The Herald Sun infantilised its readers by warning them today of “vengeful goblins” and how Brown was a “threat to democracy”.
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Media briefs: Age’s split farewell … 16-word news …
Word has reached Crikey that a group of well-meaning Age types have organised a shindig for the departing subs, artists and designers, but management have foiled the farewell fiesta. Plus, other media news of the day.
Media briefs: Hun’s business … Oz’s ideological war … Diana at 50 …
The ‘ideological battleground’ seems like an odd tagline for a supposedly impartial newspaper, but that’s the latest ad campaign from The Australian. Plus other media news of the day.
Melbourne papers at war over Labor’s voter database
Another amusing instalment to Melbourne’s newspaper wars over the long weekend with Damon Johnston’s Sunday Herald Sun deciding to splash with a double page spread excoriating The Age for accessing the ALP’s Eleczilla database in the lead-up to state election.
Newspaper campaigns don’t have much to do with the public
They’re often waged in your name. But are the newspaper campaigns for accountability, justice, recognition and low, low prices really for the public good? For tabloid papers around the country they’re as much about circulation-driving populaism. And at News Limited, awards.
Get out of our lives: when newspaper campaigns become sinister
When does a good old newspaper campaign become something a bit more sinister? Something like “guided democracy”?
The Age cries foul on OPI yarn, accuses Herald Sun of plagiarism
Rivers of bad blood continue to flow between the The Age’s Media House HQ and the Herald Sun’s Southbank bunker with The Age accusing its tabloid rival had ripped off a ball-tearing scoop last week under the cover of darkness.
‘Carbon Cate’ and the confected outrage of News Limited
News Limited’s hatchet job on Cate Blanchett hit all the right notes for this sort of confected outrage. It highlights the assumption that commercial media outlets reflect “community concerns” isn’t borne out by evidence.
Media briefs: Albo goes The Tele … the Giggs balls-up … NineMSN CEO resigns …
In today’s Media Briefs: Albo takes on The Tele … The Herald Sun’s teenage years. … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Twitter gag order collapses as soccer star Ryan Giggs is outed …
News’ revenge: editorial pages rain down on Brown’s crusade
News Limited has struck back against claims by Bob Brown it is misrepresenting the climate change debate, accusing the Greens leader on its editorial pages of cracking under the pressure of increased media scrutiny.
First shots: Bolt attacks ‘Left-wing judges’ as News rallies troops
Andrew Bolt has fired a warning shot ahead of the looming judgment in his racial discrimination case, using his regular column in this morning’s Herald Sun to launch an attack against “left-wing” judges.
Innovation in journalism: an example of how to do it — profitably
This is the first episode in a regular Monday series of articles I have been promising to write for some time. It is about innovation in journalism. That is, it is about how we might innovate in the core product of news organisations. It is intended as a counter to what I have been describing […]
Political snippets: Labor’s opportunity to curb pokies
The Labor Party has a perfect opportunity in Canberra to demonstrate that it really does believe in the need to curb the problem of addiction to poker machine.
Wankley winner no swan song
It is with great reluctance, and some trepidation, that Richard Farmer felt bound to express strong disagreement with the editorial judgment of his Crikey editor regarding the choice of last week’s Wankley award winner.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… Hun heartbreak over grieving swan
Rupert Murdoch, it’s said, believes putting animals on the front page sell more papers. Grieving animals? You can take that to the bank.
Bolt on trial: Herald Sun wants to publish the lot
The Herald Sun has launched an unprecedented bid to publish the totality of “proceedings, argument and evidence” in the Andrew Bolt racial discrimination case, sparking fears of a massive media campaign to bag the trial in the eyes of the public.
Andrew Bolt on trial: final plea to ban ‘unlawful’ Hun stories
The two senior silks representing nine prominent members of the Aboriginal community in the Andrew Bolt race case have concluded their submissions with a passionate plea for Judge Mordy Bromberg to ban the Herald Sun from publishing “unlawful” stories in the future.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… the Herald Sun’s GP love fest
This week’s Wankley goes to the crack scribes at Melbourne tabloid the Herald Sun for their campaign of Grand Prix boosterism in the face of mounting evidence that Ron Walker’s baby is a total turkey.
Media briefs: New SMH publisher … Today Tonight interview fail …
In today’s Media Briefs: Salon.com sale talks collapse … Spiegel magazine accuses rival Bild of pushing Germany further right … ‘Stories start here’ is new positioning for Herald Sun and more ….
Hey Herald Sun, this ain’t no “smorgasbord of delicacies”
An outrageously misleading piece of garbage from the hacks at the Herald Sun yesterday discussing the “gourmet delights” being offered up to criminals in Victorian prisions. How is a meal that costs $2.42 gourmet? asks Jeremy Sear.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the outrage the Herald Sun paid for
What is the country’s most popular newspaper doing paying for the hotel room in which a minor, who, if she is to be believed, had s-x — and perhaps imbibed alcohol with — a man 30 years her senior?
Media briefs: Guthrie’s falafel apology … Warnie’s porn mistress …
News insiders say it’s panic stations at the Herald Sun following the release of Friday’s December audit figures which showed circulation plummeting. Plus, Bruce Guthrie can’t spell Eddie McGuire and other media news.
Media briefs: Hun does lorem ipsum … McCarthy still Fairfax boss
In today’s Media Briefs the Herald Sun prints Latin gibberish, Fairfax mag is not sure who leads it, phone hacking cracks at News Ltd, political blogs are ready to flood the US campaign trail and more…
How PR became the art of imitating the art of journalism
New evidence shows that arts journalism in Melbourne’s newspapers is saturated by PR content, writes Lucinda Strahan, lecturer in media and communication at RMIT University.
Racism and dogwhistling: just another day at the Herald Sun
The Herald Sun blew an elephantine-sized dogwhistle with a story about migrant students skipping school for “cultural celebrations.” It was an obscene beat-up, writes outraged teacher and blogger Mike Stuchbery.
