Media


  • What are Australian freelancers paid? The complete data

    Margaret Simons put the call-out for freelance journos to spill on the rates they’re receiving from Australia’s big media organisations. The results are in, all compiled into a handy cut-out-and-keep chart.

  • Are you smart enough to work at Bloomberg?

    Current and former employees at financial news organisation Bloomberg have revealed the details of the test prospective employees must sit to score a job there, and Business Insider has recreated it for your enjoyment. Would you make the cut?

  • Former VP: How Microsoft lost its cool

    Microsoft has truckloads of cash, employs some of the smartest people on Earth, and, until recently, completely dominated the computer industry. So how come it didn’t invent the iPad, iPod, BlackBerry or Kindle? Former VP Dick Brass explains.

  • How many news photographers are too many?

    News photographers naturally descend on disaster areas and conflict zones like moths to a flame. But do we really need hundreds of images of the same tragedy? Some of the world’s top photojournalists weigh in.

  • Levi Johnston goes rogue (and naked) for Playgirl

    The much anticipated (by some) Levi Johnston in Playgirl shoot is here. He’s naked, but not flashing everything — just some Hasselhoff hair and lots of bronzer. Gawker plays around with some alternative cover headlines.

  • Peta: Using stupidity and sex to sell a good cause

    Peta president Ingrid Newkirk defends the controversial organisation’s use of sexy woman, sensationalist tactics and “baby steps” approach in the fight for animal rights: it’s worth it if it gets results.

  • PHOTO GALLERY: Vintage Apple ads

    Today’s ads for Apple products are invariably sleek, trendy and oozing with cool. But that hasn’t always been the case. Check out this great gallery of vintage Apple ads from the days before dancing silhouettes and Justin Long.

  • Is the ABC kowtowing to China’s censorship?

    The ABC’s decision not to air a doco about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer has prompted the Oz to question whether the move was motivated by the broadcaster’s new focus on “soft diplomacy” with other nations.

  • MTV officially stops pretending to be about the music

    MTV has given its logo a makeover for the first time in about 30 years, officially dropping the “Music Television” tagline to reflect the fact that the channel now mostly plays cheap reality TV shows.

  • The best of the Super Bowl commercials

    The ad breaks of America’s Super Bowl are almost a show in and of themselves, with the country’s biggest brands and companies shelling out millions to create the funniest, catchiest, most impressive ads. The NYT blogs the best of this year’s batch.