HBO injects $10 million into QuickflixAmerican 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.
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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.
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.
Gina Rinehart definitely doesn’t like the internet
Would-be media mogul Gina Rinehart might need to brush up on the internet, which she thinks is a threat to her life.
Media briefs: Aussie film v Schembri … ACMA probes 7.30 … editor reshuffle at ACP
In today’s Media Briefs: Aussie comedy takes aim at Age critic Jim Schembri (again) … ACMA to investigate 7.30 Clarke and Dawe sketch, editor reshuffle at ACP and more …
Crikey Says: Rinehart and mysterious ways of new media
Our newest media mogul is a keen observer of the online medium. And she’s not a fan.
My Cup Of Tea: Leave the glamour to Hollywood and celebrate niche
Were this week’s AACTA Awards any better than the old AFIs? The spruced-up gongs show the Australian film industry still hasn’t come to terms with its niche status.
Adjectives v nouns in Fin Review ‘blacks’ debate
The Fin Review’s new ed Michael Stutchbury thought it was fine to use the word ‘blacks’ in a headline, citing the ABC’s “black deaths in custody” series. But they are not the same kind of, writes linguist Greg Dickson.
Can Zuckerberg keep his Facebook baby afloat?
Reading Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to investors in the Facebook prospectus, which was released this morning, you get the distinct impression that taking the business public is really the last thing he wants to do, given the choice.
Mayne: now’s not the time for Rinehart to be be saying ‘look at me’
Journalists love nothing more than speculating about the future of media companies, so Gina Rinehart has created an avalanche of commentary with her high-profile raid on Fairfax Media.
AFL, NRL appeal likely, but Optus TV ruling the right call
Justice Rares in the Federal Court yesterday cut a large chunk out of the value of sports broadcasting rights in new media by ruling that Optus is allowed to offer its TV Now Service, writes Kimberlee Weatherall.
Can the media call indigenous Australians ‘blacks’?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, aborigines, Indigenous Australians: it can be difficult for media organisations to know what terms are appropriate when writing stories about Australia’s first inhabitants.
Media briefs: Gina unauthorised … Prime boss boned … Age source demands …
There were more clues on Gina Rinehart in another unauthorised account of her life and very rich times in, ironically, another Fairfax title, the Good Weekend magazine, last Saturday. Plus other media news.
Parliament House filter blocks all .info sites
After being told by an MP that the Parliament House computers wouldn’t let them view his blog, Syd Walker started asking questions about which sites are blocked for parliamentarians.
How Facebook makes billions of dollars
Facebook filed its long-awaited initial public offering noting it will seek to raise $5 billion for the float. But the IPO also reveals how Facebook made 3.71 billion in 2011.
TV review The Straits: beautiful one day, perfect the next?
With new quirky Aussie drama The Straits, ‘Aunty’ has made a relatively successful attempt at an HBO-style program. It’s not TV, it’s ABC1, writes Dan Barrett.
It’s a big if, but Gina Rinehart could set Fairfax agenda
There never has been, and is never likely to be, a rule that says someone who owns a company is not entitled to run it as she sees fit, within the limits of the law.
podcast Televised Revolution: FTA shares, schedules and executive shuffles
This week on the Televised Revolution podcast couch Dan and Simon discuss viewing habits, changes to TV top brass and much more.
Homeland: awfully marketed, engagingly written
Channel 10’s new Sunday night drama Homeland, which explores the phenomenon of ‘sleeper cells’, walks a fine line between glorifying the tumultuous terrain of mental illness and patronizing portrayals of female hysteria, writes Robin Cameron.
Rinehart won’t find a Fairfax
megaphone
Gina 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.
Stop the press: misleading climate change op-ed in WSJ
What’s news these days when it comes to climate change? asks Graham Readfearn, a freelance journalist.
The enthusiastic future of new media
Founder of pop culture site The Enthusiast Mel Campbell explains the difficulty of running an news site that takes time but pays no money and how unwilling readers are to pay for online media.
The tweets must flow, except when they risk revenue
Twitter’s announcement that it will censor tweets on a country-by-country basis has triggered an immediate global outrage about free speech.
Media briefs: AFR black-out … Gill’s $1m claim … Gittens turns …
Just what is going on at The Australian Financial Review under very, we’re told, hands-on editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury? Plus other media news of the day.
Business Spectator, Eureka Report for sale: the leaked profit figures
Leaked information from the information memorandum issued as part of the Business Spectator and Eureka Report sale process reveals profitability has gone backwards.
