Perhaps the most striking recent example of Australia’s supine cross-media ownership laws was the decision by ACMA to allow Lachlan Murdoch to remain as a director of News Corp while clearly influencing Network Ten.
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leaked Fairfax chief slams News Ltd over Mark Day splash
Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood has taken to his company’s internal email system to slam The Weekend Australian for questioning his corporate strategy.
Should the Murdochs be allowed to expand their Australian power?
The Australian’s media commentator Mark Day scored a big scoop today on the ongoing bureaucratic support for Sky News to replace the ABC as the vehicle for the Australian Television contract.
Rupert era effectively over … new Murdoch leader most unlikely
It would not have been possible for editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks to have both been doing their job, and to have been in ignorance about hacking and blagging.
It’s no game Day, it’s the way of the future
One of the things that seems to hold journalists back from innovating is the pressing need of them to feel they are taken seriously. Margaret Simons rebuts a Mark Day column that says her ideas are kooky.
After under-performing decade, is it time for Rupert go?
With Rupert turning 80 in March, the independent directors led by Sir Rod Eddington will at some stage have to intervene.
Mark Day vs. Crikey
The Australian’s Mark Day has taken a swipe at Crikey’s muckraking journalism. Talk to the hand, says Margaret Simons.
Beecher: Bingle and the bullying media no moral crusade
The media’s appalling behaviour in the Lara Bingle saga will only serve to strengthen privacy laws.
Mark Day: Oh, for the luxury of never having to be commercially viable!
The ABC vs. Mark Day war continues, with Mark Day fighting back against Mark Scott’s claim that the BBC and the ABC are fundamentally very different beasts. Actually, our national broadcaster is just the mother country’s, says Day.
Mark Scott: It’s your ABC, not a rich exec’s ABC
Public broadcasting has not outlived its usefulness, thank you very much, writes ABC CEO Mark Scott. The ABC provides a critical national service separate from the blatantly commercial services.
Online pay battle: there’s no such thing a such a free …
News Limited have returned fire to Mark Scott’s speech last week about the future of paywalls. How will Rupert Murdoch’s paywall system work?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A fair and just society?
Crikey readers weigh in on whether Australia is a fair and just society and the continued storm of controversy around our dusty East Coast.
Guy Rundle: The week in news: The Mark Day version
Presenting, the week in news — the Mark Day version, as told by Guy Rundle.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Tabloid Crikey?
Crikey readers weigh in on Michael Danby’s criticisms of New Matilda and Crikey and Mark Day on Mark Day.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A letter to The Australian only Crikey will print
James McDonald, frustrated at not having his voice heard on the national daily’s letters page, renews his Crikey sub.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mark Day vs Crikey
Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day: Crikey v The Australian, ACMA and iTunes, Israel relations and Michael McGurk.
Stale, mate: Mark Day’s Crikey criticism is outdated
Today in The Australian, Mark Day criticises Crikey for being a pest akin to Kyle Sandilands. Why? Because we complained to the Press Council about News Limited’s publication of those supposed Pauline Hanson pictures. The comparison is nonsensical, says Margaret Simons who returns to blogging today.
Beecher: The Oz still in denial over internet change
The future looks bleak for the newspaper industry despite what newspapers like The Australian would have you believe, writes Eric Beecher
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
A tip of the hat when it’s due. This time to The Australian.
Flint: The 2020 vision of the republic
We now have an idea how this summit will operate. And it’s not pretty, writes David Flint.
