Tuesday, 8 July 2008 Comments 1
The ABC's move to outsourcing and its launch of paid online downloads beg the question - is it still our national broadcaster?
Monday, 30 June 2008 Comments 2
Let's start chatting. What should the ABC and SBS of the future be? asks Margaret Simons
Monday, 23 June 2008 Comments 1
The Age faced an editorial revolt in April, after a series of embarrassing sponsorship tie-ins compromised the masthead. Now the paper is considering a new policy on journalistic independence.
Monday, 16 June 2008 Comments 4
David Kirk is talking up Fairfax's diversification, but its shareprice is taking a beating. Is Chairman Ron Walker about to pay the price?
Thursday, 12 June 2008 Comments 12
Audiences are lapping up Andrew Denton's The Gruen Transfer which pulls apart how ads are made. But why did the ABC green light a show which plays an hour of ads on "our" ABC?
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 Comments 1
The ABC has been cleared over Lateline's coverage of the troubled Aboriginal community of Mutitjulu - which was influential in the Howard government's controversial "Intervention" in the NT. Chris Graham picks over this complex story and reports why he's "underwhelmed".
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 Comments 12
The polls haven't shifted, but the op ed columnists are shrieking that Krudd's honeymoon is over. Is it a sign of the irrelevance of the Opinionista?
Monday, 2 June 2008 Comments 10
The Oz wrote up some new research into newspapers saying that the papers have "reclaimed the agenda-setting mantle?. But can we trust the research? asks Margaret Simons.
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 Comments 3
When is a lie an "integrated marketing campaign"? Let's ask the Adelaide Advertiser, writes Sophie Black.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008 Comments 11
How much is the media to blame for the trivialisation of public debate in Australia?
Monday, 26 May 2008 Comments 5
Online newspapers are showing some pretty incredible readership figures. But Nielsen's Net Ratings don't bear up to close scrutiny, writes Margaret Simons.
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 Comments 5
Virtual world Second Life has gotten past the headlines depicting its seedy side. But is the corporatisation of our second life making it as boring as our first life?
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 Comments 9
A win for DJ's could have ushered in a new era of corporate combativeness, but instead their strategy has backfired spectacularly.
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 Comments 10
Why doesn’t Fairfax Media have a problem with Neil Mitchell, one of its star acts, working for the opposition? wonders Margaret Simons.
Monday, 5 May 2008 Comments 7
What's going on at the Sydney Morning Herald? Is Fairfax online too dumbed down? Sophie Black takes a look.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 Comments 4
Rupert Murdoch doesn't have much time to conclude his legacy .... how will we remember him?
Monday, 21 April 2008 Comments 6
The highly visible presence at the Ideas Summitof of the top brass from News Limited, Fairfax, Seven and the ABC could easily be construed as a blurring the boundaries between the reported and the reporters, writes Eric Beecher.
Thursday, 17 April 2008 Comments 1
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott yesterday turned the ABC’s emphasis from technology to content. What content should the ABC focus on?
Thursday, 17 April 2008 Comments 2
Wednesday, 16 April 2008 Comments 7
It appears Age editor Andrew Jaspan and his deputy Paul Ramadge have given up their plan to participate in the 2020 Summit.
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 Comments 1
Fairfax management has clearly been surprised by the depth of staff feeling on editorial independence, but what is the way forward? Give us your opinions...
Monday, 14 April 2008 Comments 9
Crikey has been copping flak for choosing to publish audio snippets of the extraordinary staff meeting at The Age last week. The Age Independence Committee, and other staff, are not pleased with us.
Friday, 11 April 2008 Comments 5
As covered exclusively in Crikey today, The Sunday Herald Sun used information they somehow obtained from the Victorian police to convince Hitchener to give them the exclusive story of his coming out.
Friday, 11 April 2008 Comments 10
Is Andrew Jaspan's tragic-comic administration any way to run what is allegedly a quality newspaper?