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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Tim Dunlop signs off from Blogocracy

We’re a little late to post about this, but I can’t let Tim Dunlop’s resignation from his New Ltd blog Blogocracy pass without comment. There were no fireworks, just a goodbye in his weekly “Week end talkback” post to the blog.
Coming on the heels of Marieke Hardy’s decision to put Reasons You Will Hate Me [...]

Top Gear gets into third, just

This past week, American TV critics tipped a bath of tepid water over the US series of Kath & Kim. Is anyone surprised by that? I know I’m not.
Translating a show like K&K was always going to be tough. We all recognise its very Australian brand of bad taste – call it a national [...]

Working at Crikey is dangerous – PROOF!

Snapped this photo in our office today to show that journalism can be a risk to life and limb. We at Crikey are AT THE FRONTLINE!