A British soccer player started legal action against Twitter to keep his affair secret. It doesn’t look such a smart move 30,000 tweets later …
May, 2011
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Honest Malcolm?
Crikey readers weigh in on carbon capture and storage and honest Malcolm Turnbull.
Morning Market Report: Big retails predict weak consumer demand
Retailers Gap and Aeropostale cut their full year profit forecasts suggesting weaker consumer demand. The IMF approved a €26 billion 3-year loan to Portugal.
Political snippets: Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: Difference of opinion … when yes means yes
How refreshing to have that couple of stories in the past week suggesting that the Liberal Party is not completely full of “yes” politicians.
My enemy’s enemy is my friend: fragile US-Pakistani relations
Pakistan needs to retain a strong alliance with Afghanistan, no matter who is in power, more than it needs the US.
US economy: Grant a mentor-in-waiting for Bernanke
Jim Grant, author of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, is one of the world’s best economic forecasters. When it speaks about global markets, and tells Ben Bernanke to resign, it might be worth a listen.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
The pink phone: costs add up. Transfield call centre operations to support the ongoing pink batts repairs will cost Australian taxpayers $40,000 per month. Which bank is under pressure? The Commonwealth Bank’s under-performing markets sales division is under some pressure. And some are questioning a round of staff appointments … Sounding off on Canberra venue. […]
Video of the Day: Liberia’s chalkboard newspaper
It’s not exactly web 2.0, but Liberia’s chalkboard newspaper The Daily Talk is an inspiring initiative founded by Alfred Sirleaf, who displays daily news in local dialect and reads it aloud for the illiterate.
Media briefs: Twitter reviews … Scottish censorship … Hun’s tantrum …
There’s no doubt about it, Seven’s new US import No Ordinary Family is a hit. Says who? Oh just some random people on Twitter. Plus, Scotland’s controversial front page and other media news of the day.
Crikey Says: Digesting the budget bottom line
It seems Abbott’s managed to inspire the Climate Commission, who overnight released their first official report, entitled The Critical Decade.
70 reasons to raise your drink to Bob Dylan
This week Bob Dylan turns 70 years old. The Independent lists 70 reasons why the prolific troubadour is arguably the most important figure in pop culture history.
Dear Mike, we need to talk about Lance…
Over the past few years Bob Gosford has written no end of pieces about the relationship, monetary and otherwise, between Mike Rann’s South Australian government and retired cyclist Lance Armstrong. He is still waiting for answers.
First there was Hollywood, now there is Chinawood
In a remote town southwest of Shanghai the world’s largest outdoor film studio occupies more than 2,500 acres. ‘Chinawood,’ or ‘Hendigan World Studies’ as it is officially known, is larger than Universal and Paramount Studios combined, reports Cathy Yan.
Introducing the Infographic resume
Want to get ahead in the media? Perhaps it’s time you developed an Infographic resume. They won’t replace a standard resume but by golly they look impressive, writes Elana Zak.
Denmore: Journos ought to remember that accountability needs to be across the board
Bob Brown’s recent spat against News Limited is the most recent proof that journos don’t take kindly to criticism. News organisations need to hold politicians to account, but accountability needs to be across the board, writes Mr Denmore.
Tea and extra pizza: the rise of Hermain Cain
Conservative firebrand and former fast food corporate leader Hermain Cain aka “the pizza guy” is a rising star of the Tea Party movement and could be this year’s surprise contender for the 2012 Presidential election, writes Mark McKinnon.
French feminist outrage awoken by Strauss-Kahn controversy
The furore over Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged sexual assault of a French hotel employee has sparked fierce public debate in France over what some argue is a deep-seated sexism entrenched in politics and the media, writes Lizzy Davies.
Interview with Justin Kurzel, director of Snowtown
Director Justin Kurzel’s startling debut feature Snowtown, about the infamous ‘bodies in the barrels’ murders, is one of the most controversial Australian films in years. Prior to Snowtown’s theatrical release, Kurzel sat down for a chat with Luke Buckmaster.
Galaxy: 61-39 to LNP in Queensland
The Galaxy poll from Queensland published on Saturday shows results very similar to those of last week’s Newspoll: primary votes of 30 percent for Labor and 52 percent for the Liberal National Party, reports William Bowe.
Vale Bill Hunter (1940 – 2011)
Well-loved Australian actor Bill Hunter has passed away, age 71. He appeared in more than 60 feature films and brough to his roles a legendary aura, writes Luke Buckmaster.
travel Home: a humble little word with a whole world of meaning
The longer you embark on an expat lifestyle, the more fluid the concept of home becomes. And that harder it is to figure out where you “go home” to, writes India Lloyd from the Cayman Islands.
Pollies grumble at writers’ fest: ‘good govt and ALP are strangers’
Can the ALP survive? And if so, what form will it be in? There was huge interest in this topic at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Victorian ALP takes on Gillard in state conference stoush
Progressive forces inside the Victorian ALP will debate a bevy of urgency motions at the party’s annual state conference tomorrow, with prime minister Julia Gillard condemned for her Malaysian Solution for boat people and stance on gay marriage.
