The Crikey Register of Influence ... Garnaut ... browser wars ... Sarah Palin ...

• politics-government,
• media,
• global-warming,
• climate-change

As we await Garnaut's Friday emissions targets announcement, it's worth revisiting what the landscape will look like in 2100, depending on which target Australia aims for, writes Sophie Black.

• politics-government,
• federal,
• climate-change,

3AW's Ernie Sigley landed quite the scoop when the first person on the scene of a fiery plane crash called him live on air. If only he'd left him on the line, writes Sophie Black.

• media,
• 3AW,
• herald-sun,
• ernie-sigley

Hoon watch .. A sign of things to come? ... Ad man diet book a hoax? ... Go Inside the Big Tent: a Video Tour ... Stewart mouths off ... Your messy desks ... Spam of the day

• media,
• facebook,
• channel-seven,
• fairfax

Malcolm "Macbeth" Turnbull ... Fairfax slashes jobs ... Crikey's aviation coverage ... the Olympics ...

Fairfax announced this morning that the company is embarking on a "major restructure" -- specifically, they're set to slash 5%, or 550 heads, from their full time staff, reports Sophie Black.

• media,
• fairfax,
• MEAA,
• david-kirk,
• don-churchill

The Obama campaign has just sent out a personal email message from Michelle Obama inviting supporters to watch her speech to the DNC. Read the email here.

• us08,
• michelle-obama

Colin the baby whale punched well above his substantial weight in media mentions by blowing the Murray Darling crisis, the WA Election and the garbage kids right out of the water, writes Sophie Black.

Big Tobacco ... Christmas Island ... reclaiming the middle ... the ATO ...

Pamela Curr, campaign coordinator for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, took Crikey on a tour of the new Christmas Island detention facility, here are her impressions and photos, writes Sophie Black.

• politics-government,
• immigration,
• refugees,
• christmas-island,
• chris-evans