Fishin’ and footy are Rex Hunt’s usual outdoor activities, but his black eye in Byron Bay has left locals scrambling to defend themselves against allegations of thuggery. In the aftermath of an altercation between Rex, his son and some young locals Hunt told 3AW that anti-tourist attacks were common in the town, one of Australia’s […]
Yesterday’s two hour meeting between editorial staff and Fairfax management over planned job cuts got “pretty heated,” Fairfax insiders have told Crikey. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is expecting a response within 24 hours, namely over ways in which management could improve the redundancy packages on offer. “But there were no guarantees given in […]
Ian Meikle has resigned as chairman of Adelaide broadsheet The Independent Weekly, following founding editor Alex Kennedy’s departure this week. It was rumoured that Meikle, like Kennedy, resigned over the Sunday broadsheet’s Coopers Brewery coverage, but publisher Paul Hamra told Crikey this morning, “Ian is still a shareholder but being based in Sydney, it had […]
President Bush has named Appeals Court Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr as the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, in the wake of first pick Harriet Miers withdrawing as his nominee after being panned across the board for her lack of experience. Alito, 55, currently serves on the Philadelphia-based US Court of Appeals […]
Disgruntled SMH staff are planning to send a letter to Fairfax shareholders to ask them to vote against the board’s remuneration resolutions and to “demand people with media experience on the board,” SMH journalist and Federal President of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Alan Kennedy has told Crikey. And the latest reverberations from the […]
Staff have planned an “assault on the Fairfax board” at the SMH stop work meeting in Sydney this morning, SMH journalist and Federal President of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Alan Kennedy told Crikey. “It’s rape and pillage on the 19th floor,” said Kennedy. Fairfax held stop work meetings yesterday and this morning over […]
Sun Herald columnist Miranda Devine has jumped to the defence of former Play School presenter Monica Trapaga who has once again come under attack for appearing on a Kellogg’s Coco Pops ad. According to Devine Monica, an “all-round nice person” has become the “bete noir of the fascist food movement,” most recently in a Four […]
As the dust settles from Fairfax’s announcement that it plans to slash 55 editorial jobs, insiders have told Crikey that at Spencer St, there’s a sense of excitement at the prospect of some big payouts coupled with concern over the implications for the “quality of the paper.” In Darling Park, meanwhile, the feeling at the […]
In breaking news as we go to press, Crikey understands that the Fairfax newspaper organisation is about to wield the knife this afternoon, removing over 50, and possibly as many as 60, editorial positions. The announcement is to be made at 3pm. We understand that the redundancies will most likely target older journalists and editors, […]
Family groups are outraged at the new lads mag for pre-pubescent kids, Pacific Magazines’ titivatingly titled Explode, a monthly magazine aiming to capture the 12 to 17-year-old teen boy market. While the Australian Family Association and the Victorian Parents Council are calling for it to be banned for its s*x tips and references to beer, […]
