BMW sponsors entire editions of AFR and OzThe Australian Financial Review has pulled off what may be a local media first — a complete advertising takeover of an edition by BMW. The BMW logo appears on all but 14 of the edition’s 64 pages.
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AFR offers faux-support for cartel busting
Never popular with infrastructure owners (who’d have thought?), the very principles of the competiton policy have come under sustained attack in recent years, writes Bernard Keane.
Will the Fin be held to account for IIF report?
Some questionable reporting in Friday’s AFR lead to the ING Industrial Fund’s shares rocketing south, but will the paper be held responsible? asks Michael Pascoe.
BrisConnections confirms that “this is an ex parrot”
The Briscconnections sharemarket debacle yesterday turned the spotlight — again — on the Macquarie model, writes Stephen Mayne.
AFR missing in action as Murdoch pay-TV conspiracy collapses
Despite the Echostar judgement going in New Corp’s favour, the AFR pulled its punches on the weekend, argues Stephen Mayne.
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Tony Jones won’t replace Kerry O’Brien … Don Argus … Politicians abiding by the scouting code … Costello’s legacy … Therese Rein … Penny Wong …
Village and SAG: the war continues…
The war of words between Sydney Attractions Group and predator, Village, continues, despite Village raising its offer from $6.01 to $6.50 per share. SAG rejected the improved offer, standing by its valuation of $8.57 to $9.57 per share and dubbing Village’s improved offer as “still very opportunistic”.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Sydney leads commercial radio rebound … Hello, what do you think is wrong with AFR.com? … Massive job cuts forecast for BBC … Tasteless TV promo of the week … Last night’s TV ratings.
ACCC claims all Google’s paid search results are misleading
The ACCC has upped the ante in its claim against Google, with the watchdog now broadening its claims of misleading and deceptive conduct for Google’s entire Australian business, writes Adam Schwab.
To pay or not to pay: the Fairfax online dilemma
Well done to The Age today for gently undermining sister Fairfax publication, the Australian Financial Review, and for exposing some of the battles being waged in the disputed territory of business online media.
MacBank silk’s about face on the dazzling Millionaire Factory
Day two of the great corporate defamation clash of the decade and it seems the Millionaire Factory have managed to hire one of their own critics to lead the charge.
Company boards should consider shareholders when making decisions
The Australian Financial Review’s editorial last Saturday castigated public company boards for failing to act in the best interests of shareholders. But they picked on the wrong companies, writes Adam Schwab.
A tale of two 457s – and 100,000 this year looks conservative
The 457 visa story continues to unfold today, with news of workpalces deaths arrivign alongside new figures on Australian immigration levels. Michael Pascoe report.
RBA is really targeting John Howard’s spendathon
If ever there was a statement of Reserve Bank independence it was this morning’s effort from governor Glenn Stevens announcing that interest rates were going up by 25 basis points to 6.5 percentage points.
More deck chair shuffling as the AFR raids the Oz
In a major revenge raid, The AFR has poached The Australian’s recently deposed business editor Andrew White to edit its Rear Window gossip column.
Afr.com loses readers — the proof
It suddenly occurred to me that there might be a better way of verifying my impression that afr.com would have lost readers as a result of its move from an html-based subscription model to the awful Flash-based one I wrote about recently, writes Ben from LawFont.com.
