July, 2011
He speaks! Murdoch’s first interview since NotW closure
Rupert Murdoch speaks exclusively to the Wall Street Journal (yes, he owns that paper too) about the debacle with his News International papers in the UK, saying that News Corp has handed the crisis well but he’s tired of the negative headlines.
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The history of Facebook commerce
Facebook commerce was quietly launched two years ago with a bouquet of flowers and now provides services estimated to be worth billions of dollars. AdAge charters the rise and potential future of F-commerce.
linguistics 
What does language have to do with the price of bananas?
When bananas finally make it back onto our shelves, consider for a delicious moment how linguistics is contributing to their future survival. Piers Kelly explains.
News aggregation is here to stay
News aggregation is essential in online media but rubs against the ethos of old school reportage. Matthew Ingra uses a recent controversial Huff Po piece to discuss the ethics of news aggregation and explains why it is not going away.
A guide to researching Indigenous health
This week the Lowitja Institute released a new guide developed to provide resources and advice for conducting health research in Indigenous communities. Crikey’s health blog Croakey explains what the guide achieves and why it is needed.
Pentagon inches towards militarizing cyberspace
In a move to defend US computer networks against hackers The Pentagon has announced it now considers sections of cyberspace “operational domains,” though Defense Secretary William Lynn claims the government does not want to militarize the internet, writes David Alexander.
PHOTO GALLERY 
Creating SFX for classic blockbuster movies
Dennis Muren is the first visual effects artist artist to be awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Vanity Fair presents a collection of photographs of Muren on the set of classic blockbusters such as E.T. and The Empire Strikes Back.
My Cup Of Tea: This Is Not worth funding, says Newcastle council, despite tourist draw
Newcastle City Council defunded the This Is Not Art festival despite championing it in the Council’s own Tourism Plan. Now councillors are questioning the decision.
Google+: ten million users and counting
Although Google’s new social networking platform is still in beta testing, Google+ already has ten million registered users. This could be the beginning of the end of Facebook, writes Zack Whittaker.
Melbourne Victory vs. Glasgow Celtics: kilts, the cold and quality football
Intrepid Crikey intern Michael McGowan along with just over twenty thousand other football fans braved typically abominable Melbourne weather to watch a pre-season friendly between the Melbourne Victory and the touring Glasgow Celtic.
Australia’s carbon tax well ahead of Britain
Labor’s carbon price package is far from perfect but Julia Gillard deserves credit not just for introducing an ETS but by modelling it as a shift in taxation. Britain and other governments ought to take note, says The Economist.
Push for Oz media probe
Crikey media wrap: Greens leader Bob Brown called for a “full inquiry into the media, both ownership and regulation, in Australia” yesterday, in light of the recent News International phone hacking scandal in the UK.
film reviews The Trip — charming on the road dramedy
English funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon coast between countryside locations consuming countless decadent delectables in director Michael Winterbottom’s breezy conversation filled dramedy, writes Luke Buckmaster.
The alcohol industry’s voluntary labelling ploy
Earlier this week DrinkWise Australia announced the introduction of voluntary health warnings on alcohol products. One thing is for certain: this is a move that indicates the industry’s fear of stronger government regulation, writes Sarah Jaggard.
podcast Canberra Calling: The phone-hacking cut the crap podcast
In the second of two special podcasts today, Crikey’s Canberra Correspondent Bernard Keane and Crikey editor Sophie Black discuss the ever escalating News of the World phone-hacking scandal and the fallout for News International and the Australian media.
podcast Canberra Calling: The grannies are mad for carbon podcast
In the first of two special podcasts today, Crikey’s Canberra Correspondent Bernard Keane and Crikey editor Sophie Black discuss the carbon tax unveiled by Primer Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday, Tony Abbott’s response and the political fallout.
travel A matter of (Polish) perspective
Polish resident Jay Martin gets easily fed up travelling in Poland, thanks to the traffic and pessimistic attitudes. But entertaining tourists from home made her realise what a curious country she lives in.
How Twitter followed the #NotW scandal
Starring the giant floating heads of Rupert Murdoch, News International exec Rebekah Brooks, PM David Cameron and a host of others, this Guardian infographic explains how the phone hacking scandal broke over Twitter this week.
STFU, you can afford $10 a week for a carbon tax
This obscenity-strewn post by Geoff Lemon is brilliant examination of how the media has portrayed Julia Gillard’s carbon tax. We live in one of the richest countries in the world and the rise in cost of living won’t mean diddly squat, says Lemon.
The Wired chatlogs: a cry for help from a confused, lonely man
The new Wired chatlogs alleged to be by Bradley Manning reveal a lonely, deeply unwell LGBT man at the centre of the US military’s secrets.
Wood, entrepreneur and activist, won’t die wandering in forest
Rich list members Jan Cameron and Graeme Wood find themselves in the middle of the biggest story in Tasmania after the pair yesterday announced they had paid $10 million to buy the Triabunna native forest woodchip mill. Wood won’t die wondering.
Simons: News Ltd internal review will include ‘independent oversight’
The internal audit of editorial expenses announced by News Limited CEO John Hartigan yesterday will include “an element of independent oversight” following conversations between the Chair of the Press Council, Julian Disney and News Limited executives.
Guy Rundle: The madness of Assange’s third extradition hearing
Two justices, representing the near-pinnacle of English law have spent a more than a day considering the details of two one-night stands and a tackle rub undertaken nearly a year ago in a faraway city.
