Saturday, 9 August 2008
First Dog on the Moon's Focus on Peter Costello
Crikey's podcast: The Grocery Watch edition
And the winner is... Paul Sheehan
It will be the best Opening Ceremony ever, writes H.G. Nelson.
Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan had many things to say on Monday about the challenge of migration. But the last paragraph stole the show, writes Jane Nethercote.
With just 12 Olympic champions ever in althletics, the track will pose Australia's sternest Olympic test, writes Charles Happell.
Each Olympic gold medal in the last 20 years has cost Australian taxpayers about 40 million, writes James Connor.
The final, must-have piece of footy tipping intelligence, Crikey's Hot Form Charts, are here to help you complete your tipping for the weekend.
The highs and lows of last night's free-to-air TV ratings.
Tasmanian politician Paula Wriedt is the latest high profile victim of Facebook attacks, but why aren't the proprietors of social networking sites doing more to prevent their use for harrassment?
In an era when so much sporting news is about cheating, doping, boozing and fighting, Robert Harvey's AFL career is anomalous in the best possible way, writes Adam Schwab.
Seven's head of program development is on the move, and observers are nonplussed, writes Glenn Dyer.
ITV revenues plunge while the battle for Adelaide rages on at WIN.
The highs and lows of last night's free-to-air TV viewing with Glenn Dyer.
It’s hard to know whether to loathe or admire Rupert Murdoch. One day his business acumen takes your breathe away and the next his journalistic standards leave you gasping with horror, writes Stephen Mayne.
'This was not the China we loved, this was just another city like all the others.' Crikey's China watcher takes the bus to Beijing.
We'll show you what privacy means ... a Top Five to be reckoned with ... New York Times the victim of fraud.
Paul Chadwick, ABC Director of Editorial Policies, sent out an 8-page NT election missive consisting of equal parts corporate cheerleading and statements of the bleeding obvious, writes Bernard Keane.
Eddie McGuire's tenure at Channel Nine looks shaky, and the travails at Collingwood FC could make his presidency dicey there too, writes Stephen Mayne.
Fresh radio ratings have 2GB on top ... No more storefont at The Age ... Rove needs a sub-editor.
All the highs and lows of last night's free-to-air viewing.
08 Aug 2008
Mitchell: Battle for broadband continues
Rundle: The Democrats need catharsis? Oh God ...
Crikey's AFL/NRL charts: You can't tip without them
Olympics: Want to know how much a gold medal costs?
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