The Guardian’s phone hacking scandal has been in the finest traditions of the mainstream media - and so is its attitude to new media.
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Media briefs: ABC cuts Monckton … Murdoch backs Brooks …
ABC Local Radio presenter Adam Spencer hung up on Christopher Monckton on air this morning. Plus the Walkleys move north, without Crikey, and other media news of the day.
Fairfax exec questioned in NotW phone hacking scandal
Executive, who has also worked in senior positions at the Daily Telegraph since his arrival in Australia in 2004, held senior editorial roles at the News of the World at the time of Dowler hacking.
SMH and Age will ‘cease to exist’ within decade: analyst
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age will cease to exist within a decade and two-thirds of journos will need to be sacked to keep their employer alive, according to a new assessment of Fairfax.
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First cabs off the rank for Fairfax iPad ads
Telstra, Toyota, Emirates, ING Direct and America Express are the first advertisers on Fairfax’s new iPad apps, reports Sam Granleese, who took screenshots of the advertisements.
No deal in Fairfax pay dispute
Fairfax metropolitan chief Jack Matthews has laid his cards on the table in its EBA battle with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, emailing journalist son Tuesday with an update on the state of play that slapped down union demands.
Media briefs: The Oz goes Fairfax … local content quotas … ACCC’s media worry …
The Australian tells Fairfax how to do its job. Plus, Free TV Australia wants to loosen the Australian content quota restrictions placed on Australian FTA broadcasters and other media news of the day.
Video of the Day: Birnbauer on the importance of subeditors
Award-winning investigative journalist and editor from The Age — and now senior lecturer in journalism at Monash University — Bill Birnbauer discusses Fairfax’s decision to cut subeditors and how important subs are for both a journalist and an editor. Bill Birnbauer on Fairfax’s decision to outsource subeditorial roles from Matt Mitchell on Vimeo.
Hywood on Fairfax …expectation, hoping, wishing …
Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood faced a 40-minute interrogation yesterday. As the relatively new CEO of Fairfax, he’s a good performer. Hats off. But there’s an anomaly in his message that just can’t be ignored.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the age of pragmatism
We forgive News Limited’s Richard Freudenstein for using the word “freemium” at least half a dozen times in a speech delivered this morning at the Mumbrella 360 conference.
Axeman arrives at Fairfax: Age subs tapped on the shoulder
The axe swung low at The Age last night, where numerous subeditors were tapped on the shoulder and told their time at the company was up.
Media briefs: NYT‘s first female ed … beefed up correction …
The Department of Corrections. I’d be disappointed too if I was promised a steak dinner but all I got was “beef on a bun”. Plus, Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism and other media news.
Simons: will Fairfax apps change the fundamental outlook?
Can the slick new Fairfax apps for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald save the newspaper journalism business model?
Media briefs: Subs revolt at iPad launch … Facebook’s free AFR … Pakistan journalist found dead
Deputy editor quits The Age … Subs fight taken to Age iPad launch … AFR is free on Facebook … Worst slowdown since medieval times? …
Simons: finally Australia has a news media app that isn’t embarrassing
Will the new Age and SMH iPad apps save journalism as we have known it? Who knows. But Fairfax are giving it their best shot, and a pretty good shot it is too.
Keating unloads on Fairfax, the IMF and Costello
Paul Keating is deeply unhappy with claims he wants the IMF presidency and has unloaded on a variety of targets.
Media briefs: Carey’s Fairfax plea … journos turn on subs … SMH mistaken identity …
In today’s Media Briefs: Peter Carey’s message to Fairfax … Journos blame their subs — on Twitter … The Bryce ain’t right … Reporters in line for copyright windfall … and more
They heart the Herald: journos hit the pavement after sub cuts
Sydney Morning Herald hacks have turned out in force at their city’s main business mall to remind loyal readers their broadsheet is under dire threat from Greg Hywood’s decision to sack the paper’s subeditors.
Media briefs: Firing salvos at Fairfax … Pagemasters’ gaffes … Origin a TV hit …
In today’s Media Briefs: Salvo fires a salvo at Churchill … ABC News Breakfast serial mistake by Pagemasters … Fairfax’s City Weekly strongly criticises Fairfax … State verses state rates through the roof. …
Media briefs: All Chinese to The Age …French debate DSK … Libya releases journos …
In today’s Media Briefs: It’s all Chinese to The Age … Front page of the Day … Strauss-Kahn case sparks debate about French media’s deference to power and more …
Fairfax staff revolt: ‘subs are still in fashion’
As hundreds of revved-up Fairfax staff move en-masse to rallying points in Sydney and Melbourne in their fight over CEO Greg Hywood’s planned sacking of 300 comrades, the anecdotes have have been flowing thick and fast.
Media briefs: Age‘s protest picnic … Fairfax sells radio …
Former Labor premier John Cain and Father Bob Maguire will descend on the “Grassy Knoll” outside The Age’s building tomorrow to protest the company’s decision to sack 300 staff. Plus other media news of the day.
Media briefs: Hywood responds … News Corp to reveal political contributions. … new super-injunction …
In today’s Media Briefs: Greg Hywood responds to staff criticism … Tightening budget strains ABC foreign news … The UK’s new super-injunction … The Department of Corrections … McGuire says Nine may bid for AFL … and more …
Newspaper circulations on the march … downwards
Despite the usual attempts to spin the numbers, the quarterly newspaper circulation figures for March were not good.
Crikey Says: Fairfax stuck in the spin cycle
For politicians and journalists, spin is the word of our times. Politicians do it incessantly, the media attempt to detect and deflect it incessantly.
