A rather unusual media release from Dick Smith lobbed into journalists' inboxes this morning...

• media,
• aviation,
• aviation-safety,
• dick-smith

Fearing for the death of newspapers is a bit like fearing for the death of vinyl records or, now, CDs in the face of Blu-ray disks, writes Alan Kohler.

• media,
• newspapers,
• fairfax,
• future-of-journalism,
• future-of-newspapers,
• future-of-media

Interest rates, the RBA and the banks ... the Henson fracas ... Fairfax ...

In his lecture, Michael Gawenda has revealed in public what most insiders have known privately for years -- Australia's premier newspaper publisher was (and largely still is) run by people with no experience of or love for newspapers, writes Eric Beecher.

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• fairfax,
• the-age,
• smh,
• the-australian,
• michael-gawenda

Rising sea levels ... Australian banks ... the economy and the environment ...

Reading the international op-ed pages over recent days is a reminder of the essence and relevance of the journalism of ideas, writes Eric Beecher.

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• us-economy,
• bush-administration,
• wall-street-crash,
• bailout-package

16 months in Baxter: $160K ... Faris the bearded fool ... fun and games in Treasury ...

• politics-government,
• media,
• economy-business

The reckless reporting of Macquarie Bank in the current financial meltdown by The Australian is somewhat perplexing, writes Eric Beecher.

The Australian's reporting of Macquairie bank has been accurate, writes Greg Baxter.

The looming prospect of greatly diminished quality journalism in Australia is in my view a discussion that is, at least, a subject worthy of debate rather than derision, writes Eric Beecher.

• media,
• fairfax,
• newslimited,
• abc,
• the-australian,
• the-sydney-morning-herald,
• the-age,
• frank-devine