Melbourne marked an interesting milestone last week.
Peter blunden
Media affidavits’ greatest hits: legal letters from the swinging d-cks
So the idea was to subject one of the media trends of our time to some analysis, and glean what we could about the state of the industry and the way media companies really work. Or perhaps we just wanted an excuse to rehash the juicy bits.
Rupert and me: 48 hours of travel for a 12-minute exchange
The News Corp AGM was an interesting affair but it remains a mystery why so few shareholders, ginger groups or critics turn up, writes Stephen Mayne from Los Angeles.
Guthrie: Rupert could be sharpening the shake-up knives
News Limited global chief Rupert Murdoch could be sharpening the knives for a shake-up of his Australian operations during his annual trip to Australia later this month.
Guthrie case points the finger at News’ upper echelon
The real import of the Guthrie case is what it says about the management of Australia’s largest newspaper company, and the exercise of judgement at the top.
Guthrie wins out, judge slams Harto & Blunden
Former Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie has been awarded $580,808 in damages plus costs in his unfair dismissal case against News Ltd.
Guthrie v News: No settlement as judgement day looms
Everyone was expecting a settlement this morning in the Bruce Guthrie vs. News Ltd trial, but an amazing performance by News boss Peter Blunden more than made up for the lack of closure.
Guthrie v News: Julian Clarke paints Guthrie black, defends tabloid rogues
News Ltd executive chairman John Hartigan and the artful asbestos dodger Greg Baxter were spreading their charms through the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday, dumping a bucket on sacked Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie.
Guthrie v News: the princess and the paper
The second morning of the Guthrie vs. News Ltd hearing gave the world an insight into the editorial processes of the Herald Sun. Andrew Crook was in court for the who-said-what-to-who-when saga.
News v Guthrie: Nixon, Murdoch, Calvert-Jones and other dirty linen
The massive court book prepared on Bruce Guthrie’s behalf threatens to unleash a treasure trove of privileged News Limited information. Andrew Crook was in court for the first day of the trial.
A tale of drinking, driving and bloody idiots
Some nice confected tabloid outrage at the increasingly negative Herald Sun today, with a cover story of a drink driving charge from seven years ago. Compare that to a rather similar drink driving story about the Hun’s own editor.
The Guthrie writ: conversations with Mate 1 and Mate 2
In these extracts from his writ for wrongful dismissal, sacked Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie recounts conversations with News Limited Chief Executive John Hartigan and Herald Sun Managing Director Peter Blunden.
