http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/25/you-dont-know-what-youve-got-till-its-gone http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/25/you-dont-know-what-youve-got-till-its-gone#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:22:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=149060 New Matilda editor Marni Cordell pens a farewell letter to readers as New Matilda published its final edition on Friday. But this isn't the end of the New Matilda site...]]> http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/25/you-dont-know-what-youve-got-till-its-gone/feed/ 0 http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/10/newmatilda-still-waving-goodbye http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/10/newmatilda-still-waving-goodbye#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:34:29 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145163 New Matilda editor Marni Cordell discusses the precarious future of the website: yes, it is still closing, unless a knight in shining armour appears very, very soon. ]]> http://newmatilda.com/2010/06/10/newmatilda-still-waving-goodbye/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/rip-ralph-where-lads-used-to-learn-a-thing-or-two/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/rip-ralph-where-lads-used-to-learn-a-thing-or-two/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:07:58 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144166 Ralph magazine breathed its last VB-scented breath last week. Former writer Jason Mountney remembers when it was good.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/rip-ralph-where-lads-used-to-learn-a-thing-or-two/feed/ 9 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/05/27/new-matilda-to-fold-what-comes-next/ http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/05/27/new-matilda-to-fold-what-comes-next/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 03:10:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141871 news that New Matilda is folding, the tiny Aussie political blogosphere has shrunk even further. Replicating the magazine model online just doesn't work, says Mark Bahnisch.]]> http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/05/27/new-matilda-to-fold-what-comes-next/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/breaking-new-matilda-to-fold/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/breaking-new-matilda-to-fold/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 22:48:29 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141610 New Matilda is preparing shut its virtual doors, after funding for the venture dried up.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/breaking-new-matilda-to-fold/feed/ 52 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/17/can-newspapers-afford-to-snub-theatre-goers/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/17/can-newspapers-afford-to-snub-theatre-goers/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 06:05:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139165 Sun Herald has followed the lead of the Herald Sun in dropping theatre and arts coverage. But as newspaper readers and revenues dry up, can they really afford to marginalise the large arts-loving audience? asks Jason Whittaker.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/17/can-newspapers-afford-to-snub-theatre-goers/feed/ 0 http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2010/05/newsweeks_decline_why_companies_need_rivals.html http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2010/05/newsweeks_decline_why_companies_need_rivals.html#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 00:26:05 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137273 Newsweek's biggest problem is that it's coming second in a two-horse-race with TIME magazine, says Dan McGinn. Both rags would actually be better off with more competitors.]]> http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2010/05/newsweeks_decline_why_companies_need_rivals.html/feed/ 0 http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401 http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 01:35:57 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136123 Newsweek magazine is on the market. Sure, it's had "losses in the tens of millions for the last two years", but 1.5 million subscribers should count for something. Any bidders?]]> http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401/feed/ 0 http://www.tbiresearch.com/here-is-why-the-ipad-wont-save-the-magazine-industry-2010-3 http://www.tbiresearch.com/here-is-why-the-ipad-wont-save-the-magazine-industry-2010-3#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:17:31 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128159 Business Insider crunches the numbers on the iPad economy: even if iPads sell beyond all expectations, the return for magazines will just be small change compared to their print revenue. ]]> http://www.tbiresearch.com/here-is-why-the-ipad-wont-save-the-magazine-industry-2010-3/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/lonely-planet-lays-off-website-team-promises-new-roles/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/lonely-planet-lays-off-website-team-promises-new-roles/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:00:02 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126419 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/lonely-planet-lays-off-website-team-promises-new-roles/feed/ 3 http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/myspace-employees-speak-their-mind-lots-of-yelling-going-on-apparently/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/myspace-employees-speak-their-mind-lots-of-yelling-going-on-apparently/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:57:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123826 TechCrunch with tales of how the once-cool company is crumbling: "idiots are running the company into the ground" says one disgruntled staffer.]]> http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/myspace-employees-speak-their-mind-lots-of-yelling-going-on-apparently/feed/ 0 http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:33:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113834 Alan Mutter in a call-out for all writers to stop working for free.]]> http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html/feed/ 0 http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-staff-shrinks-blogs-will-be-pruned http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-staff-shrinks-blogs-will-be-pruned#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:35:53 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103632 The New York Times is planning to prune back some of its 70+ blogs from its site in an effort to save some cash. Which will be voted off the island? The crossword blog? The ice hockey blog? Or the old person blog?]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/media/times-staff-shrinks-blogs-will-be-pruned/feed/ 0 http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/layoffs-begin-at-associated-press/ http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/layoffs-begin-at-associated-press/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99586 Associated Press, as the agency attempts to cut its costs by 10%. ]]> http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/layoffs-begin-at-associated-press/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Glenn Dyer http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/ The Australian Financial Review and The Australian in the latest audit period, but basically spared the rod on their state-based competitors.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/national-newspapers-fall-off-a-cliff-bury-news/feed/ 0 http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:42:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98785 Politico has its hands on an internal memo from Newsweek editor, Jon Meacham, informing staff that about a dozen job are about to be cut.]]> http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1109/Layoffs_at_Newsweek.html/feed/ 0 http://torontoist.com/2009/11/disgruntled_star_editor_takes_revenge.php http://torontoist.com/2009/11/disgruntled_star_editor_takes_revenge.php#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:14:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98338 The Toronto Star recently announced it would be outsourcing some of its sub-editing work. So the paper's disgruntled subbies have taken a red pen to the publisher's internal memo announcing the move, proving exactly why they're needed. ]]> http://torontoist.com/2009/11/disgruntled_star_editor_takes_revenge.php/feed/ 0 http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/11/04/Time-warner-released-third-quarter-layoffs-begin-at-time-inc/ http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/11/04/Time-warner-released-third-quarter-layoffs-begin-at-time-inc/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:23:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97392 Forced to cut $100m in expenditure, publisher Time has begun trimming the fat, announcing layoffs at Sports Illustrated and the closure of Fortune Small Business. And this is just round one: 280 layoffs are expected in total.]]> http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/11/04/Time-warner-released-third-quarter-layoffs-begin-at-time-inc/feed/ 0 http://www.lastdaysofgourmet.com/ http://www.lastdaysofgourmet.com/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:17:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97154 Gourmet magazine has put up this online photo gallery to document the final days in the publication's now-empty offices. How thoroughly depressing.]]> http://www.lastdaysofgourmet.com/feed/ 0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8313694.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8313694.stm#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:49:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94031 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8313694.stm/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5382805/unwiring-wired http://gawker.com/5382805/unwiring-wired#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:46:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93346 Gawker assesses the shaky future of tech-bible Wired. Faced with sinking ad sales, major staff cuts and losses, and at the mercy of an ailing publisher, how much longer can the mag and its website cling on?]]> http://gawker.com/5382805/unwiring-wired/feed/ 0 http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/conde-nast-to-close-gourmet-magazine/ http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/conde-nast-to-close-gourmet-magazine/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:48:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91173 Condé Nast (GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair) is trimming the fat of bloated magazine empire, and the first victims are Cookie, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and, most notably, foodie bible Gourmet. The latter's closure has been labeled "an American tragedy". But is this really the end?]]> http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/conde-nast-to-close-gourmet-magazine/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:11:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90046 The Washington Post is running a contest to find "America's Next Great Pundit". Contestants will face-off in a series of challenges, judged by Post staff, and readers will vote on who wins a coveted byline with the paper. No matter who wins, journalism is the loser. ]]> http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:30:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89587 GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair) is well known for its culture of extravagance and indulgence -- but even Anna Wintour isn't immune to the media downturn, and the time has come to cut some costs. Can Conde keep the class without chauffeurs and caviar?]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html/feed/ 0 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/moguls http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/moguls#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89324 The Curse of the Mogul. A look at four big misconceptions that have been hurting the media industry far longer than the web.]]> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/moguls/feed/ 0