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Eddie McGuire
Mark Llewellyn: no bones about it, Eddie said it
Not only do I remember Eddie McGuire saying what he said, I remember how he looked as he said it. Including his smirk as he used the “bone” word.
The conflicts of interest muddying the anti-pokies campaign
As with any public debate, the challenge in the pokies reform will be getting participants to put all their cards on the table and declare these conflicts as they arise. Stephen Mayne declares their interests on the public’s behalf.
News Ltd, Clubs and NRL v imaginary AFL anti-pokies campaign
The pokies debate has exploded over the past 24 hours after Clubs NSW used its influence over the NRL to try and impose its campaign against Andrew Wilkie’s reform agenda on the AFL’s grand final week program.
Footy codes not on level playing field in pokies fight
How bizarre that the Australian football codes are arguing that the money they take from problem gamblers is essential to their plans to pay enormous salaries to players and administrators, writes Dr Richard Denniss, executive director of The Australia Institute.
Footy codes join forces in pokies war
Crikey media wrap: The two dominant footy codes usually war with each other for dominance but they’ve put aside their differences to protest against Independent MP Andrew Wilkie’s pokies reform.
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.
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.
Melbourne media rift over naming the Pies’ accused
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire’s on-air outburst this morning over Neil Mitchell’s decision to name the Collingwood players is threatening to tear a rift in the Melbourne media establishment.
The Pies’ accused: why, this time, hasn’t the media named them?
Collingwood President Eddie McGuire could hardly have foreseen the blizzard of bad PR (read: rape allegations) that has cast a pall over the Pies’ celebrations. The big question is: why haven’t the media named the alleged perpetrators?
Eddie McGuire: But some of my best friends are gays! And black!
About two months after the fact, Eddie McGuire defends himself against accusations of homophobia following his commentary of US figure skater Johnny Weir during the Winter Olympics.
Hey McGuire, Molloy — leave Johnny alone! Weir’s agent speaks
US figure skating champion Johnny Weir has hit back over “homophobic” jibes by Channel Nine commentators Eddie McGuire and Mick Molloy.
Eddie and Mick feel the heat in Vancouver gay row
Mick Molloy and Eddie McGuire have prompted a blizzard of complaints to Nine with their “homophobic” schoolboy sniggering while commentating US figure skating champion Johnny Weir.
Eddie McGuire: Turnbull should have joined the ALP
Malcolm Turnbull has never fitted in with the Big L liberals in the Coalition, but now he finds himself closer to the ALP than his own party, writes Eddie McGuire. Perhaps he was never in the right party to begin with?
Time for Collingwood to move on from Eddie McGuire
The Collingwood Football Club AGM at the MCG tonight should be an absolute belter, writes Stephen Mayne.
Dark days indeed for Eddie ‘Nowhere’ McGuire
Eddie McGuire’s tenure at Channel Nine looks shaky, and the travails at Collingwood FC could make his presidency dicey there too, writes Stephen Mayne.
Tips and rumours
The National Innovation Review Green Paper got an extension of a month. Apparently the volume of submissions was just too high. Is the Prime Minister still writing his own speeches? Take a look at the Tom Burns lecture that he gave last week. Certainly not a Keatingesque or Whitlamesque masterpiece to be sure. But if […]
You, me, carpark, now. Further evidence of Eddie’s fall from favour
Eddie McGuire seems to be truly on the outer, writes Glenn Dyer.
Is Nine trying to bone Eddie?
Is the Nine Network, specifically CEO, David Gyngell, trying to get rid of Eddie McGuire? wonders Glenn Dyer.
Gangster free, Eddie’s ACA tanks
Monday’s ratings boost looks to have been a one night wonder for Eddie McGuire’s A Current Affair, writes Glenn Dyer.
