http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/us-newspapers-shrivel-and-die/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/us-newspapers-shrivel-and-die/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:33:17 +0000 Glenn Dyer http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100197 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/us-newspapers-shrivel-and-die/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/alles-neu-a-customised-newspaper/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/alles-neu-a-customised-newspaper/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:32:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100184 niiu has been delivering what it claims to be the world’s first personalised newspaper, writes Ben Gook.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/alles-neu-a-customised-newspaper/feed/ 1 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/a-graphic-history-of-magazine-income-over-the-last-decade http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/a-graphic-history-of-magazine-income-over-the-last-decade#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:38:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100149 The Awl graph big US magazines' circulation revenue versus their ad page sales, with some interesting results: contrary to popular wisdom, there's been some actual growth in the industry. ]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/a-graphic-history-of-magazine-income-over-the-last-decade/feed/ 0 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/its-out-of-the-prying-fan-and-into-the-fire/story-e6frg996-1225801820879 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/its-out-of-the-prying-fan-and-into-the-fire/story-e6frg996-1225801820879#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100138 Matt Preston's CD was just the tip of the MasterChef cash-cow-milking iceberg: News Magazines is spinning the hit TV show into a magazine.]]> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/its-out-of-the-prying-fan-and-into-the-fire/story-e6frg996-1225801820879/feed/ 0 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/looking-back-over-70-years-at-the-sunday-telegraph/story-fn4hieht-1225800182102 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/looking-back-over-70-years-at-the-sunday-telegraph/story-fn4hieht-1225800182102#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:13:41 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100123 The Sunday Telegraph celebrated its 70th birthday over the weekend with this walk down memory lane, featuring heart-warming anecdotes like Sir Frank Packer's constant refrain: "You're all useless leeches. You're a pack of bloodsuckers. Get out. You're all sacked." Good times.]]> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/looking-back-over-70-years-at-the-sunday-telegraph/story-fn4hieht-1225800182102/feed/ 0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd81d054-d48f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd81d054-d48f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:17:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100083 Vice magazine is known for its counter-culture convictions, but it's bucking the mainstream mag trends in more ways than one: by turning advertisers away and turning a healthy profit.]]> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd81d054-d48f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1/feed/ 0 http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/getting-close-to-an-editor-rudd-risks-paper-cuts-20091120-iqs4.html http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/getting-close-to-an-editor-rudd-risks-paper-cuts-20091120-iqs4.html#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:57:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100081 The Australian editor Chris Mitchell helped get him into office, says Peter Hartcher, but the honeymoon is now well and truly over.]]> http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/getting-close-to-an-editor-rudd-risks-paper-cuts-20091120-iqs4.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/ Courier Mail has perfected the art of rumour-based reporting, a formula that consists of stringing together anonymous claims by sources whose own motives are never explored and whose identity is never revealed, writes Terry Towelling.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/leaked-the-lonely-planet-website-were-dubious/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/leaked-the-lonely-planet-website-were-dubious/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/leaked-the-lonely-planet-website-were-dubious/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/leaked-the-lonely-planet-website-were-dubious/feed/ 3 http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-wealthy-print-readers-2009-11?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day%2C%20Thursday%2011%2F19%2F09 http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-wealthy-print-readers-2009-11?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day%2C%20Thursday%2011%2F19%2F09#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:49:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99903 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.]]> http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-wealthy-print-readers-2009-11?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day%2C%20Thursday%2011%2F19%2F09/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Greg Barns http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/feed/ 8 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article6914181.ece http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article6914181.ece#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:37:30 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99595 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?).]]> http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article6914181.ece/feed/ 0 http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-media-desk-may-be-headed-small-screen http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-media-desk-may-be-headed-small-screen#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:50:41 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99588 NYT to make a movie based around the paper's media desk, documenting the journos' depressing task of reporting on newspaper layoffs and closures, day-in, day-out.]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-media-desk-may-be-headed-small-screen/feed/ 0 http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/ http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:50:43 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99421 Newsweek has caused a big stir this week by running a cover photo of Sarah Palin -- clad in rather tight running gear -- taken from a Runner's World photoshoot. Palin herself has labelled the move "sexist". Is it fair to use editorial photos out of context? ]]> http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:24:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99411 The Daily Beast. Has the recession caused the celebrity media bubble to burst, or have celebrities just become more boring? ]]> http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:20:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99382 Going Rogue by former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is about to hit shelves, and the critics have weighed in. Is it scandalous? Insightful? Coherent? The WSJ wraps the coverage.]]> http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5405731/nations-biggest-publisher-of-gay-newspapers-closes http://gawker.com/5405731/nations-biggest-publisher-of-gay-newspapers-closes#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:01:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99352 Washington Blade, Southern Voice and other big US LGBT newspapers has filed for bankruptcy, and will cease publishing immediately. ]]> http://gawker.com/5405731/nations-biggest-publisher-of-gay-newspapers-closes/feed/ 0 http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/11/15/newsweek-admits-74-percent-gore-letters-are-critical-fail-publish-any http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/11/15/newsweek-admits-74-percent-gore-letters-are-critical-fail-publish-any#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99184 Newsweek received in response were negative. Yet, according to NewsBusters, the magazine ran only positive letters in its following edition. And it's not the first time.]]> http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/11/15/newsweek-admits-74-percent-gore-letters-are-critical-fail-publish-any/feed/ 0 http://www.salon.com/books/recommended_books/index.html?story=/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir http://www.salon.com/books/recommended_books/index.html?story=/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:14:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99182 http://www.salon.com/books/recommended_books/index.html?story=/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/australian-newspapers-following-the-us-in-steep-decline/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/australian-newspapers-following-the-us-in-steep-decline/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/australian-newspapers-following-the-us-in-steep-decline/ Niki Scevak.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/australian-newspapers-following-the-us-in-steep-decline/feed/ 6 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Glenn Dyer http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/ The Australian Financial Review and The Australian in the latest audit period, but basically spared the rod on their state-based competitors.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/feed/ 0 http://www.foliomag.com/2009/could-time-name-twitter-person-year http://www.foliomag.com/2009/could-time-name-twitter-person-year#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:53:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98935 Time magazine's 2009 Person of the Year. We can just see the world's social media experts wetting themselves already.]]> http://www.foliomag.com/2009/could-time-name-twitter-person-year/feed/ 0 http://girlwithasatchel.blogspot.com/2009/11/mags-what-are-aussies-reading.html http://girlwithasatchel.blogspot.com/2009/11/mags-what-are-aussies-reading.html#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:08:13 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98922 Girl With a Satchel combs through Roy Morgan's latest readership figures to see which glossies Australians are -- and aren't -- reading. Better Homes and Gardens continues to boom, while Cleo has taken a caning.]]> http://girlwithasatchel.blogspot.com/2009/11/mags-what-are-aussies-reading.html/feed/ 0 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:09:29 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98787 Going Rogue, are beginning to leak out. Amongst the revelations, Palin claims she was hushed-up from speaking on election night and the McCain campaign slugged her with a $500k legal bill.]]> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html/feed/ 0 http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:42:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98785 Politico has its hands on an internal memo from Newsweek editor, Jon Meacham, informing staff that about a dozen job are about to be cut.]]> http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html/feed/ 0