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Media briefs: The Oz v Clive Palmer … News Corp split trading …

The Australian has declared war on Clive Palmer of late, with “national chief correspondent” Hedley “Lamarr” Thomas turning his forensic skills onto Clive of China.

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iSentia index: will K-Rudd get to the top spot?

Everyone’s talking about Kevin Rudd, no one is talking about policy, as the Labor Party keeps sinking.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: everyone’s watching the soccer

The Iraq v Australian World Cup qualifier was the big winner of the night, and in further good news Celebrity Apprentice continues to fade away.

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MATTHEW KNOTT | MEDIA | 1

Cash v cachet: the wacky world of journalism prizes

Should journalists enter awards run or sponsored by special interest groups? From fragrance reporting to writing on colorectal disease and the mining industry, just about every reporter wins a prize these days …

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Turkish PM v Twitter: government can’t stop social media tide

Social media has inspired much of the protest movement in Turkey. Now the government wants to unplug the networks. Good luck, writes Turkish-Australian academic Erdem Koc.

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Journalism prizes: a Crikey list

A comprehensive list of Australian journalism awards from 2012/13, including (where available) the organiser, sponsor and top prize.

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Media briefs: ABC Mandela watch … Two of Us PR? … Van G’Obama …

A fortnight ago, Crikey promised to keep you up to date with the happenings at Two of Us — the much-loved Good Weekend column. Plus other media news.

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As journalism jobs go, how will graduates find work?

With the mainstream media shedding jobs, but universities bumping up their numbers of journalism students, where will these fresh-faced wannabe Lois Lanes find work? Freelance writer Kylar Loussikian looks at the numbers.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: numbers fading for The Voice‘s swan song

The Voice isn’t a failure, just a diminished giant. This is unlike MasterChef, which is faltering.

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‘Human booby trap’ Grace Collier obsessed with PM cleavage

Radio National on a Sunday morning is not where you would normally expect a debate over the Prime Minister’s cleavage. But commentator Grace Collier kicked off a panel discussion with it yesterday morning.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: The Block nails the night

Without competition from Seven’s House Rules Nine’s reno show ruled the roost.

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Media briefs: Fairfax outsourcing … Piers says sorry … Nigella victim blaming

Piers Akerman put his foot in it — again — on Insiders on the weekend. That and other media tidbits.

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The Age and SMH’s latest byline: Vladimir Putin?

Why are stories sponsored by the Russian government running in supplements in Fairfax newspapers? Melbourne freelance journalist Sasha Petrova, who speaks Russian, asks some questions.

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Racist remarks to gay quips: Howard Sattler’s greatest hits

6PR shock jock Howard Sattler quizzed the Prime Minister on whether her long-term partner was gay. It’s not the first time Sattler has courted controversy, writes Crikey intern Joanna Robin.

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Vale Christopher Pearson, God’s Maoist

Christopher Pearson was many things; a commentator for The Australian, a long luncher, an Adelaide Cheshire cat, a committed Maoist, a comeback Catholic. We remember Pearson, who died last weekend.

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MATTHEW KNOTT | MEDIA | 5 UNLOCK?

Murdoch rolls in, newspapers throw bodies overboard

Rupert Murdoch’s in town — so senior News Limited staffers need to watch out. It’s been a grim week for newspapers, with three News editors shown the door, and two editorial heavyweights gone from Fairfax.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: House Rules hammers The Block

Chanel Seven’s Johnny-come-lately reno program has crept up on its Channel Nine counterpart.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV guide: more SousChef than MasterChef

Ten’s blockbuster cooking show is just not pulling in the numbers it used to.

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Media briefs: The Age‘s mushie mix-up … asylum vox pop … the Linden guarded

The Age has inadvertently told its readers a poisonous mushroom has hallucinogenic properties.

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Watching the watchmen: Charles Lewis on non-profit journalism

Charles Lewis, the US-based “godfather of non-profit investigative journalism”, speaks to Matthew Knott about the growing importance of philanthropically funded reporting. And Lewis has some tips on making it work …

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Buckets of ink on what’s wrong with Labor

Every publisher in the country is releasing at least one political book this year, and although they vary in style, there’s really only one overarching theme: “What the F-ck is Wrong with the Labor Party?”

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iSentia index: Rudd’s back as Gillard sticks to her guns

Whispers of a Labor leadership spill are filling the corridors of power — is there anything to it? Will this be the real return of K-Rudd?

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Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: Celebrity Apprentince just spakfilla

Celebrity Apprentice on Nine (national/653,000/regional): dying, fading, whatever you call it, this rogue show, this confected bit of TV spakfilla is weak

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Australia’s quiet role in the NSA spying scandal

Australian and United States spy agencies could theoretically spy on their own citizens — but they promise they won’t.

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All hail Snowden, the hero who exposed a government

The sacrifice by Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who unleashed the National Security Agency surveillance scandal, will not be in vain.

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