Japanese have the last laugh in war with Singo
Loopy conspiracy theorists perched atop the grassy knoll are starting to ask questions about whether coal-hungry Japanese interests are enjoying a spot of revenge against John Singleton and Gerry...
View ArticleDPP takes over Tabcorp credit bet prosecution, then drops it
Nicholas Cowdery, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, has just made what could only be described as a bizarre decision. Mr Cowdery’s decision will be heartily welcomed by Tabcorp and the NSW Labor...
View ArticleThe bloke fest at Melbourne Talk Radio
This week's Wankley goes to the all-male all-white launch of Melbourne Talk Radio at Gordon Ramsay's Crown Casino noshery. All male, that is, save for the Women's Weekly Deborah Thomas.
View ArticleAnd wait, there’s more: Singo to spruik Abbott?
Adman and now talkback radio boss John Singleton is tipped to run Tony Abbott's federal election advertising campaign. What will be the 2010 version of Whingeing Wendy?
View ArticleSingo hits the jackpot with pro-pokies punting licence campaign
Millionaire ad man John Singleton's wallet might be lighter after shouting the bar after a recent Group One victory at Rosehill, but the lion's share he'll bank of this morning's $20 million "Its [sic]...
View ArticleStar of the Clubs campaign is a strident anti-pokies campaigner
The star of Clubs Australia's "its un-Australian" campaign is a staunch opponent of gambling who has decried "Lotto Jockeys lodging their mortgage busting dreams" and blasted the horror of unemployed...
View ArticleJames Packer shows off his Labor Right pulling power
The James Packer ALP advisory team of Graham Richardson, Karl Bitar and former Kim Beazley chief-of-staff Gary O’Neill, today have played one of their trump cards in the campaign to head off Andrew...
View ArticleWhy are Victorian ratepayers paying Graham Richardson?
After being paid millions by the Packer family empire since he quit federal Parliament in 1994, Labor Party fixer Graham Richardson has admitted his retainer came to an end about 12 months ago.
View ArticleBolt talks up anti-pokies campaign, fails to disclose association
Bolt’s worst offence over the weekend was to grossly exaggerate the impact of the NSW pokies backlash while failing to disclose his financial association with those involved in the campaign.
View ArticleBolt exaggerates paymaster’s anti-pokies campaign — again
Despite Crikey alerting the world of his failure to disclose an association with the pokies lobby after this hysterical September 3 column, News Ltd's biggest columnist has repeated the effort in...
View ArticleMedia briefs: Macquarie Radio directors targeted … Murdoch faces shareholders …
Some 50 sponsors have now quit Alan Jones' show and activists are now targeting the board ... Rupert Murdoch will face angry shareholders at News Corp's AGM ... could Fairfax merge to save itself? ...
View ArticleShame on the media’s obsession with the Singlehouse ‘scandal’
The John Singleton-Gai Waterhouse saga is a non-story that sums up where the mainstream media is headed. It's a ready-made narrative without meaning, and it's easy for the media to cover. Get used to...
View ArticleGambling on a great story
Crikey readers vent their spleens on the gambling industry and Bernard Keane's fantasy budget.
View ArticleFairfax, Macquarie merger poses risk to independence
It's the deal that never truly dies: a tie-up between the Macquarie Radio Network and Fairfax Radio. But would a merger set Fairfax on a collision course with Macquarie stars Alan Jones and Ray Hadley?
View ArticleMedia briefs: Janet v 18c … racing v mining … March madness …
Rundle: the 18c wars, latest dispatch ... Wrong place for a mine (better for horses) ... Front page(s) of the day ...
View ArticleMayne: why Fairfax should walk away from 2GB merger
Fairfax should consider all the implications of a business merger before it jumps into bed with 2GB and John Singleton.
View ArticleSingleton lashes ACMA for forced sale
Singleton might not be happy, but it was Macquarie’s procrastination that eventually wore down ACMA’s patience. The post Singleton lashes ACMA for forced sale appeared first on Crikey.
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John Singleton’s Oz interview is a thing to behold
The national broadsheet took time out on Monday to tell us what John Singleton thinks of the #metoo movement, for some reason. The post John Singleton’s <i>Oz</i> interview is a thing to...
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‘Ask Alan’: Alan Jones is returning to radio with a spot on a small, regional...
The controversial radio shock jock said he was lured back on air 'simply to give a voice' to the people of the Central Coast. The post ‘Ask Alan’: Alan Jones is returning to radio with a spot on a...
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The rich lists used to be compelling reading. What happened?
Back in the day the whole country would pounce with glee on the AFR's annual Rich List, but these days it's a shadow of its former self. The post The rich lists used to be compelling reading. What...
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