The marketing arm for Australia’s free to air television industry has been caught out in giving false information, writes Margaret Simons.
Media
Pokies stats reveal the ‘extreme capitalism’ of Woolworths
It really is time Woolies was forced to defend its position on pokies, writes Stephen Mayne.
Pauline Hanson and me: a fake story
Okay, time for a confession, writes Jonathan Green.
Wankley Awards: This week’s Wankley goes to… the monster raving loony media
Joke election candidates are such a lark, aren’t they? Neil Walker reports.
Journalistic ethics, UTS and the Sydney Writers’ Festival
A nasty fuss has sprung up around the Sydney Writers’ Festival and New South Wales’ leading journalism school, writes Margaret Simons.
Why Albrechtsen is wrong on executive pay
For a former commercial lawyer, Albrechtsen shows a surprising lack of business awareness, writes Adam Schwab.
Albrechtsen defends the indefensible: executive salaries
Who would dare to defend multimillion dollar executive remuneration? Why, Janet Albrechtsen, of course, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Sponsorship is a two way street
The operators of the Melbourne stadium formerly known as Telstra Dome are finding out the hard way that sponsorship is a two-way street, especially when it involves naming rights, writes Stephen Downes.
Faris: why I don’t want a Crikey blog
I am as thick-skinned as the next commentator, probably more so, but there is no point in having dialogue with people who have a visceral hatred for you personally, writes Peter Faris.
Trujillo and Mexicans: a few words on racial stereotyping
I am worried by the apparent inability of some Australians to recognise racism when it’s in front of them and willingness to defend it when it’s not even their fight, writes Stephen Downes.
Sharon Gould hoax: Quadrant and Wilson respond
The March issue of Quadrant is out with a response from editor Keith Windschuttle to the hoax affair that made his previous issue a best seller, writes Margaret Simons.
Victorian bushfires: disregard demagogues, ecogogues and celebrity dilettantes
Black Saturday’s firestorm generated a propaganda wordstorm. Ideology masqueraded as analysis. Each faction claimed to speak for the dead but spruiked their own agenda, writes Frank Campbell.
Shiny happy West Australian news
It was a full house and expectations were high, but West Australian Newspapers CEO Chris Wharton didn’t deliver the headline his audience were seeking at his Perth Press Club address on Friday, writes Lawrence Apps.
So crazy it could work: what about another commercial TV network?
With his internet monitoring policy in tatters and not going forward, Senator Stephen Conroy needs a new idea. Here it is: Give the country a fourth commercial TV network, writes Glenn Dyer.
Major ad agencies may miss out on Government work
From 31 March, any advertising agency not on the Communications Multi-User List list will not be eligible to pitch for campaigns worth more than $250,000, writes Tim Burrowes.
Fairfax should raise capital and dump Walker. Or is that the plan?
It took three days for Fairfax Media to see the light about the need for more cash, how long will it take to see the reality that board changes need to be made? Asks Glenn Dyer.
Will Baz strike real (or fool’s) gold with Australia’s DVD?
With so much riding on the director’s costly paean to God’s own; the DVD’s success if Fox will forgive us — has become paramount, writes Ross Stapleton.
Peter Chernin’s golden (diamond-encrusted, platinum-gilded) parachute
Even Rupert may difficulty defending paying his COO remuneration of US$147 million, a termination payment of at least US$29 million and a six-year motion picture agreement while News Corp shares plummet, writes Adam Schwab.
Everything in moderation … even for Andrew Bolt
The launch of Pure Poison has clearly made Andrew Bolt uncomfortable as the reality of his biased comments policy comes in for more public scrutiny, writes Scott Bridges.
Challenges aplenty for The West post-Armstrong
Media circles in WA are abuzz with speculation about the successor to Paul Armstrong as editor of The West Australian, writes Lawrence Apps.
2 cents’ worth: ABC paves the way for reader-generated content
The ABC has issued an editorial policy on User Generated Content that anticipates a partial ceding of control to the audience, writes Margaret Simons.
Rundle: anti-Diana Jade Goody’s tabloid demise
When she finally goes, Jade Goody will become the anti-Diana, a life and death that does not redeem us, offers us no succour, writes Guy Rundle.
Alarms sound as The Australian Spectator launches
The glittering launch of The Spectator Australia magazine at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music last night ended farcically when a fire alarm went off, writes Ern Malley.
Introducing Crikey’s latest blogger: Michael Gawenda (and Rocky)
I have had dogs all my life and the dogs of my life are sort of markers to the stages of any life, from childhood to old age. Rocky, well Rocky, with some luck, will grow old with me, writes Michael Gawenda.
