The notion that boards have no incentive to overpay executives or that remuneration consultants are “independent” makes Alice in Wonderland look like a piece of non-fiction.
March, 2010
Beecher: Bingle and the bullying media no moral crusade
The media’s appalling behaviour in the Lara Bingle saga will only serve to strengthen privacy laws.
SA election: Upper house a sort of democratic lottery
The new SA Legislative Council should be eight Labor, seven Liberal, two Greens, two Family First, two Xenophonites… and one seat for whoever is having a good day.
Mungo MacCallum: Much to criticise in Abbott’s policies, but he deserves some sympathy
Tony Abbott’s parental leave policy may be a disaster, but not for the reasons being trumpeted by the government and the media. He is being pilloried not for a matter of substance, but for having the courage to defy one of Australia’s more mindless political shibboleths.
Tas election: Crunching the numbers, with the help of the Greens
With the Greens set to hold the balance of power in Tasmania, what will it look for in the Labor and Liberal pitches? Political survival in parliament, writes Bruce Montgomery.
Political snippets: Why the hang up on hung parliaments?
The Labor Party has effectively been in a minority whenever it has been in government. Plus, Mike Rann to scramble home as the underdog, Crikey election indicators and other political snippets.
graph pr0n The spin cycle: how your newspaper fared
A joint study between Crikey and the ACIJ has found that nearly 55% of Australian newspaper articles analysed were driven by some form of PR. See all the damning data.
Media snapshot: how we analysed the spin cycle
The joint Crikey-ACIJ investigation into PR influence in Australia’s media was a six-month study, with over 40 people analysing over 2203 articles. Read about the methodology, people and process behind it all.
Spinning the Media: Key findings in a week in the life of the media
2203 separate stories were analysed across 10 Australian newspapers between September 7 and 11, 2009, to see whether they were initiated by public relations or promotions. Here’s what came out in the wash.
This day in Crikey: March 15, 2006
March 15, 2006, Why the ABC should carry lots of advertising, by Eric Beecher.
Daily Proposition: Become a research statistic
Companies spend enormous amounts of money on market research each year. And they pay people to take part. So how you can get a piece of the action? And can you really make some moolah just by giving your opinions?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Mike Rann off for an Italian love affair?
Here’s a rumour doing the rounds in Adelaide and Canberra at the moment: It appears that SA Premier Mike Rann is being polished up for the plumb job of Australia’s Ambassador to Italy.
The UK locks up its traumatised asylum seekers, too
The UK’s policy of not putting asylum seekers who have been victims of torture into detention centres is being routinely ignored, the Guardian’s Observer has found.
The “hearthrob blogger” taking on Beijing
Han Han is a heartthrob race car driver, pop novelist and China’s most popular blogger, but despite this sterling resume, even he is not immune from Beijing’s internet censors. Now he’s speaking out
VIDEO: Life behind the NY Times paywall
New York Times columnist David Carr has a chat with Media Bistro about what it’s going to be like for journalists to go behind a paywall with the planned metering system.
A legal look at the Lara Bingle case
Lara Bingle (and Max Markson, naturally) is taking Brendan Fevola to court for breach of privacy, defamation and misuse of her image. But does she really have a case? Legal experts Jason Bosland and Vicki Huang take the stand.
I tweet and I vote
Yes, this year’s federal election will be the election that Twitter rules, but will it actually affect any of the votes? Social media is far more effective at mobilising already existing supporters, writes Scott Bridges.
The Jock Wrap: Barry, Bumnuts and how about those Bulldogs?
First Dog on the Moon and Leigh Josey get together to amusingly discuss this week in sport. They fawn over Barry Hall, explain the delightful game of Bumnuts and pity the Bingle.
Science won’t change the sceptics
Climate change policy by governments has very little to do with the actual science behind climate change and a lot of do with political manoeuvring and what pollies want to achieve. Science isn’t the same as politics, writes Daniel Sarewitz.
Editor of The Courier Mail, David Fagan, responds
Courier Mail editor David Fagan responds to our Spinning The Media study findings that 55% of the articles analysed in his paper were initiated by public relations.
The love that dare not speak its name: Microsoft workers and their iPhones
They love their Jesus phones down at Microsoft, with 10,000 iPhone users accessing the Microsoft employee email system last year. Its much to the chagrin of Microsoft bosses, with workers now attempting to hide their iPhones from Apple hating execs.
