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2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More »
Peter Costello Thinks The ABC Is Full Of Filthy Lefties
2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More » 
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9:28AM Jess McGuire | Readers of The Age would have noticed that striking columnist Catherine Deveny made a return to the paper yesterday. No doubt her supporters are pumping their fists in the air and her haters are cursing her name – and God saw that it was good. More »
The Dev Is Back!
9:28AM Jess McGuire | Readers of The Age would have noticed that striking columnist Catherine Deveny made a return to the paper yesterday. No doubt her supporters are pumping their fists in the air and her haters are cursing her name – and God saw that it was good. More »
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3:44PM Jess McGuire | Reader Annie got in touch with us this morning about her brief encounter “in the wild” with Catherine Deveny, the striking (in every sense) columnist from The Age. I think it’s worth reading what she has to say.
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Defamer Australia Reader’s Encounter With Catherine Deveny
3:44PM Jess McGuire | Reader Annie got in touch with us this morning about her brief encounter “in the wild” with Catherine Deveny, the striking (in every sense) columnist from The Age. I think it’s worth reading what she has to say.
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2:39PM Jess McGuire | Catherine Deveny Strike Update: it’s still going. Paul Ramadge, the editor of The Age, recently spoke to Jon ‘Faino’ Faine from 774 ABC Melbourne about the state of his paper, and exactly what’s happening with smart-mouthed underpaid columnist Catherine Deveny. Thanks to The Australian, here’s a quick transcript of the interesting parts.
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The Editor Of The Age Talks To Jon Faine About Striking Columnist
2:39PM Jess McGuire | Catherine Deveny Strike Update: it’s still going. Paul Ramadge, the editor of The Age, recently spoke to Jon ‘Faino’ Faine from 774 ABC Melbourne about the state of his paper, and exactly what’s happening with smart-mouthed underpaid columnist Catherine Deveny. Thanks to The Australian, here’s a quick transcript of the interesting parts.
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12:59PM Jess McGuire | Hope you enjoyed the article we pointed out in The Age last week by The Dev (as I like to refer to Catherine Deveny) as it might be the last one you get from her for a while. The Australian is reporting The Dev is on strike! More »
The Age’s Catherine Deveny On Strike
12:59PM Jess McGuire | Hope you enjoyed the article we pointed out in The Age last week by The Dev (as I like to refer to Catherine Deveny) as it might be the last one you get from her for a while. The Australian is reporting The Dev is on strike! More » The Courier-Mail’s Website Dominates Brisbanetimes.com.au
2:03PM Jess McGuire | When it comes to Queensland-based news websites, there appears to be only one major player. The website for the Courier-Mail has seen its hits go through the roof, leaving its rival – Fairfax’s brisbanetimes.com.au – for dust.
From the MediaWeek newsletter today:
The Courier-Mail’s website couriermail.com.au has soared to record traffic levels, confirming its position as the most popular news website in Queensland and one of the fastest growing in Australia, the Brisbane daily noted this week.
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Fairfax Strikewatch: Back In The Trenches
9:22AM Clem Bastow | After having decided to strike last Thursday to protest Fairfax Media’s proposed job cuts, sacking frenzy and general evil overlord behaviour – and leaving the weekend editions hollow shells in their absence – striking Fairfax journalists are back on the job today. And after threatening striking staff with lock-outs in an epic corporate sook of “You’re not coming to my party and we’re not friends anymore!” proportions, it looks as though Fairfax bosses have cooled their heels somewhat, too.
The threats were made during talks in Sydney between union officials and Fairfax executives Lloyd Whish-Wilson, Michael Gill and Greg Moses.
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It’s A Sack-Tastic Voyage At Fairfax!
12:11PM Clem Bastow | As we mentioned yesterday, Fairfax staff are striking in Sydney, Melbourne, Illawarra and Newcastle in protest of Fairfax’s proposed 550 job cuts (not to mention other issues like freelance agreements and pay rates), the first and highest profile of which was Age editor-in-chief Andrew Jaspan. Well, it seems if there’s something Fairfax big wigs like even less than letting people keep their jobs, it’s letting striking people keep their jobs!
Radio broadcaster and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton has been sacked for refusing to write his weekly column during a strike.
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Fairfax Staff On Strike!
5:30PM Clem Bastow | On Tuesday, Fairfax announced 550 job cuts across their editorial staff. On Wednesday, the first to go was The Age’s editor-in-chief, Andrew Jaspan. And now, on Thursday, Fairfax staff are on strike until Monday!
Here’s the word we were just sent via the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance’s handy SMS service, in two parts: More »
When You’re About To Sack 550 Employees, Who Goes First?
1:36PM Clem Bastow | If you’re Fairfax Media, the answer would be simple: can the editor-in-chief of one of your biggest papers! That’s right, just a day after Fairfax announced 550 jobs would be slashed across the board (the news, as other papers quaked in their boots regarding the apparent downturn in publishing the cuts reflected, reached as far as the UK), The Age’s editor-in-chief Andrew Jaspan – who’d been in the role since July of 2004 – was shown the door. Here’s the official word, and more over the jump.
Don Churchill, Fairfax’s chief executive for Victoria, broke the news to staff at a meeting this morning.
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