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Media briefs: Reviving Queen Victoria… Leveson inquiry latest …
At news.com.au, the queen is dead, long live the queen. Plus, our Front Page of the Day and The Department of Corrections picks and other media news from around the glove.
Media briefs: Dwarfed by old news … CMail on hair … Wilkins on Goldblum …
In today’s Media Briefs: old news dwarfs real news for News.com.au … Front Page of the Day … Meanwhile, in Alice Springs … Richard Wilkins on why he reported the death of Jeff Goldblum and more …
Media briefs: Hywood gets the Fairfax gig .. Munro gives up the fight
Fairfax is still insisting today it conducted an “international search” for its new CEO. But however extensive that search was, the result remains what was long predicted — interim head Greg Hywood has been endorsed as leader. Plus, Mike Munro gives up the fight and other media news.
The Bible according to Penbo: Bob Brown is just like Pauline Hanson
David Penberthy, editor-in-chief of news.com.au, decided to take his website’s verballing of Bob Brown seriously and has now compared Brown with Pauline Hanson, writes Jeremy Sear.
Will you pay for this?
So, it’s official, the News Ltd paywall will be here next year, in the same style as the Wall Street Journal. It’ll be an interesting experiment. I wonder what Rupert’s pitch for my money will be, ponders Jeremy Sears.
Crikey Says: Does journalism still need a separation of church and state?
News.com.au editor David Higgins believes the commercial-editorial division is a “luxury” the media can no longer afford. Oh dear.
Freedom (or freebies) of the press takes another meaning
There was once a time when photographers were sent to cover major events, like today’s Sydney dust storms. These days, free pictures are harvested from the internet.
P*nis in a park bench: News.com.au’s top journalism for 2008
News.com.au readers favoured stories about s-x, nudity, freaks, aliens, the iPhone and Stephanie Rice over politics in 2008, writes Ruth Brown.
Weekly Wankley Award: Enough already!
It wasn’t hard to pick the winner this week, writes Jane Nethercote.
