Crikey founder Stephen Mayne wasn’t always a vocal critic of News Corporation. When he worked for Rupert Murdoch he used to spruik for him in the pages of his papers. Plus other media news.
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Simons: News Ltd internal review will include ‘independent oversight’
The internal audit of editorial expenses announced by News Limited CEO John Hartigan yesterday will include “an element of independent oversight” following conversations between the Chair of the Press Council, Julian Disney and News Limited executives.
Murdoch’s BSkyB bid fails, is Austar next?
With News Corp’s BSkyB bid abandoned ahead of what would have been a unanimous vote in the UK Parliament, Rupert Murdoch is clearly vulnerable.
News will investigate contributor spending in Australia
News Limited will examine its books in Australia to look for payments to private investigators or other parties that aren’t “legitimate services”.
NotW: Hartigan weighs in … but more boots to drop, some of them here
Today John Hartigan, the CEO of News Limited — the Australian arm of the international empire — weighed in with a statement on the News of the World debacle.
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.
Rupert and me: 48 hours of travel for a 12-minute exchange
The News Corp AGM was an interesting affair but it remains a mystery why so few shareholders, ginger groups or critics turn up, writes Stephen Mayne from Los Angeles.
Guthrie: Rupert could be sharpening the shake-up knives
News Limited global chief Rupert Murdoch could be sharpening the knives for a shake-up of his Australian operations during his annual trip to Australia later this month.
Hunger for a story v right to privacy: can the media balance both?
Am I wrong in thinking that there is a change coming in attitudes to the thing that so many in the community regard as an oxymoron: journalism ethics? Paul Keating offered an unassailable argument for sensible privacy legislation.
Big Harto: forget ABC 24/7, for the price of a carpetbag steak you can have Sky
Obviously round-the-clock state television has worked out well in Syria, Iran and North Korea. But is it right for Australia? asks fake CEO of News Limited John (@BigHarto) Hartigan.
Silence is golden in reporting News’ incompetence over Storm
It is clear that the Melbourne Storm salary cap rort was allowed to continue by News Ltd and its senior management because of inadequate governance.
Read all about it in The Capital Post: newspapers are fine, OK?
On Tuesday night, some of the most powerful politicians and media executives in the country descended on Canberra for a curious soiree. But it isn’t likely to save newspapers.
Guthrie case points the finger at News’ upper echelon
The real import of the Guthrie case is what it says about the management of Australia’s largest newspaper company, and the exercise of judgement at the top.
Guthrie wins out, judge slams Harto & Blunden
Former Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie has been awarded $580,808 in damages plus costs in his unfair dismissal case against News Ltd.
Guthrie v News: Harto accused of “exaggerated, misremembered” testimony
News Ltd supremo John Hartigan has been accused of uttering deliberate untruths in court this morning, as the $2.7 million unfair dismissal case of former Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie draws to a close.
Crikey Says: The slippery moral high ground of Right to Know
Sadly, when it comes to media campaigns, the moral high ground is awfully slippery.
Hartigan gives the government an FOI report card: so where’s his?
News Ltd CEO John Hartigan has given the Rudd government a glowing report card on its press freedom efforts so far. But what grade would we give News Limited itself? asks Margaret Simons.
Guthrie v News: Julian Clarke paints Guthrie black, defends tabloid rogues
News Ltd executive chairman John Hartigan and the artful asbestos dodger Greg Baxter were spreading their charms through the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday, dumping a bucket on sacked Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie.
News v Guthrie: Nixon, Murdoch, Calvert-Jones and other dirty linen
The massive court book prepared on Bruce Guthrie’s behalf threatens to unleash a treasure trove of privileged News Limited information. Andrew Crook was in court for the first day of the trial.
Crikey Says: News contrite but conflicted in a perfect Storm
News Ltd chair John Hartigan pleaded ignorance at a press conference yesterday announcing the rugby league team he owns had cheated. He might as well have been talking about his journalists and his organisation.
Brave or foolish, Guthrie to go toe-to-toe with News Limited
It is a truth universally acknowledged that only the very brave or the very foolish buy a battle with News Limited. That company takes no prisoners. It fights to win.
Is the Right to Know Coalition ready for the last rites?
Is the Right To Know Coalition, launched with such a fanfare by our major media companies just three years ago, now running dead?
Crikey’s guide to political coverage in 2010: be sceptical
In an election year, all that glistens isn’t gold when it comes to political journalism, so be sceptical of what we in the media are offering. Sometimes in politics, there is much less than meets the eye.
The Oz splits and grows
The Oz will no longer be grouped under the Nationwide News with The Tele, but instead is now a standalone division within News Corp. It’s all part of a plan to make the national broadsheet bigger and more powerful.
