February, 2011
Media briefs: The Oz’s glass house … Twitter’s worth $10b … SMH loses count …
Magazines circulation: from bad to worse … People in glass houses … Herald loses count. … What’s Twitter worth? About $8-10b, says market …
More bite sized book reviews
It’s round two of Twitter book reviews. Angela Meyer commissions her Twitter follows to write mini book reviews in exchange for a free book. See what they think of Australian Encounters by Shane Maloney and Chris Grosz and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
News sub-hubs add travel miles. More on News Limited’s centralised subbing hubs: I’ve been working at Quest Newspapers in Brisbane for more than five years and have seen staff members moved from an office with no regards to where they live or their personal circumstances. We’re talking an area from Ipswich (40 kilometres west of the […]
My Cup Of Tea: Day the music died (for EMI) is more trouble for industry
EMI is in the hands of its bankers after the iconic British record label was repossessed by Citibank earlier this week. The music industry’s problems are not going away.
Mubarak refuses to step down
Crikey liveblog: Despite rumours throughout the night that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ready to announce his departure, Mubarak instead declared that he will stay on as president until September.
Tony Abbott before and after: a special announcement from First Dog on the Moon
For years Crikey’s resident cartoonist First Dog on the Moon has chronicled the mishaps, mayhem and marvel of Tony Abbott’s penis. Now First Dog makes a special announcement: Tony Abbott’s penis will be replaced by Mr Rabbit. Be strong, everybody.
travel The rain in Sri Lanka falls, well, everywhere
Drenched to the bone after a day cycling around in the rain and leading his bike across flooded roads with water up to his knees, Scott Bridges offers his misty travelogue through Sri Lanka.
Crikey Says: Why WikiLeaks is right
It seems leaks from diplomats are OK if they’re made to mainstream media outlets that can be relied on to co-operate closely with governments, judging on what’s happening in Egyptian politics right now.
Seven News cleared for outing Campbell
ACMA has officially cleared Seven News over complaints about last year’s story in which the network revealed that NSW MP David Campbell had visited a gay sauna.
Ask a climate scientist: rainfall and water vapor
With the huge amounts of extreme weather and rainfall in Australian this year, it seemed appropriate to ask questions about rainfall and water vapor in relation to climate science. What areas of the plan will receive more rainfall as climate change continues and will this offset the desertification in other areas? Do water vapor emissions need to be reduced?
Qantas pilots dispute getting more bitter by the moment
The rhetoric in the Qantas pilots dispute today is more bitter than anything heard in airline circles since the infamous pilot strike of 1989.
Telstra deal puts more momentum behind the NBN
The Telstra-NBN deal announced this morning puts more weight behind the broadband network, leaving the Coalition ever further behind.
Failed Labor MP Nathan Murphy in sordid housesitting shame
An exclusive $500-a-head fundraiser for failed Victorian Labor MP Nathan Murphy could end up in the courts after a borrowed apartment used for the shindig was trashed, male and female underwear was dumped on the floor and a $700 coat went missing from the premises.
Ralph Norris and a bad apples-and-oranges comparison
Even though Ralph Norris is highly rated by regulators and bankers as not only doing a good job at the Commonwealth Bank, but also being a good banker, he has an unfortunate tendency to stick his Kiwi boot on his tongue and leave it there.
The multimillion dollar corporate plan to destroy WikiLeaks
Anonymous’s attack on an American cyber-security company was for the lulz, until it revealed a multimillion dollar plan to attack WikiLeaks.
News Corp phone hacking — it just keeps getting worse
No matter what tactic Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp adopts to protect itself and the Murdochs from the News of The World phone-hacking scandal, it just keeps getting worse.
Whatever happened to evidence-based policy making?
The federal government is adding another serious question to its social and financial policy competence by informing the public that it is proceeding with the promised evaluation of the New Income Management Program.
Warning signs to disaster
As an inquiry begins into Queensland’s deadly floods, residents recount the horror and meteorologists lament the lack of warnings. Amanda Gearing reports from a disaster zone still raw with emotion.
The Black Hole of Dublin reveals extent of property failure
Now we know just why the failure of Anglo Irish Bank is not only the biggest collapse the world has seen, but the most destructive. And why the collapse of Ireland is the biggest property failure the world has experienced.
The race to be ‘tough on crime’: police enforcing the NSW election
The NSW Police continue to exert power over the government and opposition as both parties fight to be seen the as the “toughest on crime” with an election imminent. There is now criticism both sides of politics are now beholden to its police force, writes Sophie Cousins.
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