Whetever happened to Mark Scott’s brave new Autnie initiative ABC Open? It’s going very slowly — and causing some resentment among existing hard-pressed ABC regional staff.
April, 2010
Media briefs: The too-edgy advertising campaign … at least one paper makes money
Another “edgy” advertising campaign dreamt up by caffeinated creatives has bitten the dust — just one day after it was launched, Forbes sacks reporters then hires them back and other media news of the day.
Richardson: John Brumby’s second front
An election year isn’t a good time to be getting on the wrong side of democracy. John Brumby should probably try to settle this dispute as quickly and quietly as he can before he gets himself in trouble.
Political snippets: Rudd will win health reform at COAG
There might be a minor grumble or two from a Premier pretending that the offer should have been more but Kevin Rudd will get his health reform victory. Plus, Rudd get the Obama tick of approval and other political tidbits.
Dick Smith: gold-medal winning population growth not winning us friends
Our gold-medal winning population growth wins us no friends in Asia, writes Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith. Our refugee intake looks ever more miserly as our population increases, and our climbing birth rate makes us the odd one out in the region.
Qantas’ judgement clouded: passengers suffer as carrier reacts slowly to ash danger
While air traffic disruptions reached post-9/11 levels across the UK and most of Europe and the North Atlantic overnight, Qantas took a full 16 hours to get its head around the enormity of the volcanic ash situation.
Terror scoop: The Oz tries to stop OPI briefing
The Oz is trying to prevent the Victorian OPI from briefing public prosecutions about a “serious criminal offence”, allegedly committed during the research for reporter Cameron Stewart’s terrorism scoop last year.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: the Wynne debacle
Re. the Wynne Prize 2010. It would seem this is a complete debacle and Crikey’s parody is too true. But can anyone shed light on the history of this prize?
Vintage First Dog: The True Story of a working family
First Dog on the Moon has rabies. He’ll be back here next week or perhaps at Lort Smith. Crikey understands that just before the Private Media Veterinary Team shot him with the tranquilliser gun, First Dog was go-go dancing on the Editors desk and screaming something along the lines of “Buy some more stickers you […]
This day in Crikey: Monday 16th April 2007
Monday 16th April, 2007, Kevin and Joe: the end of the affair, by Sophie Black.
PHOTO GALLERY: Iceland’s troublesome volcano
Flights are grounded all over Europe due to the skies being full of volcanic ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Check out the flooding glacier damage, people peering at lava flows and the ash clouds engulfing the air.
Armstrong: Obama has surrendered the space race
In an open letter, astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan attack Obama’s new moon-snubbing plans for NASA: America will no longer be the best at something!
How much do musos earn?
Ever wondered how much money a musician can make through the various traditional and new media outlets? Depressingly, a lot of last.fm plays need to be had for a muso to earn a decent wage online.
My morning with Tony and Julia
Tory Maguire heads along to a taping of the Today Show to see the flirting between Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard in the flesh. Julia may need an extra half hour in hair and make-up, but she also gets double the airtime.
Everything the NYT‘s food critic eats in a week
New York Times food critic Sam Sifton keeps a diary of everything he eats in a week, and your arteries may harden just reading it: 24,560 calories from dishes like maple-glazed ham, fried rabbit livers and foie-gras dumplings.
The nanny state is here: “sorry sir, you’re too fat to buy a burger”
There’s a major change coming to consumer credit laws — credit providers can only lend if it is in the client’s best interest — that has nanny state written all over it and no one’s making a fuss. Do we really need to be protected from ourselves? asks Stephen King.
Google’s goats: free, green lawnmowers
How does one of the trendiest, most tech-savvy companies on the planet mow its lawns? With an army of 200 goats: they’re cheap, green and provide free fertiliser, explains the company’s “Chief Goat Herder” Dan Hoffman.
The best way to defeat terrorists is to take the piss out of them
A new study has found that the most effective way to deter young Muslims from joining extremist groups is to make them “uncool”. Just like drugs — and governments have done such a job with that problem…
Pope speaks: We need to “do penance” for our “sins”
Pope Benedict XVI has ended his silence on the sex-abuse scandals engulfing the Catholic Church, saying that the Church had avoided using the word “penance” but it was now obvious that was needed.
Inside Microsoft’s Chinese teen sweatshop
Read the US National Labor Committee’s damning report into the Chinese factory producing products for Microsoft, where teenagers work 15-hour shifts, six or seven days a week, for 52 cents an hour to produce the computers and gadgets we use every day.
The top 500 US companies
Fortune has released its annual list of America’s largest 500 companies. Wal-Mart has reclaimed the number one spot from Exxon-Mobil, while cars, banking and oil make up the majority of the top 20.
Trotting out the political handbags
Social-media savvy, pregnant, elegant — the politician’s wife has become the latest must have accessory for the election year politician trying to win over voters. So how will a low profile Margie Abbott fare? asks Sue Dunlevy.
Beijing is going broke — and it could get bloody
The Chinese economy began to fail in 2008 and has been on a long march downwards ever since, says Gordon Chang. This won’t be the “Chinese Century” so many are predicting — but it might be the trigger for another revolution.
