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Beatles 3000

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:41 +0000

1000 years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains...

Letter from: Peshawar

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:36 +0000

"Seconds later, as if in answer to my thoughts, a suicide bomber detonated himself among those we had just passed ..." Benjamin Gilmour writes from Peshawar.

Shame Crikey shame

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000

Crikey readers task us to task over Sinclair Davidson article yesterday on the CRU emails. Oh, and Derryn Hinch blasts The Oz.

Beware Hamish and Andy bearing gifts

Glenn Dyer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:25:17 +0000

Hamish And Andy ReGifted, plus the Good News Week Awards, meant Ten won 16 to 39s and 18 to 49s last night.

Dark lords Murdoch & Microsoft v Google … That’s just not cricket

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:43 +0000

Sony launches missile Sony has launched a new salvo in the battle for the home media centre market against Windows Media Centre-based PCs and Apple’s “Digital Media Hub” strategy. PlayStation 3, already in 675,000 Australian homes — and 20% of those in the last three months — gains a new “TV” icon. Initially this provides direct access ABC iView [...]

Xmas emails pt 1: is that a gun in your pocket?

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:08 +0000

We here at Crikey are always keen to read any internal office missives dealing with seasonal arrangements.

Microsoft, Rupert’s latest longevity ploy

Guy Rundle — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:30 +0000

Now the full portability of text has occurred, it should be obvious that news organisations will decompose –- just as department stores no longer have their warehouses out the back, and chemists no longer have someone in the back making up goop.

Sex, lies and hyperbole

Richard Farmer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:22:15 +0000

Columnists this morning think scientists and politicians should not possess the passions of ordinary people, writes Richard Farmer.

Crikey clarifier: what is wrong with out airlines?

Ben Sandilands — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:32 +0000

The sense of dread in the airports and lounges is oppressive. Seats and services are getting meaner and tighter. So why are these airlines treating us like dirt? And how are they allowed to get away with it? asks Ben Sandilands.

The CPRS and political hypocrisy

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:31 +0000

Veiled Coalition threats to delay a vote on the CPRS through filibuster and procrastination in the Senate are the worst sort of political hypocrisy.

A turkey rally on Wall St

Marcus Padley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:31 +0000

The Dow is up. Let's talk turkey...

A Rudd government ministerial smackdown?

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:30 +0000

Who's challenging who for their Federal portfolio?

NY Times slams Sachs … Ten’s call on Idol … How to writers make money out of new media

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:55 +0000

A NYT editorial has slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis, Ten must work out what to do with Australian Idol in 2010, how the media downturn will affect higher education, newsreaders get emo, and more.

Seven’s Forceful ratings win

Glenn Dyer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:25 +0000

Seven won last night narrowly from Nine -- the All Star Twenty20 cricket match from the Gabba just didn't do it for viewers, beaten by Seven from 7.30pm to 8.30pm and by Australian Idol from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

Rann will do a Clinton

Richard Farmer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:34:27 +0000

Mike Rann should practice looking a little sheepish in public and refuse to answer any more questions about his private life, eunuchs can now vote in India, and wine critic Matt Skinner admits to recommending wine he's never tasted.

Tips and rumours: Fiji’s diplomatic manoeuvres

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:33:34 +0000

Today's Crikey tipsters tell: Fiji's diplomatic attempt to send Australia a message, shire problems in the NT, is the Sunday Age all Gatto-ed out? and the Sunday Tele rewrites the history on Australian politics.

ETS decision crunch time for Turnbull

Mungo MacCallum — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:32:13 +0000

This week’s long-promised vote on the emissions trading scheme is crunch time for Malcolm Turnbull, but whole Liberal Party, and indeed the coalition, have a lot riding on it too.

Health debate reveals the marvel of Mr Jefferson’s machine

Guy Rundle — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:30:15 +0000

Among Thomas Jefferson's achievements was the invention of the swivel chair, and it's in that spirit that one now regards the next step in Barack Obama's long march to a health-care Bill.

The politics of climate change

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:29:40 +0000

Crikey readers weigh in on the climate change debate.

The pre-Thanksgiving market rush

Marcus Padley — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:23:40 +0000

Not a lot economic news in Australia this week but the US is cramming five days worth of economics into just three days thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Zimbabwe

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:23:09 +0000

The one non-political word most likely to cause animated, angry outbursts in Zimbabwe is ZESA. Officially the acronym stands for Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, more appropriately it is known as Zimbabwe Electricity Sometimes Available.

Welcome to your new email

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:22:14 +0000

Welcome to your new look Crikey subscriber email. We've made a few changes, and left a lot of stuff just the way it was. The combined effect, we think, is a daily email that is sharper, clearer, easier to read and navigate, but still packed with everything you've come to expect and love from your daily dose of Crikey. For more details, click on the link below.

Tea Party: The Documentary

Crikey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:49 +0000

So far as we can tell, this is NOT a parody. This is a real film.

Where was the protest over the Forgotten Generation Apology?

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

Why was there no protest over the Apology to the Forgotten Generation, as there was over last year’s Apology to the Stolen Generation?

Bloomin’ heck … Rupert’s rich people

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Peter Cundall arrested (again), rich people read the WSJ, Oprah quits, Demi Moore loses a hip, and more media news.