This week’s Wankley Award goes to Paul “Colgo” Colgan of The Punch for liveblogging the marathon surgery that was performed on conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital this week.
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Wankley Awards: Getting your stolen Safran knickers in a twist
Blackface! A crucifixion! Masturbation! This week’s coveted Wankley award goes to the outrage surrounding John Safran’s new show Race Relations before it had even aired. Storm in a teacup, anyone?
Auntie gives Rupert a helping hand with Punch
Anyone watching the media over the past week might have been tempted to think that there was a war going on between News Limited and the ABC. Except, there is a big gap between rhetoric and reality.
Sales and Colvin cosy up at The Punch
ABC stars Leigh Sales and Mark Colvin have their taxpayer-funded ABC blogs reproduced by commercial rival News Limited on The Punch, in apparent breach of the national broadcaster’s editorial policies.
Cake and Bindi Irwin? There are bigger gummi bears to fry
Icon of crocodile stuff, Bindi Irwin, is spruiking packet chocolate cake mix, and Rosemary Stanton isn’t happy. Nor is David Penberthy. But they’re both missing the point, writes David Gillespie.
Muslim = Al Qaeda … Penbo’s Punch in top comic form
There are some Australian cricket fans still furious at England’s time wasting to draw the first Ashes test, none more so than “Steve”, the mysterious friend of The Punch Editor David Penberthy.
Battle of the new media heavyweights
One month since the launch of News Ltd’s new siteThe Punch and a few months since we relaunched our very own Crikey website, the Australian media commentariat are now dutifully weighing in on who is winning the readership wars.
First The Punch, now Fairfax takes opinion online
The National Times was a weekly Fairfax title from 1971 to 1986. Now the company is resurrecting the title as an opinion hub. But is it a standalone site or a rebranded Fairfax section? asks mUmBRELLA
Crikey Counterpoint: two verdicts on The Punch
Day one of News Ltd’s bold new online venture The Punch, and the verdicts are in from Guy Rundle and Mumbrella.
Hello world: News Ltd’s The Punch swings in to action
The Punch is a new opinion website, writes editor David Penberthy. It’s not a fancy, la-di-dah site aimed at people with three university degrees, nor is it a site for yobbos who want to engage in mindless abuse.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Unpaid journalistic internships: rort or opportunity?
Crikey readers debate the role of unpaid internships at The Punch, the controversial ABS unemployment figures and the Melbourne-Sydney divide.
The Punch defends its use of interns
The University of Technology in Sydney have received an offer from News Ltd’s new venture The Punch for the opportunity for internships for their journalism students: unpaid internships.
