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Tweeting up Facebook

Crikey — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:42:52 +0000

Are Facebook's new Twitter-style options actually a good thing?

Why Twitter deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:26:12 +0000

Twitter's role as a window to Iran in the fallout of the country's presidential election warrants consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize, argues Mark Pfeifle. In other news: a thousand "social media commentators" just wet themselves.

Chill, don’t kill

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:02:43 +0000

It's "thou shalt not kill" for the new millenium: a new advertisement campaign is urging Memphis residents not to kill one another (yes, really).

Vogue hits the bargain bins

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:30:34 +0000

With consumers increasingly curbing their spending habits in the GFC, Vogue magazine is now featuring lower-priced items and a "Steal of the Month" feature.

Rakuten: the biggest e-commerce site you’ve never heard of

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:26:34 +0000

In Japan, online shopping site Amazon is a small player -- the big name is a local site called Rakuten. With plans to go global, can they knock Amazon from pole position in the West, too?

Who’ll land Seven’s coveted 6pm news job?

Glenn Dyer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Everyone in TVland is watching the Seven Network to see what it does to its 6pm Sydney newsreader's job.

Grading the celebrity faculty of YouTube’s J-school

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:18:36 +0000

YouTube recently launched their Reporters' Center, offering free video journalism tutorials from some of the media's biggest names. But are they actually any good? Lewis Grossblogger grades the online professors on their classes.

FBi radio to stay on-air

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:57:58 +0000

Sydney community radio station FBi has scraped the cash together to stay on-air for at least another two years, thanks to supporter donations and a bit of help from Richard Branson.

Busting the small-screen myths

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:57:33 +0000

Network TV is dead and Australians prefer US dramas and comedies to anything home grown -- this is the conventional wisdom on Aussie TV. But the TV ratings for 2009 so far tell a very different story.

One month of interrupted news

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:45:28 +0000

A slide-show of irritating, screen-hogging pop-up flash ads from mainstream Australian news sites over the past month.

The writing renaissance will be blogged (tweeted, Facebooked)

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:22:11 +0000

Those who would never write letters (too slow and anachronistic) or postcards now send missives with abandon, from long thoughtful memos to brief and clever quips about evening plans, says Anne Trubek.

This book was brought to you by…

Crikey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:14:21 +0000

Many years ago, I puzzled over why books didn’t have ads, says Joshua Gans. Now Amazon is chipping away at harnessing their ad potential.

The PM’s war on News Limited

Crikey — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:36 +0000

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched "a concerted attack on the media in the form of News Ltd newspapers: the group that broke what's now known as the fake email story," writes Glenn Milne.

Kyle and Jackie O: Twitter wankers

Crikey — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:02:12 +0000

Radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have been branded "Twitter wankers" after the pair artificially inflated their follower numbers on the site.

North Korea’s first beer commercial

Crikey — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:13 +0000

North Korea has aired its first ever beer commercial on its state-run television, and it's pretty spectacular. Don't worry -- we're pretty sure it doesn't make any more sense if you speak Korean.

Very disturbing vintage ads: into the minds of mad men

Crikey — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:49:16 +0000

What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They've all starred in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!

My role in Jeff Goldblum’s death

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:04 +0000

My initial thoughts were to play on the idea of the trifecta of celebrity deaths, Farrah Fawcett having died the day before. The reason for choosing Jeff Goldblum? I don't know really, he seems like the kind of actor someone would have a strong emotional response to.

Reporting Michael Jackson? It’s a war zone out there

Andrew Dodd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000

What would happen if we compared the coverage of the death and funeral of Michael Jackson with the reportage of the situation in Afghanistan by Australian TV networks .... Andrew Dodd found out.

AdelaideNow on Bec Hewitt’s boobs

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:00 +0000

AdelaideNow provide more "original, exclusive, highly relevant" News content with their expose on Bec Hewitt's post-baby chesticles.

Aboriginal radio banned from Macklin town meeting

Bob Gosford — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Why did Jenny Macklin's office refuse to let CAAMA Radio record a town meeting on homes she intends to compulsorily acquire? asks Bob Gosford?

China: reports of Green Dam’s death greatly exagerated

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:32:14 +0000

Celebrations over news that China are ditching their plan to further censor the country's Internet were a bit premature -- officials are now saying it has just been postponed, with several companies such as Sony, Benq and Acer already shipping out censored PCs. Dam.

Not so fast, BRW

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:30:49 +0000

Would the BRW 'Fast Starters' list look so robust if they hadn't used data that was a year old -- taken from before the financial crisis hit? Crikey intern Sophie Tarr investigates.

In Soviet News Corp, typo edits you

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000

The pot looked rather black after "a doozy of a typo" appeared in the Oz opinion page headline yesterday over the extract of John Hartigan's speech.

Sheridan unfairly attacks Loewenstein

Guy Rundle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:29:07 +0000

Should Antony Loewenstein sue Greg Sheridan for libel? asks Guy Rundle.

Economist targets “intellectually curious”, circus performers in new ad

Crikey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:17:30 +0000

The Economist is running its first cinema ad campaign in eight years, in an effort to reach out to a new audience. Here's what they're hoping will catch the eye of "intellectually curious" potential readers.