The Australian writer Paul Kelly has invoked the image of the "escalator of decline". What is this escalator? Where is it going? Crikey's junior readers give us their take.
War managed to trump celebrity gossip this week, but only just.
Want to use EMMA figures to beat up your competitors and reassure your readers? Crikey has your three-step guide.
Daily Telegraph columnist Miranda Devine has written a spray against bike lanes in this morning's paper. Just where does her hatred of bikes come from? Crikey intern Andrei Ghoukassian has one suggestion...
The Abbott government's most popular minister has had a good run in the media this week, unlike many of her cabinet counterparts.
Legal threats and bluster only made things worse for News Corp in the face of Crikey's investigation, SmartCompany deputy editor Eloise Keating reports.
Woolworths has found a clever way to get its ads on the ABC. And other media tidbits of the day.
A surge in international conflicts has kept our defence-related politicians in the media spotlight.
If the price of maintaining News Corp's support is that the Press Council can't be effective, it's not worth having the money, the chairman of the Press Council told Crikey.
News Corp has been able to shelter its financial health thanks to some wily tax planning, but if the company is finally compelled to swing the axe, Amplify will be the first to go. Glenn Dyer and Paddy Manning report.
