In today’s Media Briefs: Anyone hacked a phone? Me too! … Nine Perth chooses not to join the dots … Front Page of the Day …Neville Thurlbeck: NoW executives withheld information from MPs and more …
Nine News
Media briefs: Obamarama … Nine doesn’t add up … Leveson inquiry latest …
Today’s media have gone into collective overdrive with the arrival yesterday of American President Barack Obama. Plus other media news of the day.
Media briefs: Queen on a tram … McCrann sub MIA … phone hacking inquiry …
Want to watch real car crash television from Nine News? Footage of a live cross this morning highlights the troubles of a live cross. Plus, other news of the day.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: ‘Live crosses that aren’t’ have been going on for years
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Meet Michael Bolt … Front Page of the Day …
There will be red faces among Channel Ten’s website team this morning as their home page displayed a big plug to Ten’s Sunday morning rant The Bolt Report, with the presenter “Michael Bolt”. Ahem?
Media briefs: Nine News apologises … US AG to investigate 9/11 hacks …
In today’s Media Briefs: Nine News apologises for fake chopper cross … The Department of Corrections … US Attorney general to investigate NotW 9/11 phone-hacking allegations … Trapped journalists leave Tripoli hotel after five days … and more …
Political snippets: Are talking heads blowing hot air?
A research group analysed the predictions of 26 pundits who wrote columns in major print media and who appeared on the three major Sunday news shows: The key finding? Most prognosticators are not very accurate predictors
Media briefs: Guardian v WikiLeaks … Nine’s nuclear map hoax …
The latest in the Guardian v WikiLeaks, the scary nuclear graph on Nine News is a hoax, Fairfax sued for one billion dollars and other media news.
Video of the Day: CPR for dogs
And for the most crucial news of the day, tune into Nine News on the Gold Coast, for this huge scoop on pet CPR and first aid.
Political snippets: Pen pushers needed more than miners
Some good news on the employment front this morning in figures on Job Vacancies from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Perhaps the biggest surprise is where the extra jobs are coming from.
Media briefs: Media briefs: Staerk’s back… white-washing the media … CBS comes out of the closet
Surprise today as formally dropped columnist Graham Staerk reappeared in the Gold Coast Bulletin’s Thursday edition. Moving forward into fair dinkum territory, shocking PSA’s only work in Oz and other media news.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Sydney’s Metro blowout
The compensation bill for the NSW government’s failed Metro to Rozelle has blown out far beyond the reported $500 million. But to exactly how much?
Crikey Says: The ickiness of a media managed miracle baby rescue
What’s wrong with this footage of Seven’s Mike Amor scrabbling to lift a dehydrated and dazed baby from the rubble of Haiti? And where exactly do the family members fit into a media managed miracle rescue?
Wickie to Nine News Machine: We’re back!
From: Wick, Darren. To: TCN News Department. “When the Jackson story broke, EVERYONE kicked into action — and Sydney saw it FIRST ON NINE. It was just like the promo!!”
Nine News censor plane disaster story to protect Qantas
Nine News didn’t mention the major story of the Air France disaster in their morning news bulletin because the programme is also shown on Qantas flights throughout that day, reports mUmBRELLA.
Media briefs: Canwest and Independent win breathing space on debt
Canwest Global and Independent News and Media have been given more time to repay debt, Nine has a non-exclusive, and could this be the end of MySpace Tom?
Media briefs: When live reporting goes bad
The Age’s naughty nurses … image advice for pirates … good news from the slumping UK newspaper sector
Nine News memo: Calvert has his work cut out for him
The Nine Network’s latest attempt to save its Sydney 6pm news was detailed in a memo last Thursday from Mark Calvert, the Network’s news boss.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Melbourne Channel Nine News’ third top news story involved a scoop about a group of bridesmaids who were forced to wear tracksuits to a wedding when their dresses didn’t turn up.
Media briefs and TV ratings
More trouble for Nine: ABC News draws more viewers again … John Laws’ farewell tour rolls on … Last night’s TV ratings.
