Stressed staff at wire service AAP are in uproar over two bizarre emails sent by chief executive Tony Gillies during the company’s current enterprise bargaining round, reminding them of the “benefits” of working at the organisation.
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Sub standards: Pagemasters to change the way we read
Pagemasters is now a major employer in its own right, and it’s going to get bigger.
Do banks actually pay economists to make comments like this?
The newsagency AAP has reported the ABS retail sales figures for December as rising “only timidly” adding that “economists say” the Christmas trading period was impacted by the Queensland floods, writes Richard Farmer.
When off-the-record means front-page news
An off-the-record Christmas drinks with the prime minister turned into a news story, with AAP running an article on its wires recounting private conversations at PM Julia Gillard’s yearly drinks with journalists last night.
How much information do you need?
An article from AAP published on The Australian’s website raises the question of how much background information news providers should give their audience about an unfamiliar topic, writes Dave Gaukroger.
“CIA unaware Gillard is PM”: um, really?
The down side to using wire copy is that it can sometimes lead to some really stupid things being published under your masthead, as we saw courtesy of AAP this week, writes Dave Gaukroger.
AAP hit by Chinese cyber attack
Newswire the Australian Associated Press was hit by a denial of service attack from China yesterday, Business Spectator reveals.
Spinning the Media: The wire service — wholesaling in news
Our Spinning the Media investigation brought to light the ubiquity of AAP copy across the 10 papers we analysed. Kyle Taylor talks to two senior men behind the AAP wire service.
Wankley Awards: And The Wankley goes to … a cracker story by AAP
This week’s coveted Wankley Award goes to AAP, for a searing investigation into Kevin Rudd’s afternoon tea, which involved a cappuccino and some carefully eaten pastries.
AAP mines Facebook for the dead
Privacy isn’t what it used to be. Even in death, writes Neil Walker.
Media briefs: AP journos withhold bylines… China reboots internet blocks…
AP journos withhold bylines… China reboots internet blocks… British TV audiences to experience Australia torture… The Times gets boozy… Bancrofts as dysfunctional as Murdochs…
Media briefs: Roasts at Ramsey farewell … AAP hires a firer
A craven cur … AAP hiring someone to do their dirty work … Foreign journos bashed in China … The news on the Wal-mart death … Cutting back on anchors.
Media briefs: AAP wields the axe, UK papers unite
The Vine goes out on a limb … local content king … Microsoft/Yahoo deal a dud
Reuters disappears from Australian newspapers
There’s been something different about the ‘world’ section of your newspaper over the last month, writes Eleri Harris.
‘I will decide who leads the Liberal Party and under what terms I lead it’
John Howard has reversed his Prime Ministerial exit strategy. For seven years, the PM has stressed that his leadership of the Liberal Party will come to an end when his colleagues no longer support him in that role, but it didn’t turn out that way. How could we have got it so wrong?
