri Lankan election, there might have been no renewal of the war, no large-scale human rights abuses, and even no boatloads of refugees off the Australian coast, says Charles Richardson.
Media briefs: The Guardian puts the case against pay walls…MediaNews Group bankrupt
US Media giant files for ‘prepackaged’ bankruptcy. Another major US media group has finally gone bust, this time deliberately. The restructuring of the holding company for MediaNews Group, which claims to be the second biggest US newspaper group by circulation, is being described as a “pre-packaged’ revamp. The company is the latest in a string of […]
Video of the Day: Crazy Cash!
Ron Fry is gonna get you through this tough market — that’s scientifickicky!
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The death of the book?
Crikey readers weigh in on e-books, the significance of Australia Day and the new ABC 24 hour news channel. Plus, the abandoned trolleys debacle continues.
AIG cover-up will scalp the bigwigs
An avalanche of information is threatening the futures of an ever-growing circle of men involved in what appears to be a cover-up of circumstances surrounding the “bailout” of counterparties to AIG, writes David Hirst.
More than meets the eye to CPI rise
Despite the rate rise hyperbole, there were winners and losers in the December quarter’s Consumer Price Index figures released by the ABS, with the headline rate of inflation halved and the annual rate of CPI jumping.
Do not pass go, go directly to Suncorp
Is there a one-way pathway from the Commonwealth Bank and Suncorp Metway? The question needs to be asked.
Residential property: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
Property is a slowly moving beast, but as Japanese and American home owners found it, is can be quite a terrifying one as well.
Morning Market Report: Will China slow growth?
Wall Street closed down 2 overnight after putting on 23 the previous session. The continued concerns are that China will put in measures to slow growth, which has lead to weak metal prices and the A$.
Simons: Apple’s thingamajig won’t be the new answer
Apple has promised to transform the reading of newspapers and periodicals, but exactly how remains under wraps. Will the company’s new i-thingy and its competitors really change the game?
More than 100 refugees to arrive tonight from Christmas Island
Permanent protection visas will be granted to 119 refugees arriving on the Australian mainland from Christmas Island tonight, reports Crikey intern Flint Duxfield.
Why I refused to be an Australia Day local ambassador
Who stole the Australia Day long weekend? Once upon a time, not very long ago, it was the ultimate take time out, end of summer holidays three days! The image of Australia Day was beaches and barbies maybe (but not with a national prescribed meat, sponsored by advertisers), symbolising shrugging off summer sloth! And it […]
Crikey’s guide to political coverage in 2010: be sceptical
In an election year, all that glistens isn’t gold when it comes to political journalism, so be sceptical of what we in the media are offering. Sometimes in politics, there is much less than meets the eye.
When racist bastards (Southern) Cross the line
What’s the place coming to when something as intrinsically Australian as the Southern Cross is linked to something as abhorrent as redneck racists and Swastikas? asks Crikey sub Michael Vaughan.
NAPLAN tests and My School: one size doesn’t fit all
The information on the Government’s My School website will only offer flawed data based on a useless test, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Chinese censors pull the plug on Avatar
Hollywood may love it, but the Chinese don’t. The Chinese government has decided to stop screening Avatar on the advice of the censors, who say that it may cause unrest, explains Peter Craven.
Political snippets: What inflationary pressures?
Usually there is nothing more interesting crashing a politician’s event than a greenie in a koala suit. Except, when it’s your fame hungry ex-lover. Plus, pollies avoiding shopping centres and hip-hop meets the holocaust.
Rudd offers tough policy meat for the Australia Day BBQ
Kevin Rudd’s Australia Day speeches weren’t just a celebration of wonkery. He was laying the groundwork for the Government’s election campaign and its second term.
The Fin‘s run-of-the-million promo is nothing of the sort
The Financial Review’s “$1,000,000” subscription promotion looks like a cracker. But read a little closer and it seems the chances of getting your mitts on the moolah are very slim indeed.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: Who’ll throw a shoe at Tony Blair?
With the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war moving inexorably towards the headline act — Tony Blair’s second appearance in the witness stand is on Friday — there is something of a dark carnival atmosphere around London.
