04 Nov 2010
| by Staff
SYDNEY - James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch have won their bid to wrest the chairmanship of Ten's board from Nick Falloon.
04 Nov 2010
| by Ken Doctor
Maybe the newspaper is like the old LP -- you know, as in "Long Play." It may be a 33 1/3, though it seems like it came out of the age of 78s sometimes, a relic of the post-Victorian Victrola age. It is what it is, a wonderful compendium of one day in the life (of a nation, a city, a village), a one-size-fits-all...
24 Sep 2010
| by Staff
Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, has hit back at comments made earlier this week that accused her and other blogs and aggregators of being "parasites living off journalism produced by others".
14 Sep 2010
| by Staff
SYDNEY - Channel Ten's next 'big event' format is to be 'The Renovators', which the station says will be "the biggest home makeover show ever seen".
03 Sep 2010
| by Gill Moodie, bizcommunity.com
CAPE TOWN - Let's pause for a moment, shall we, and reflect on the Daily Sun's masterful command of tabloid journalism in Tuesday's lead story, under the headline: "Mourners' justice!" (accompanied, of course, with gobsmacking on-the-scene pictures):
23 Aug 2010
| by Staff
NEW YORK - The New York Times has a good piece on how the internet is failing to part us with our expensive monthly cable bills mainly because we remain attached to high quality dramas, movies and sport.
17 Aug 2010
| by Branko Brkic, The Daily Maverick
JOHANNESBURG - Over the past couple of months, many editors, journalists and analysts have been surprised - indeed, taken aback - by the effectiveness of the ANC's march towards what would effectively be criminalising the free media. Here's how the political party is doing it.
13 Aug 2010
| by Bizcommunity.com
CAPE TOWN - From today, SuperSport will offer the English Premier League 24 hours per day, in High Definition and will broadcast across the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, with live commentary in both English and Portuguese. All 380 matches, 180 of them live will be broadcast annually in a three-year...
11 Aug 2010
| by The Inspiration Room
The Inspiration Room blog has a good piece looking at how The Economist got people in India talking with its 'Interpret the World"' last year, which helped boost subscriptions by 44% in the sub continent.
02 Aug 2010
| by Staff
NEW YORK - A bid by Sidney Harman, a California billionaire who made a fortune in audio equipment, is reported to be a serious contender to buy Newsweek as the Washington Post Company pushes ahead with the sale process.