The material concerning Paul Whittaker came to me from a person who would normally be referred to as an impeccable source.
Chris Mitchell
Whittaker in the firing line at News Limited
The editor of The Daily Telegraph, the controversial Paul Whittaker, is in the firing line at News Limited as the new CEO, Kim Williams, introduces a top-to-toe renovation.
The 2011 Crikeys: the best in Australian media
Newspapers hemorrhage readers, broadcast media faces radical change, governments are probing ethics and ownership, yet good (and bad) journalism shines through. We present the Crikeys for Australian media …
The Oz gets sledged in OPI’s Le Grand inquisition
A former Victorian editor of The Australian newspaper has been accused of biased reporting by outgoing Office of Police Integrity director Michael Strong.
Williams, sans boys’ club machismo, breaks News Ltd mould
Kim Williams’ elevation will bring some changes, and alter key dynamics in Australia’s largest newspaper publisher.
Simons: Dear (Media) Diary, you are just so predictable …
The swipe at me in The Australian’s Diary column this morning is so predictable one wonders if it is even worth a response, writes Margaret Simons.
When The Oz muscles the AFP, that’s a story
It is impossible to separate the extraordinary behaviour of News Limited editor Paul Whittaker, revealed in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday without also considering the context of media power in Australia.
Changes in the offing at News as Rupert prepares to visit Oz?
Rupert Murdoch is due to visit Australia in the first fortnight of October.
All Fin and dandy as Clegg leads poaching raid on The Oz
Financial Review Group CEO Brett Clegg has been leading a victory waltz through the AFR’s Pyrmont offices over the weekend after landing his first major poachings from ex-employer The Australian.
Rundle: a collector’s piece for the ages, The Oz on Manne
Get ye to a newsagent and see if they have not returned their copies of The Weekend Australian. Its outrageous defence of Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay is a collectors’ item.
The Oz playing the Manne: why it’s a barracker and a bully
The Australian is launching a major response to Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay, and the blurbs tell us that there will be more to come on Saturday, with the usual suspects lining up to respond.
Crikey Says: The Oz has a private moment with itself
There is no subject that obsesses The Australian more than the subject of The Australian itself. Today it began an orgy of self-defence to Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay.
Manne’s Quarterly Essay: silence so far from The Oz
Robert Manne’s account of the influence of The Australian and the tactics it uses to promote its conservative views and discredit its enemies has so far been met with silence from Holt Street.
Mayne: it all goes back to Bolt’s unhinged resignation prediction
Unlike the Americans with Richard Nixon, Australia doesn’t have a contemporary history which has involved the media producing a scandal of such enormity that it forced the resignation of a Prime Minister.
The quality journalism project: the heart of The Oz, Chris Mitchell
Crikey picks the brains of some of Australia’s most respected journalists, editors and producers to find out what great journalism means to them and where they go to get it. Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Chris Mitchell, divulges his media diet.
Crikey Says: Nothing you need to know, apparently
Last night Julia Gillard paid a visit to an annual News Limited gathering in Sydney.
NotW crisis: a nice dilemma for The Australian
Half a world away from the epicentre of the snowballing News of the World disaster, the crisis has pinned Rupert Murdoch’s most-cherished antipodean newspaper, The Australian, in an uncomfortable position, writes David Salter, contributing editor of The Week.
Sun King survival tips: what it takes to be a Murdoch man
There’s a long history when it comes to Rupert Murdoch’s preferred choice of editors and style of journalism and control.
Mitchell and The Oz (part II): ‘it’s now war’ with the government
Several people close to The Australian say the paper is looking strident on many fronts. And as government tensions escalate one declares “it’s now war”. Crikey continues its profile of the national broadsheet under editor Chris Mitchell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Can Labor be saved?
Crikey readers have their say.
Mitchell’s ‘magnificent obsession’: the man behind The Oz
As editor-in-chief since 2003, Chris Mitchell has used The Australian like a weapon to fight what often appears to be personal battles on a great many fronts.
Behind the scenes: the lowdown from the lock-up
There’s no bigger shattering of journalistic hubris than the annual scrum outside the budget lock-up.
Posetti accuses The Oz of bullying tactics
University of Canberra journalism academic Julie Posetti has accused The Australian of bullying tactics by running an incorrect story yesterday complaining she failed to disclose the newspaper was threatening her with legal action in an ABC radio interview about Twitter.
Simons: Linnell goes to ground, and Mitchell says he barely knows him
Garry Linnell, who has just departed as editor of The Daily Telegraph, is not normally slow to say his piece. Which makes his silence this morning on the question of why he has left News Limited rather deafening.
