Former Age, Sunday Age and Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie says incoming Melbourne Press Club President Mark Baker has an “enormous task ahead of him” to restore credibility to the media clique following two scandals in the past week that have cast doubt on its raison d’être.
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Media briefs: Crimes’ quiz mystery … mis-tweeting Rudd …
The quiz that appeared in Wednesday’s Times2 section of The Canberra Times — with the not-so-coincidental similiarities in answers — has got even the paper’s staff scratching their heads. Plus other media news.
Media affidavits’ greatest hits: legal letters from the swinging d-cks
So the idea was to subject one of the media trends of our time to some analysis, and glean what we could about the state of the industry and the way media companies really work. Or perhaps we just wanted an excuse to rehash the juicy bits.
Media briefs: Guthrie’s falafel apology … Warnie’s porn mistress …
News insiders say it’s panic stations at the Herald Sun following the release of Friday’s December audit figures which showed circulation plummeting. Plus, Bruce Guthrie can’t spell Eddie McGuire and other media news.
Rupert and me: 48 hours of travel for a 12-minute exchange
The News Corp AGM was an interesting affair but it remains a mystery why so few shareholders, ginger groups or critics turn up, writes Stephen Mayne from Los Angeles.
Media briefs: Howard’s return … Man bites Bolt …
Prepare yourself, former PM John Howard has returned from the metaphorical dead to appear on a special Q&A. Plus, the former editor of most of Melbourne’s major newspapers, Bruce Guthrie, has embraced Twitter.
The AFL and police: a co-op for years, says Guthrie
The Australian Football League and Victoria Police were sharing covert criminal information well before they hatched a secret cooperation deal in 2009, according to former Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie.
Talking the Town: Talking the Town: for Guthrie, the gang’s all here, News notwithstanding
A coterie of bluechip Melbourne media upper-crusters packed Melbourne lunch spot Bottega for the launch of Bruce Guthrie’s Man Bites Murdoch.
Guthrie: Rupert could be sharpening the shake-up knives
News Limited global chief Rupert Murdoch could be sharpening the knives for a shake-up of his Australian operations during his annual trip to Australia later this month.
The tell-all book: Oz editor offered to quit, Big Harto gawked at Mrs Garrett
Bruce Guthrie’s Man Bites Murdoch contains a treasure trove of titbits that will have media watchers feverishly scanning the index when it hits bookshops on Wednesday. Here are the the juiciest highlights.
Herald Sun inflates circulation by 100k each day: Guthrie tell-all
The circulation of the nation’s biggest selling tabloid, News Limited’s the Herald Sun, is artificially inflated by up to 100,000 copies per day, according to the paper’s former editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie. Its one of many revelations on the newspaper industry in Guthrie’s tell-all Man Bites Murdoch.
Guthrie case points the finger at News’ upper echelon
The real import of the Guthrie case is what it says about the management of Australia’s largest newspaper company, and the exercise of judgement at the top.
Guthrie wins out, judge slams Harto & Blunden
Former Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie has been awarded $580,808 in damages plus costs in his unfair dismissal case against News Ltd.
Guthrie v News: Harto accused of “exaggerated, misremembered” testimony
News Ltd supremo John Hartigan has been accused of uttering deliberate untruths in court this morning, as the $2.7 million unfair dismissal case of former Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie draws to a close.
Guthrie v News: No settlement as judgement day looms
Everyone was expecting a settlement this morning in the Bruce Guthrie vs. News Ltd trial, but an amazing performance by News boss Peter Blunden more than made up for the lack of closure.
Crikey Says: The slippery moral high ground of Right to Know
Sadly, when it comes to media campaigns, the moral high ground is awfully slippery.
Guthrie v News: Julian Clarke paints Guthrie black, defends tabloid rogues
News Ltd executive chairman John Hartigan and the artful asbestos dodger Greg Baxter were spreading their charms through the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday, dumping a bucket on sacked Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie.
Guthrie v News: the truth hurts, as more dirt is dished
There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from the extraordinary proceedings this morning in Bruce Guthrie versus News Limited: somebody’s lying.
Guthrie v News: Big Harto on the Pies and making the Hun ‘intelligent’
News Ltd supremo John Hartigan has given evidence in sacked Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie’s $2.7 million unfair dismissal trial, offering a fascinating insight into Murdoch’s local bunker.
Guthrie v News: the princess and the paper
The second morning of the Guthrie vs. News Ltd hearing gave the world an insight into the editorial processes of the Herald Sun. Andrew Crook was in court for the who-said-what-to-who-when saga.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Federal Election 2.0
The web scene in the run up to the election is getting a bit surreal when it comes to the two main political parties. The days of the downloadable discrete policy seem to be gone.
News v Guthrie: Nixon, Murdoch, Calvert-Jones and other dirty linen
The massive court book prepared on Bruce Guthrie’s behalf threatens to unleash a treasure trove of privileged News Limited information. Andrew Crook was in court for the first day of the trial.
Brave or foolish, Guthrie to go toe-to-toe with News Limited
It is a truth universally acknowledged that only the very brave or the very foolish buy a battle with News Limited. That company takes no prisoners. It fights to win.
A short history of bossy Herald Sun headlines: Read it now!
The Herald Sun’s new editor appears to be issuing front page directives in the manner pioneered by the paper’s far-left doppelganger Green Left Weekly.
The Guthrie writ: conversations with Mate 1 and Mate 2
In these extracts from his writ for wrongful dismissal, sacked Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie recounts conversations with News Limited Chief Executive John Hartigan and Herald Sun Managing Director Peter Blunden.
