TV ad sales suffering, especially in Sydney

Growth in TV advertising revenue has slowed considerably on last year's numbers, writes Glenn Dyer.

• Media,
• tv,
• television-advertising

Big Brother the victim of McDonaldisation

Big Brother never really moved out of its training pants. Little wonder it's now been canned, writes Glenn Dyer.

• Media,
• tv,
• ten-network,
• big-brother

BB 08: the media didn't bite this year

Are the media suffering cold sweats as the drip feed of Big Brother is ripped from their arm once and for all? Not so much, says Sophie Black.

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• tv,
• ten-network,
• big-brother

What's all the fuss? It's just hardcore p-rn

The same media outlets which regularly work themselves up into a self righteous frenzy over Miley Cyrus-style inappropriateness don't mind giving the p-rn industry an easy ride on the side, writes Neil Walker.

• media,
• sexpo,
• eros-foundation,
• pornography

Media briefs: Newsroom backstabbing, Top Gear loses stig

Falloon disengagement begins ... Satin safari watch ... Less foreign news than ever before! ... Top Gear loses its stig ... Miley boosts VF sales ... Newspaper massacre .. Newsroom backstabbing.

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• channel,
• nine,
• sbs,
• top-gear,

Last night's TV ratings

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WYD was just a warm-up, here comes Beijing 08

For those of us sick of the media acting as uncritical cheerleaders of absurd ideologies – or even those who’d just like to see some actual news get reported -- WYD was just a warm-up. Say hello to the Beijing Olympics, writes Bernard Keane.

• politics-government,
• world-youth-day,
• WYD,
• beijing-olympics

WYD is the best PR the Catholic Church could pray for

World Youth Day has re-positioned the Catholic Church, two millennia old, as alive and well and relevant to a whole new generation of enthusiastic adherents, writes Trevor Cook.

• Politics-government,
• state,
• nsw,
• catholic-church,
• world-youth-day

Finishing first now comes second for Greg Norman

Greg Norman's near miss at Royal Birkdale might have had an air of inevitability about it, but it was also courageous, writes Charles Happell.

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• golf,
• greg-norman

So who's really behind Freeview?

So who really controls Freeview, and how quickly has it been thrown together, and why? asks Margaret Simons.

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• ABC,
• public-broadcasting,
• channel-nine,
• freeview

Media briefs: Seven wins the week ... the Great Global Warming Swindle swindle ... more paper cuts

Seven wins the week ... The Great Global Warming Swindle swindle ... More paper cuts ... The nerd niche ... Cutting the fat ... Shafer's picks

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• tv,
• abc,
• seven-network

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AFL Commissars prove central planning is alive and well

The numbers on the AFL's plans for Sydney and the Gold Coast don't stack, now matter how loudly if the game's Commissars claim they do, writes Greg Barns.

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• afl,
• ,
• andrew-demetriou

And the Wankley Award goes to ... a cranky bishop

In a World-Youth-Day themed week, why would the Wankley Award veer from the flock?

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• world-youth-day

Crikey’s AFL & NRL Hot Form Charts

The final, must-have piece of footy tipping intelligence, Crikey's Hot Form Charts, are here to help you complete your tipping for the weekend.

• Sport,
• nrl,
• afl

Media briefs: Fairfax phony war, sign of the devil

Footy Show still showing signs of life ... Pratt and the AJN ...sign of the devil.

Last night's TV ratings

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