Stop gloating, lefties? #notw
(We all know only lefties gloat. Brendan O’Neill told us.) So, Margaret Simons, writing in today’s Crikey, probably rightly, suggests that the latest revelations in the #notw phone hacking saga imply that to Rupert’s crown, no woman or man of [...]
"The poor will always be with us"; Abbott's Brutopia
It must be ‘write an op/ed for Fairfax about something a political leader said to me’ week. First, Nina Funnell, and now Michael Perusco: I was in Canberra last week and had the opportunity to ask Opposition Leader Tony Abbott [...]
The web, everyday life and the future of media
A lot of the most reliable data on web use and social media comes from the World Internet Project. Most of the findings from the project derive from rigorous quantitative research, and unlike a lot of what purports to be [...]
The National Times
Fairfax has revived an old masthead for its new opinion site. In some ways, that’s probably the most interesting aspect of the launch – those who remember the old National Times might well also recall the days when genuinely hard [...]
Changing times for opinion
A further sign that we may be seeing the de-coupling of opinion from the news and journalism pages. The website will replace the opinion section on news sites including theage.com.au and will feature the best of Fairfax’s opinion writing, commentary [...]
Mark Scott and the future of Australian media
The ABC’s managing director, Mark Scott, has proved a much more interesting pick than many anticipated at the time of his appointment. Over at Woolly Days, Derek Barry summarises a speech Scott made in giving the Latrobe University annual media [...]
Future of (independent) journalism
A few months ago, folks might recall that I spoke at the Future of Journalism conference in Brisbane, organised by the MEAA and the Walkley Foundation. Last week, Melbourne took its turn hosting an event in the series, and Margaret [...]
Trioli Redux; Murdoch's ABC frontier
I’m not really one for breakfast television, but I’d be interested in hearing from anyone who’s seen the new ABC2 Breakfast show, which debuts today. It will also be streamed online. With Virginia Trioli as one of the hosts (the [...]
The future of quality journalism
There’s a bit of an irony in the fact that News Ltd columnist Malcolm Colless chooses to take a swipe today at demands that Mike Carlton be reinstated as a columnist in the Sydney Morning Herald because of his popularity [...]
Too early to tell
Crikey’s Eric Beecher was quoted in this Sally Jackson piece as saying online media will not be able to bridge the quality gap that’s being created by the long emergency we’re seeing in the usual MSM outlets. Mr Beecher warned [...]
For whom the poll tolls
By Mark Bahnisch on October 12, 2009
There are three Liberal leadership polls out this morning with inconsistent results – Nielsen and Morgan showing Joe Hockey as preferred leader, with Newspoll showing Malcolm Turnbull in the lead. Inconsistent polling also produces inconsistent commentary in The Australian (“Turnbull [...]
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