After another year of remarkable volatility caused by the unpredictable news flow coming out of the European debt crisis, Australian investors have every reason to be sitting on their hands. So who did capitalise?
David Leckie
David Leckie: he may not own it, but he runs the place
David Leckie would be a wonderful media mogul if he owned his own TV network. The man who made Channel Nine No. 1 for the Packers and Seven No. 1 for Kerry Stokes is loud, colourful, rude, aggressive, and ideal for the role, says Paul Barry.
Media briefs: Nine News apologises … US AG to investigate 9/11 hacks …
In today’s Media Briefs: Nine News apologises for fake chopper cross … The Department of Corrections … US Attorney general to investigate NotW 9/11 phone-hacking allegations … Trapped journalists leave Tripoli hotel after five days … and more …
Why would Seven help Ten with AFL games?
Seven wants a permanent 40% share of free-to-air ad dollars and by keeping the two extra AFL games it achieves that and strengthens itself in the southern AFL markets.
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: Assange verses Gillard … Leckie’s WAN spray … media shake-ups at SMH and Oz …
Assange’s News.com.au serenade to Gillard … Leckie’s “dopes and idiots” at WAN … Editorial shakeup in newspapers’ media sections … Egypt sentences blogger to three years …
Leckie to Warburton: ‘It’s sad, you’ve done a Gillard’
James Warburton’s 73-page affidavit paints a picture of an ambitious man, determined to get the top job at Seven or leave.
podcast 
White Noise Podcast – Episode 13
This week Crikey TV blog White Noise’s 30 minute podcast discusses the BBC, David Leckie, Bristol Palin, Channel Ten canceling Don’t Stop Believing and more.
Paul Barry and the Packer punch up
What’s Four Corners doing promoting a new tome on James Packer by Paul Barry?
Hey Hey, it’s, er, some day and it’s ratings fodder
Two announcements from the Nine Network have revealed the cynicism at the heart of TV programming, Hey Hey It’s Saturday is attempting to bleed Celebrity Masterchef viewers.
Record Seven profit to keep pressure on WAN
There will be more attention than usual paid to the Seven Network’s interim profit announcement tomorrow, writes Glenn Dyer.
Nine’s tower of trouble in Willoughby
A board meeting of TX Australia in Sydney on Wednesday failed to resolve the impasse over the Nine’s Willoughby site, the sale of which is due to be announced shortly, writes Glenn Dyer.
