They closed down The Australian Literary Review today.
The Australian
Crikey Says: Crikey says: coughing up for The ALR
What will Michael Stutchbury bring to the Fin Review?
Staff at ailing national business daily The Australian Financial Review are bracing for a blast of deregulatory fervour following the appointment of The Australian’s Michael Stutchbury as the paper’s editor-in-chief.
The Australian calls for a media (ABC) inquiry
In its editorial today The Australian has called for a for a media inquiry. Or, to be more specific, an ABC inquiry, which somewhat contrasts with New Ltd CEO John Hartigan’s view of the government’s media inquiry, writes Dave Gaukroger.
Media briefs: UK Labour to tighten media … Rupert sells home …
Why the media debate doesn’t hold water, a dash of class war in today’s Front Page of the Day and other media news from around the globe.
Guy Rundle: The Oz can’t leave the Manne essay alone
For a paper that has declared “the subject closed”, The Australian really can’t leave Robert Manne’s “Bad News” essay alone. To say there has been a degree of score settling is something of an understatement.
Media briefs: Rudds’ airport woes … Hun’s loaded poll …
In today’s Media Briefs: airport troubles for Rudds … More updates on the issue they won’t update … Online Poll of the Day … Julian Assange publishers to release autobiography without his consent and more …
Rundle: a collector’s piece for the ages, The Oz on Manne
Get ye to a newsagent and see if they have not returned their copies of The Weekend Australian. Its outrageous defence of Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay is a collectors’ item.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: a Review review reveals an enduring legacy of not much
One has to say something about the demise of The Australian Literary Review, especially in light of Nick Cater’s somewhat freestyling herogram-to-self in yesterday’s comments section.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Too ugly to contemplate
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Australian Literary Review
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Tele beat-ups … Oz’s digital challenge …
Another day, another complaint about political reporting in The Daily Telegraph. But, was that really an exclusive? and other media tidbits of the day.
The Oz playing the Manne: why it’s a barracker and a bully
The Australian is launching a major response to Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay, and the blurbs tell us that there will be more to come on Saturday, with the usual suspects lining up to respond.
The quality journalism project: it’s Mega!
George Megalogenis is a popular man, judging by the plethora of nominations we received to have him involved in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
ALR closure shows a literary culture that runs on love, not money
The most striking thing about news of the closure of the Australian Literary Review has been the relative equanimity with which it has been greeted.
Crikey Says: The Oz has a private moment with itself
There is no subject that obsesses The Australian more than the subject of The Australian itself. Today it began an orgy of self-defence to Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay.
Australian Literary Review shuts up shop
Storied News Limited literary digest The Australian Literary Review will publish its last edition next month, Crikey can reveal.
Manne’s Quarterly Essay: silence so far from The Oz
Robert Manne’s account of the influence of The Australian and the tactics it uses to promote its conservative views and discredit its enemies has so far been met with silence from Holt Street.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: two very different angles
Two newspapers interpret the same economic news, the ABS household expenditure survey …
Hey Janet, on female sex you’ve got the rough end of the stick
Janet Albrechtsen’s opinion piece in yesterday’s Australian was shocking — you would never would have pegged her as a Sex and the City fan. Or suggesting all female sexual exploration is positive.
Beecher: govt funding could stem loss of serious newspapers
What kind of democracy would we live in if it didn’t include the work of a thousand-or-so newspaper reporters and editors?
Milne debacle: how a 16 year old story was spiked by The Oz
Glenn Milne has egg all over his face after the re-hired columnist filed an error-filled op-ed reviving discredited allegations that Prime Minister Julia Gillard had somehow been an accomplice to her one-time partner Bruce Wilson’s alleged fraud.
Media briefs: APC to increase regs … more NotW hacking … SMH appoints readers’ ed …
Trendy Salt’s cafe missive … Front Page of the Day … Australian Press Council plans to increase regulation … Milly Dowler phone hackers “used more than one voicemail” …
Rupert era effectively over … new Murdoch leader most unlikely
It would not have been possible for editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks to have both been doing their job, and to have been in ignorance about hacking and blagging.
The quality journalism project: the heart of The Oz, Chris Mitchell
Crikey picks the brains of some of Australia’s most respected journalists, editors and producers to find out what great journalism means to them and where they go to get it. Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Chris Mitchell, divulges his media diet.
