Possum needs a job!
If anyone wants to employ “one economist possum, slightly used, occasionally abused, good with numbers and other stuff. Intermittently snarky but always well humoured”, please see Possum’s post at Pollytics. I’d be very sad to see Possum become a less [...]
New Matilda to fold: What comes next?
Crikey is reporting that New Matilda, which launched in August 2004, is to cease publishing on June 25. Editor Marni Cordell sums up the website’s achievements, and discusses its financial plight, in an editorial published this morning: The online media [...]
The Guardian does its paywall math
On the recent thread about the ABC’s intention to offer a 24 hour news channel, commenter SCPritch linked, with appropriate approbation, to the text of a lecture by the editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger. Rusbridger’s topic was “Does Journalism [...]
Murdoch on how we're all thieves now
Rupert Murdoch on Sky News: Make of it what you will. It seems pretty incoherent to me. I think Cory Doctorow’s pretty much right – these musings are fantasies, and his editors are going to have a horrible time trying [...]
At the cutting edge of media experience
Well, I think it’s safe to say that a full scale war has broken out between News Ltd and Australian independent media operators. Posts today at Crikey, Larvatus Prodeo and The Oz’s Mark Day. Day amused me with this in [...]
End of the Road for Surfdom; and the future of independent online media
It’s sad to read that Tim Dunlop is closing down The Road to Surfdom, one of the original Australian political blogs, and one that’s been a great contributor to commentary and discussion over a sustained period of time. It’s not [...]
Guest post by Mr Denmore: The Failed Estate IV – For Whom The Poll Tolls
By Gummo Trotsky on June 15, 2010
Regular LP commenter, Mr Denmore, is contributing a series of posts about shifts in the media and journospheres in the context of this year’s federal election. Mr Denmore has extensive professional experience in the media, and we trust you will [...]
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