Australia remains one of the few first world countries to lack an 18+ classification for video games. By restricting a large portion of the gaming market, we become victims of media censorship, says Joel Vaughan.
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Journalists adrift: the reporting of Black Saturday
Journalists covering the Black Saturday bushfires lacked ethical guidelines, and were left to find their own way through the dilemmas and traumas of reporting Australia’s worst peace-time disaster, according to a new study.
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media death watch
The axe drops at the Associated Press
Heads have begun to roll at US-based newswire service the Associated Press, as the agency attempts to cut its costs by 10%.
A timeline of global media scares
Mexico’s media bloodbath
Meet the man who beat Glenn Beck-
Wankley Awards: Liveblogging Trishna and Krishna’s post-op presser
This week’s Wankley Award goes to Paul “Colgo” Colgan of The Punch for liveblogging the marathon surgery that was performed on conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital this week.
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UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create laws
A UK government source claims a new Bill will give the Secretary of State unprecedented powers to pass laws on online piracy without debate and confer investigative and enforcement powers to record labels and movie studios, giving them access to personal information and files.
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Facebook now worth $9.5 billion
Facebook’s private shares are now for about $21 each — a 42% increase since July — valuing the company’s common shares at $9.5 billion. Will the company go public soon?
The 10 defining internet events of the decade
Time’s nerdy new tech site
Move over, Apple: get ready for the Google Phone-
Which print pubs have the richest readers?
Silicon Valley Insider charts newspapers and magazines with the wealthiest readerships. Wall Street Journal readers are the most cashed-up, while The Atlantic, The Economist and Architectural Digest readers also break the 100k mark.
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The Times lists its pick for the 100 best books of the noughties, with plenty of controversial picks sure to see the scones flying at your next book club (Twilight? The 9/11 Commission Report? The Da Vinci Code?).
New York Times: The Movie
Is America’s gay press dead?-
Is colour a limited resource?
The colour palette is shrinking as brands stake their claim, bit-by-bit, on the exclusive rights to individual tones. You already can’t use Jay-Z blue, or T-Mobile’s magenta. Are we literally selling off the rainbow?
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Coke brands buskers
This Christmas in London, out-of-tune hippies torturing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and little girls squealing Jingle Bells on their recorders will be brought to you by icy cold can of Coke.
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American PR firm Imperial PR has been honoured with an industry award for its “achievement” in protecting the image of a major US sugar producer after one of its refineries exploded, killing 14 people and injuring over 40.
Web ads: a watcher’s guide
Can Coco Pops protect you from swine flu?
How a logo is created: from go to ‘woah!’-
VIDEO: Obama does Fox News
After a nasty and public war of words between the White House and Fox News, Barack Obama has finally appeared on the network, receiving a “lighting round” grilling from Fox’s White House correspondent Major Garrett.
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Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity’s cat fight over Sarah Palin
Fox News pundits Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity both scored interviews with Sarah Palin. Hannity’s will air first, but O’Reilly scooped him by putting a teaser of his interview on his own YouTube channel, reportedly causing Hannity to throw a “hissy fit”. Meow!
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Talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey has announced she will kill off The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011, after a 25-year run on-air. Rumour is that she’ll start a new show on her own cable network.
Channel Ten now taking programming direction from the blogosphere
