Crikey readers weigh in on airlines and volcanos. Is it so bad that aeroplane transport has stopped? Plus, thoughts on COAG, states and the death of Carl Williams. Oh, and the Pirate Party.
April, 2010
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Tales from a volcano
Morning Market Report: Big market day for Apple
Good results by Apple — up 5.6% in after hour’s trade — pushed the market up, with Wall St closing up 25 overnight.
Media briefs: Apple’s assault on e-reading … Mark Scott defends 24hr news …
The NSW media blackout on deaths in custody, the inside story of Apple’s assault on e-reading (and its search for the lost new-gen iPhone), Mark Scott on the future of news and more snippets from the media industry.
Daily Proposition: Before you see The Hobbit, meet the director
Before you head to your local cinema to catch The Hobbit, due for release in 2011, why not bone up the earlier work of its Mexican director, Guillermo del Toro, writes Stephen Foote.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Rudd vs. the Premiers
It was all health and all Kevin Rudd fighting the Premiers for the whole week, with Victorian Premier John Brumby getting nearly half as much coverage as the PM, while Tony Abbott slid down two spots.
Video of the Day: Are you tired of dull knives, unwanted hair and being overweight?
A montage tribute to people “doing it wrong” in infomercials:
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The government’s big ABN stuff-up
The rushed-through legislation that threatens to be the federal government’s next major stuff-up. Plus, when is an Australian film not really Australian?
Political snippets: With hospitals out of the way, will Rudd turn to taxation?
Kevin Rudd has achieved enough at his COAG meeting to defuse health and hospitals as an election campaign negative for Labor. Now it’s time to tackle taxation. Plus, the budget deficit, mortgage rates and other business news.
Hating Alison Ashley and all of the other young people
with the Fox News Interpretive Dance Armadillo
This day in Crikey: Friday April 21, 2006
Friday April 21, 2006: Who says the AWB scandal isn’t causing a stir? asks Christian Kerr.
Crikey Says: A ‘planned negotiation process’ — so that’s what it was…
So that’s that whole health reform deal was. A “planned negotiation process” that started and ended with posturing by premiers who needed to appear macho to their constituencies.
Carol Ann Duffy: A poem for the volcano
Britain’s poet laurate Carol Ann Duffy pens an ode to the volcano ash cloud over the United Kingdom. See, there’s a silver lining to everything.
Will Apple save or destroy the publishing industry?
With Amazon offering increasingly cut-price e-books, the publishing industry is looking to Apple’s iPad to kill the Kindle and save the book business. But is Steve Jobs really looking after the interests of publishers, or just his own legacy?
US soldier: I was in the WikiLeaks video; this is what I saw…
Wired interviews US soldier Ethan McCord, who was shown rescuing a child from the firefighting in the WikiLeaks “Collateral Murder” footage. He explains how the whole grizzly scene played out on the ground in Baghdad.
Tiny nations vs. giant polluters
Small island nations are suing massive corporations for their carbon emissions causing sea levels to rise. Yes, it’s a David and Goliath battle, but can you accuse a company for causing climate change to your whole country — and win?
Sloganeering: what makes a great campaign catchphrase?
The British election is looming, but both parties are struggling to create a catchy catchphrase. Ben Macintyre looks at some of history’s best political slogans, and what made them stick in voters’ minds.
Kenyans: really fast, really broke
Kenya produces some of the fastest runners on Earth — yet few are even making a fraction of what their slower Western counterparts earn.
The sad story of the Miles Franklin award
The Miles Franklin shortlist was announced today and shortlisted author Alex Miller let rip at the slipping profile of the award, slamming “Rudd the dud” and his PM Literary Awards for taking the spotlight off the prize.
Marieke Hardy: Lying idle in Iceland
Marieke Hardy innocently headed off to a wedding in Iceland, unaware she was going to land smack bang in the middle of a major natural disaster. So what to do now? Wait, drink whiskey, call the airport again…
Ryan Seacrest: media mogul
You may know him as the goofy faux-hawked host of American Idol, but behind the camera, Ryan Seacrest is a serious player in the media industry, producing several hit reality series and inking deals with Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Comcast.
PHOTO GALLERY: The worst sci-fi novel covers of all time
Unicorns, dragons, and naked men riding killer whales: a classic collection of hilariously bad sci fi and fantasy novel covers.
Film review: Hot Tub Time Machine — soaked in dopey charm
Movie titles, after all, don’t get a great deal more straight forward than that of director Steve Pink’s amusing wastoid comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. Let this charmingly dopey movie work its mellow magic, says Luke Buckmaster.
Iceland’s volcano sends a red-hot river of cash into New Zealand’s economy
Volcanic ash has ruined Europe’s salmon and fresh flower trade, so fish and flora fans around the world are turning to New Zealand to get their fix.
