http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/media-briefs-smh-turns-japanese-wapos-scalia-stuff-up-daily-mail-invented-account/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/media-briefs-smh-turns-japanese-wapos-scalia-stuff-up-daily-mail-invented-account/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:51:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250675 SMH sports go Japanese ... NewsBeast retracts false quote ... Wilkie and Xenophon tackle Nine on pokie remarks and more ... ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/media-briefs-smh-turns-japanese-wapos-scalia-stuff-up-daily-mail-invented-account/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/02/media-briefs-jones-v-media-watch-emails-deleted-in-notw-scandal/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/02/media-briefs-jones-v-media-watch-emails-deleted-in-notw-scandal/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:03:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238852 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/02/media-briefs-jones-v-media-watch-emails-deleted-in-notw-scandal/feed/ 3 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030902821.html?hpid=topnews http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030902821.html?hpid=topnews#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:02:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=209859 Washington Post died yesterday. David Broder was one of the most respected US political journalists in the US, winning his Pulitzer for his reporting on Nixon's Watergate scandal.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030902821.html?hpid=topnews/feed/ 0 http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/02/see-an-error-at-the-washington-post-now-you-can-easily-report-it039.html http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/02/see-an-error-at-the-washington-post-now-you-can-easily-report-it039.html#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:23:39 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202464 WashingtonPost article, they can immediately click on a feedback form to fill out and report it straight back to the paper. One way of dealing with dropping sub-editors numbers? ]]> http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/02/see-an-error-at-the-washington-post-now-you-can-easily-report-it039.html/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/05/howard-kurtz-daily-beast_n_751179.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/05/howard-kurtz-daily-beast_n_751179.html#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:03:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176532 Washington Post stalwart Howard Kurtz is going digital: he's ditched WaPo to work for the Daily Beast website. Need more proof that newspapers are dying?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/05/howard-kurtz-daily-beast_n_751179.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/20/media-briefs-oz-tv-makers-sue-apple-if-the-courier-readers-were-pm-skys-shaky-election-coverage/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/20/media-briefs-oz-tv-makers-sue-apple-if-the-courier-readers-were-pm-skys-shaky-election-coverage/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:24:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=154690 The Courier Mail roll out their new election campaign gimmick. Also, Sky's cameraman is either a Julia Gillard supporter or drunk, and are young journos burning out?]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/20/media-briefs-oz-tv-makers-sue-apple-if-the-courier-readers-were-pm-skys-shaky-election-coverage/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarvis-coffin/the-washington-post-compa_b_648070.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarvis-coffin/the-washington-post-compa_b_648070.html#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:08:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=153842 The Washington Post has recently acquired online information business iCurrent. Is it time to say goodbye to old media? In a word: yes, writes Jarvis Coffin. ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarvis-coffin/the-washington-post-compa_b_648070.html/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31carr.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31carr.html#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:54:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143070 Newsweek is for sale. And it doesn't matter that its an internationally renowned publication, the fact that it is a weekly loss-making publication means it's worth basically nothing. NY Times assesses the possible buyers.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31carr.html/feed/ 0 http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/will-the-new-york-times-pay-wall-plan-be-a-turnoff-to-bloggers/19488977/ http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/will-the-new-york-times-pay-wall-plan-be-a-turnoff-to-bloggers/19488977/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 03:08:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141108 NY Times and the BBC. So how will the proposed NY Times paywall affect its blogger audience?]]> http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/will-the-new-york-times-pay-wall-plan-be-a-turnoff-to-bloggers/19488977/feed/ 0 http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401 http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 01:35:57 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136123 Newsweek magazine is on the market. Sure, it's had "losses in the tens of millions for the last two years", but 1.5 million subscribers should count for something. Any bidders?]]> http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/media-briefs-the-post-confuses-x-and-o-browns-gaffe-a-rupert-plot-bec-backs-away-from-no-idea/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/media-briefs-the-post-confuses-x-and-o-browns-gaffe-a-rupert-plot-bec-backs-away-from-no-idea/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:00:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134181 The Washington Post confuse Barack Obama with Malcolm X because they're both black? Plus: Rupert Murdoch fixing the British election and Google's reign continues in today's media briefs.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/media-briefs-the-post-confuses-x-and-o-browns-gaffe-a-rupert-plot-bec-backs-away-from-no-idea/feed/ 0 http://www.pulitzer.org/ http://www.pulitzer.org/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:47:40 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129975 Washington Post won the most awards, while investigative outfit ProPublica clocked up one for online journalism with a nod for its excellent expose on New Orleans hospitals post-Katrina.]]> http://www.pulitzer.org/feed/ 0 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/04/welcome_to_right_now.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/04/welcome_to_right_now.html#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:41:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129051 Washington Post has a new blog all about the "conservative movement" and Republican Party, promising to explain what the right is "doing, thinking, and planning". Could be fascinating reading for political junkies of all persuasions. ]]> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/04/welcome_to_right_now.html/feed/ 0 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2010/03/readers_react_to_photo_of_two.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2010/03/readers_react_to_photo_of_two.html#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122160 Washington Post would anger readers and cause 27 cancelled subscriptions? Apparently two men kissing was enough to freak out the US capital.]]> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2010/03/readers_react_to_photo_of_two.html/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/24/washington-post-profit-qu_n_474674.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/24/washington-post-profit-qu_n_474674.html#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:34:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119147 Washington Post's profits have quadrupled in the last quarter. Except, profits are due to cutting costs and staff, rather than an increase in newspaper sales.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/24/washington-post-profit-qu_n_474674.html/feed/ 0 http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/post-apocalypse?page=0,0 http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/post-apocalypse?page=0,0#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:52:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110765 Washington Post is crumbling: plagued by ethics scandals, dwindling finances and lacking any strong identity, the paper is scrambling for a way forward. The New Republic chronicles its demise.]]> http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/post-apocalypse?page=0,0/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:01:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110545 Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander explains why the paper's grammar and syntax has been getting a little sloppy of late: fewer staff and the "real-time news" demands of the internet.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html/feed/ 0 http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundit-judges/2009/11/angp_winner_kevin_huffman.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundit-judges/2009/11/angp_winner_kevin_huffman.html#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100832 Washington Post has announced the winner of its reality-TV-style Next Great Pundit competition, and -- surprise! -- it's a liberal, white, male, middle-aged, well-educated lawyer. ]]> http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundit-judges/2009/11/angp_winner_kevin_huffman.html/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:40:55 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96742 Washington Post editor Henry Allen recently punched out one of the paper's feature writers after he was presented with "the second worst story I have seen in Style in 43 years."]]> http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/28/politico-owner-launching_n_337394.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/28/politico-owner-launching_n_337394.html#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:10:13 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96012 Politico is going to launch a local Washington DC edition of the site, headed up by the former editor of WashingtonPost.com. It's a pretty direct attack on The Washington Post's DC supremacy, and HuffPo has its hands on an internal memo that outlines the plans.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/28/politico-owner-launching_n_337394.html/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:11:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90046 The Washington Post is running a contest to find "America's Next Great Pundit". Contestants will face-off in a series of challenges, judged by Post staff, and readers will vote on who wins a coveted byline with the paper. No matter who wins, journalism is the loser. ]]> http://gawker.com/5370214/the-washington-post-launches-americas-next-top-pundit/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/09/28/the-washington-post-and-twitter/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/09/28/the-washington-post-and-twitter/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:41:03 +0000 Margaret Simons http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89290 The Washington Post's new guidelines for staff use of Twitter try to keep the paper's voice objective and fact-based. But what if new media were actually the path to greater objectivity? wonders Margaret Simons.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/09/28/the-washington-post-and-twitter/feed/ 0 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27414.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27414.html#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:05:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88605 The Washington Post recently got its hands on a leaked report from the US commander in Afghanistan to President Obama. So who let it slip? And why?]]> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27414.html/feed/ 0 http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2009/10/wolff200910 http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2009/10/wolff200910#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:33:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=84471 New York Times and Washington Post are suffering in the media downturn. But the Post has one advantage that may see it weather the storm better, says Michael Wolff: likeable owners.]]> http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2009/10/wolff200910/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-79/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-79/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Richard Farmer http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-79/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-79/feed/ 5