Abbott’s amazing ability to make an audience of supporters cheerThe ABC online reported that Tony Abbott found an enthusiastic cheering audience in Adelaide. What it neglected to mention was that the crowd were Liberal supporters, writes Jeremy Saunders.
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Radio National staff unplugged: new skills needed, so jobs on the line
Radio National staff are up in arms over a looming decision to dump seven veteran employees at a cost of up to $1 million as part of a root and branch restructure of the network’s tight-knit website team.
ABC commentators let off the leash
Since the Rudd government came to power, ABC reporters have been given free reign to speak their minds across Auntie’s website, the blogosphere and — gasp! — even Twitter, says Michaela Boland. Rudd and Alston ran a much tighter ship.
ABC to unleash a new opinion site
ABC Online is set to relaunch its Unleashed section as part of a new commentary and analysis site that will aggregate ABC commentary content alongside original material, and “compete” directly with The Punch and The National Times.
Political snippets: Who needs Newspoll?
Who needs Newspoll when Crikey readers can predict the poll’s results? ABC Online readers’ lightweight tastes, and a judge rules that Scrabbl is a “game” — not a toy or a puzzle.
Crikey editor moves to ABC Online
The editor of Crikey, Jonathan Green, has resigned to take up a new post with the ABC. Inside sources say he will be sorely missed.
