The contributor budget has been cut here at Crikey, leading some to fear the publication will be run with a harder commercial edge following recent changes in ownership and management.
Eric Beecher
Kennett, Bracks, Jeffed — it’s 10th anniversary season
This is a big call, no doubt, but Jeff Kennett led one of the most reformist and revolutionary governments in any stable western democracy over the past 50 years.
The future of “quality” journalism: lots of questions, few answers
A bunch of media people gathered at the ABC’s in Sydney last week to discuss the future of journalism, and not one of them whinged about bloggers.
Happy 8th birthday to Crikey
A lot has happened over that the past eight years, but the one constant has been the steady growth of our little ezine and its feisty independence from big media, big politics and big business, writes Stephen Mayne.
Death of The Bulletin: a family affair
Any media deal that happens needs to be seen in the context and history of Australia’s two richest and most powerful families, the Murdochs and the Packers. And so it is with the closure of The Bulletin, writes Stephen Mayne.
Eric Beecher — Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership
Crikey proprietor (the boss behind Boss) Eric Beecher was last night honoured at the 2007 Walkley Awards with a special Walkley for journalist leadership. We have the speech and the tribute video.
