NY Times gets its first female editorInvestigator reporter and editor Jill Abramson will become the new executive editor of the New York Times, the first female to get the top job in the paper’s 160 year history.
June, 2011
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A f#@%ing stupid law
It’s unbelievable that Victoria still has legislation against offensive behaviour and ‘obscene’ language. Six months imprisonment for thrice singing an obscene ballad? Jesus fucking christ! says Aidan Wilson.
Morgan: 51.5-48.5 to Coalition
The latest Roy Morgan face-to-face poll shows little change on the previous result from a fortnight ago. But preselection news for the next electoral cycle heats up, reports William Bowe.
In a city of literature, new writers emerge
Emerging writing events are sprouting up all over the country this June. A Melbourne festival for fledgling scribes shows writing takes many forms.
podcast Canberra Calling: Crikey‘s political podcast returns
Crikey’s Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and editor Sophie Black are back with your favourite almost weekly podcast!
High level commissions report: the war on drugs has failed
The Global Commission on Drug Policy reviewed current ‘war on drugs’ policies and in their recently released report have decreed that the war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences, writes Richard Farmer.
PHOTO GALLERY 
The 54th Venice Biennale
This year’s Venice’s Biennale art exhibition contains bold and bracing works, including an eerie yellow room, a ‘Gunpowder Forest’ and an intricate cobweb-like structure made of metal poles.
Legal gossip forum Firm Spy shot down
Notorious legal eagle gossip site Firm Spy has had its account suspended, just days after Arnold Bloch Leibler called for it to remove a post for linking the leading law firm to pro-Hitler merchandise.
DFAT says NO on WikiLeaks
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade took the unusual step of point-blank refusing to answer questions relating to Burma’s nuclear program because the information derives from cables released by Wikileaks.
Simons: will Fairfax apps change the fundamental outlook?
Can the slick new Fairfax apps for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald save the newspaper journalism business model?
Guy Rundle: The strange twilight nature of the war in Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gillard’s and Opposition leader Abbott’s words on Lance Corporal Andrew Jones and Lieutenant Marcus Case showed the strange twilight nature of the war.
Sectional readership breakdown has newspapers nervous
Newspaper advertising buyers have denied new data breaking down readership by section will lead to tougher negotiations over ad rates amid rapidly declining circulation and teetering revenue.
War on the internet: the key fronts
A widespread and in many ways concerted series of attack by governments on the internet is underway, one that has increased in scope and complexity since WikiLeaks humiliated the US government and social media helped fuel the Arab Spring.
Unpicking alarmist headlines about bowel cancer in young people
In recent days, the audiences of reputable media outlets have been warned of an “alarming” increase in bowel cancer in young people. It’s time to unpick those headlines.
Crunch time looms for US economy but China’s holding up
It’s Groundhog Day for the the global economy — May was a rough month and June has started worse with the first day seeing another big fall on global markets last night.
Come in Spinner: Adshel reaction to safe sex ads a case of what not to do
Adshel failed the first issues management test because it panicked after some 30 calls complaining about gay safe s-x ads in bus shelters and rushed into taking action.
Oakeshott has wrecked Jenkins’ authority — and it shows
Harry Jenkins was never the most authoritative of speakers but is losing the ability to control question time — fast. And this class of pollies is desperately in need of control.
Quiggin: back of the envelope numbers on carbon tax v GST
For both critics and supporters, the obvious starting point for analysis of the Garnaut carbon tax proposal is a comparison with the GST, writes Professor John Quiggin.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Scientific debates are not settled on letters pages
Crikey reads have their say.
Morning Market Report: US markets plunge on bad data
The Dow Jones index broke a 4 day winning streak and had its biggest point drop since June 4, 2010
Daily Proposition: grumpy old men Get Low
The idea of watching Robert Duvall hiss and sputter as a bitter old hermit and Bill Murray attempt to appease him as a smarmy money-hungry undertaker is like catnip for any semi-cultured cinephile, more than enough reason to hand over your hard earned and settle in with the company of two grizzled stalwarts who are […]
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The Opposition and its climate position steal the show
Tony Abbott is clearly leading the volume on television again this week — attacking a celebrity always helps on that front.
Corruption in Indonesia a case of here comes the bribe
It’s no surprise that Indonesia is awash with corruption. What is surprising is the lack of anger at this state of affairs among ordinary Indonesians, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.
