The Leveson inquiry into the UK print media has taken an unusual turn.
The Guardian
Guy Rundle: An unusual twist in the NotW phone-hacking tale
Most popular news stories on Facebook in 2011
The BBC have proudly reported that one of its stories, about the world reaching seven billion people, topped Facebook’s most popular stories of 2011. The Sun, The Guardian and Daily Mail also make the top 20, reports Richard Farmer.
Media briefs: Onya Rupe … The West kills Frazier … Age plays ladyboy card …
In today’s Media Briefs: Onya Rupe, for a generous ‘gift of love’ … Ludlam and the News-employed Marxist … It’s OK, Gillard’s not a head of state and more …
Corporate personhood — and a right to privacy?
The controversial issue of human rights for corporations took an unexpected turn this week in Britain.
Crikey Says: Another wheel falls off Murdoch train wreck
Should it surprise anyone that the corporate culture that produced industrial-scale phone hacking in Britain was also at work elsewhere? Hardly.
Media briefs: Cutting The Monthly … violence in Egypt …
Across the inner cities of the world, goes out the cry these days — has The Guardian completely lost the plot? That’s due to rising prices and making the paper a crowd sourced affair. Plus, other media news of the day.
Guy Rundle: What drives Guardianistas so crazy about matters Assange?
So you thought the WikiLeaks saga couldn’t get any stranger, more convoluted or more ridiculous in juxtaposing stories of world import with petty absurdity? Think again.
WikiLeaks and disclosing classified
information
Julian Assange may face prosecution for revealing the identity of an ASIO officer. But governments disclose secret things all the time.
It’s done: bruised egos lead to the release of uncensored WikiLeaks cables
The full, uncensored Wikileaks cables are now available. And it seems the egos of those involved with Wikileaks and its media partners are the reason why.
Media briefs: Fairfax to down keyboards… Don (Churchill)’s Party … new NotW arrest …
In today’s Media Briefs: Fairfax to strike … Don (Churchill)’s Party … Bravehearts do the white thing … Baillieu govt freezes FReeZa … Guardian loses fight for web readers even after taking out Murdoch tabloid … and more …
How the The Guardian & The NY Times worked together on phone hacking scoop
Late last year The Guardian was frustrated with British laws limiting their investigations in to the News of the World scandal. So editor Alan Rusbridger gave the editor of the New York Times a call…
Blaming the internet: the gatekeepers’ take on phone hacking
The Guardian’s phone hacking scandal has been in the finest traditions of the mainstream media - and so is its attitude to new media.
NotW scandal: Conroy must play probity card in Oz Network contract
If the Gillard Government is looking for an excuse not to give Sky News the $223 million Australia Television contract, it should come straight out with a probity argument based on the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
Crikey Says: This is what they do
The News of the World hacking scandal just picked on the wrong person. Not rich, not powerful, not political, not privileged, not public. A murdered British schoolgirl.
Media briefs: Origin bias … Leila’s origin lobbying … Guardian v Rupert …
In today’s Media Briefs: no deal in Fairfax pay dispute … Penguin Classics launches iPhone app … Mexico called to end attacks on journos … Front Page of the Day and more …
Media briefs: Origin’s paper war … Oz HuffPo …
State of Origin fever spilled over into print this week as News Limited tabloids went to war on the judiciary appearance of star Queensland back Jonathan Thurston. Plus other media news of the day.
WikiLeaks spokesman: Guardian, NYT wanted to rush war logs
The doyens of the mainstream media were the ones flirting with danger over Wikileaks material, not the site itself, Kristinn Hrafnsson reveals. Bernard Keane and Matthew Knott report.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Assange accepts peace medal, attacks former partners
Assange slammed what he implied was a series of snobbish class judgments in The Guardian’s treatment of the phone-hacking scandal, which has centred on “red top” tabloid the News of the World.
Daily Proposition: Learn from Experience
Trawling through The Guardian’s website one afternoon, Laura Griffin found a series called “Experience”, where people are invited to share their unique (read: weird, and often wonderful) stories. It’s a kaleidescope of human experience.
Sockpuppets and screengrabs make for more fun for Anonymous
It pays to be careful what you allow to be filmed in an interview if you want to remain secret.
Wikileaks Julian Assange and the Jewish conspiracy
Julian Assange now has another reason to believe The Guardian is part of a Jewish conspiracy to damage both him and WikiLeaks, reports Richard Farmer.
Media briefs: The HuffPo/AOL merger … Media Monitors cuts … re
A Media Monitors restructure will see redundancies in Melbourne and New Zealand. Plus, the politics and economics of the Huffington Post/AOL merger, how the social media world reacted to Super Bowl ads and other media news.
Rundle: full Swedish police report of accusations against Assange
With five days to go until WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange appears in a UK court for a hearing on extradition to Sweden, Crikey has obtained a copy of the full police report of the allegations against him.
How a story is seriously twisted on its way to News Ltd readers
Watch how “Desperate Housewives is doing more to persuade Saudi youth to reject violent jihad than US government propaganda” becomes “Fox News – fair, balanced and turning Saudis off jihad like no CNN could” in just three easy steps, writes Jeremy Sear.
Wikileaks 
The US embassy cables: to publish or not to publish?
In the latest WikiLeaks US embassy cables dump, a variety of news organisations — think Le Monde, the NY Times, The Guardian etc — all got first dibs on the documents. The Wall Street Journal declined the offer. Here’s why.
