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Media briefs: Cutting The Monthly … violence in Egypt …
Across the inner cities of the world, goes out the cry these days — has The Guardian completely lost the plot? That’s due to rising prices and making the paper a crowd sourced affair. Plus, other media news of the day.
Remembering Steve Jobs: iSad, iMourn, iLife …
Crikey media wrap: Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away this week but his legacy — and incredible collection of inventions, from iPods to viable home computers and the technology behind Toy Story — lives on.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Andrew Bolt and holding journalism to acount
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Dwarfed by old news … CMail on hair … Wilkins on Goldblum …
In today’s Media Briefs: old news dwarfs real news for News.com.au … Front Page of the Day … Meanwhile, in Alice Springs … Richard Wilkins on why he reported the death of Jeff Goldblum and more …
The logic of an inquiry into a media model under siege
The media inquiry is less an attack on freedom of speech than a search a solution to the basic problem of the newspaper model. Good luck fixing it.
Media briefs: 4 Corners on NotW … Mamamia context …
Last night’s Four Corners revealed further details on the widespread nature of the phone hacking at News of the World. Plus, Mia Freedman’s latest column misses some crucial facts…
The link between the Thomson fiasco and Feeney’s fading bid to hold his seat
Two newspapers, two stories, same source of conflict. Amazingly no-one has yet drawn the link between the bitter brawl that consumed the now defunct Victorian Health Services Union’s number 1 branch in 2009, the Craig Thomson fiasco and David Feeney’s fading bid to hold his seat in federal parliament.
Why the campaign against anonymity is an attack on free speech
There’s a growing campaign against online anonymity from governments, corporations and even the media. It’s dangerous.
Press Council shakes ‘poodle’ tag with new suicide reporting standard
The new suicide standard will lead to some changes in standard newsroom practice, where for years the general rule has been that suicides are not reported at all.
What if a newspaper died and nobody cared?
So commodified is the news business that from a consumers’ perspective, a closed newspaper is more like a brand of chewing gum that’s disappeared, to be easily substituted for another brand, writes Jonathon Oake, of blog The Spongeist.
Media briefs: Jones v Media Watch … emails deleted in NotW scandal …
Who watches Media Watch? More Sydney viewers than listen to Alan Jones. Plus, the front page of the day and other media news.
Privacy Eye: media shouldn’t fear debate on privacy laws
The federal government’s decision to initiate a debate on privacy laws has provoked some typically premature condemnation from some sections of the media, writes Michael Smith, former editor of The Age.
News Corp scandal: a handy guide to the week that was
In an attempt to help you — and us — get our brains around this mess, here’s a breakdown of the week that was for News of the World, in more or less chronological order:
‘Hacked to death’: Murdoch kills NotW
Crikey media wrap: James Murdoch announced overnight that News of the World will shut up shop in the wake of a seemingly endless array of phone hacking controversies. Read the fallout.
SMH and Age will ‘cease to exist’ within decade: analyst
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age will cease to exist within a decade and two-thirds of journos will need to be sacked to keep their employer alive, according to a new assessment of Fairfax.
Media briefs: Origin bias … Leila’s origin lobbying … Guardian v Rupert …
In today’s Media Briefs: no deal in Fairfax pay dispute … Penguin Classics launches iPhone app … Mexico called to end attacks on journos … Front Page of the Day and more …
Labor needs to shut up, but it can’t stop talking
Labor’s lack of resilience is directly feeding the traditional press gallery obsession with personality politics.
Media briefs: SMH, Age to ditch broadsheet? … Mother Murdoch defies News Ltd …
In today’s Media Briefs: Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … The Age and 3AW buyout rejected … Mother Murdoch defies News Ltd stance on carbon tax …
Media briefs: No Olympics Fox … NotW apologies — again
The perils of the 24-hour news clock in the News Corporation empire. Plus, paywalls a premium model across News Corporation and other media news of the day.
Innovation in Journalism: please explain is one notion that works
These days journalists have to know how to do everything — video, audio, text. But not many people would add song-writing to the list of desirable skills — let alone suggest that the newsroom investigative team should get a lead singer and a video clip.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The war in Afghanistan paradox
Crikey readers have their say.
Innovation in Journalism: the death roll that is politics
At the moment politicians and reporters seem to be locked into a death roll. Both sides know they need to change, but neither side is able to break free.
Political snippets: An ominous greenhouse warning
The International Energy Agency is warning the world that greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history.
Innovation in journalism: the age of the search engine
If the theme of the decades after the invention of the Gutenberg printing press was “publish”, the theme of today might well be “search”.
