A News Ltd story about a woman released on parole this week after 21 years for slaying and apparently drinking the blood of a council worker in 1989 goes far beyond iffy reporting, writes Jeremy Sear.
Media
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It’s Groundhog Dog in Oz politics
Just as Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow is seen as a sign of how long winter will last, Labor ministers — and especially the media — religiously analyse Julia Gillard’s shadow to try and determine the length of her tenure, writes Mr Denmore.
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New Kid on The Block: the enthusiasm of The Enthusiast
The story of bright indy publication The Enthusiast is sobering for those who embrace the possibilities of new media.
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Fairfax’s new social network for media comment
In a new move for digital journalism in Australia, Fairfax Media today launched its invitation-only portal for politicians and interest groups to share quotes, documents and photos to be used in news articles.
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Brooker: Daily Mail has become ‘a chimps’ tea party of the damned’
In addition to endlessly pumping out frothy puff pieces the Daily Mail, now the world’s most popular news website, has spectacularly turned on its own readers, says Charlie Brooker.
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HBO injects $10 million into Quickflix
American television network HBO has invested $10 million in DVD and online rental business Quickflix, which will ramp up marketing efforts as its subscriber base grows beyond 100,000, reports Patrick Stafford.
How Facebook makes billions of dollars
The enthusiastic future of new media
Google privacy changes: they just got evil-
What Julia Gillard can learn from the pages of Playboy
Julia Gillard would be well advised to seek out an edition of this month’s Playboy. If approached with open eyes an article by Joshua Pollack has the capacity to recast the Australia-India relationship, writes NAJ Taylor.
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Fact checking New Yorker cartoons
The New Yorker is famous for fact checking and its quirky cartoons. But are cartoons fact checked? Absolutely, says cartoon editor Robert Mankoff.
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Rinehart won’t find a Fairfax
megaphoneGina Rinehart is likely to find investing in Fairfax Media a deeply frustrating experience, whether she’s trying to influence the newspapers or just make money.
Megaphones watch: Alan Jones speaks out on gay rights and more-
Come in Spinner: Special delight that is PR fail schadenfreude
When things go wrong in the PR field, it is fascinating to map who most enjoys the resulting schadenfreude.
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What’s in a name? Lots of money…
A snappy and memorable product name is critical to commercial success. It’s not just the brand name, the recent Coca-Cola “share-a-Coke” campaign created a Pavlovian response in people, writes Moensie Rossier.
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Millions are spent not just on the airtime but on the production of epic advertisements that screened today during half time of the US Super Bowl. Mumbrella wraps up the best of them.
The latest marketing buzzword? ‘Artisan’
Enter the age of facial technology advertising
Coles Sports for Schools promo a first class clunker-
podcast
This week the Televised Revolution team chat with Peter Black, Senior Lecturer in Law, about the NRL, AFL and Telstra’s recent seeking of an injunction against Optus.
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Setting itself apart from a raft of comedy advertisements, one of the creators of the already-legendary Chrysler Super Bowl spot (starring Clint Eastwood) discusses how to make a commercial for the US federal government.
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Clive Palmer’s man-crush on Tony Jones
This week we saw a thoroughly illuminating chat between mining magnate Clive Palmer and Lateline host Tony Jones.
