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10 stories I enjoyed publishing at Crikey in 2023

As we ease into 2024, here is a selection of some great stuff we published last year, just in case you missed it.

Crikey

How an ‘independent’ director keeping the Murdochs honest hoovered up US$100m

Despite overseeing the largest settlement for media defamation in US history, Fox Corp’s head lawyer continues to laugh all the way to the bank.

Crikey

Chart of the Day: News Corp - Media Rules

The Chart of the Day belongs to the multi media company News Corp (NWS) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the...

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Labor elders launch Labor Friends of Israel group

Two former Labor politicians have launched Labor Friends of Israel to take on support for Hamas among ‘progressives’, and Australia’s decision to not send a warship to the Red Sea earns Defence Minister Richard Marles the charge of having ‘his head under the doona’.

Crikey

Australia’s institutional silencing of those who dare to object to mass slaughter

Dare to speak out against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in Australia and you risk being censored or losing your job — because any deviation from the pro-Israeli line is deemed problematic.

Crikey

How News Corp got ‘Airbus Albo’ to take off — and dragged the media along with it

Memes spread through the media like viruses, permeating cracks and crevices until actual veracity becomes irrelevant.

Crikey

War criminals, surgeons, Murdoch: What a wild defamation year we had in 2023

Defamation law had a 2023 to remember, with some of the biggest cases in Australian history coming before the courts.

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Rudy Giuliani Ordered to Pay 8 Million in Defamation Suit

This piece explores the aftermath of a 8 million verdict against Rudy Giuliani for his false claims during the 2020 election, emphasizing the ongoing li...

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Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing

Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie

The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen calls on News Corp to sack Andrew Bolt for column saying Australians sick of ‘kowtowing to the primitive’

Columnist lashes out after climate change minister makes speech during Cop28 declaring ‘profound respect’ for Indigenous people’s care for land

The Guardian - AU

The Schwartz family’s big quit, and Fox finally covers Paul Kent

In this week’s Media Briefs, the patriarch of Schwartz Media resigns and Fox Sports finally decides to report on a controversy involving one of its own.

Crikey

The media and arts bodies are failing to defend creative workers and their rights

The ‘creators’ are the bread and butter of publishers and cultural institutions, but they’ve been taken for granted for far too long.

Crikey

An alleged rape in Parliament House is in court again – and Australia can’t look away

An allegation of rape, fiercely denied, in a ministerial office is being interrogated by weeks of testimony and cross-examination in a defamation trial brought by the accused

The Guardian - UK

Chequed out: Channel Seven pays the price for Bruce Lehrmann Spotlight revelation

The Walkley Foundation strips Seven’s Spotlight of its ‘Scoop of the year’ nomination after details of payments. Plus: Gideon Haigh leaves the crease

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The year that changed women’s sport forever

From the Matildas’ remarkable run at the FIFA World Cup to massive pay deals for cricketers, 2023 saw a fundamental shift in the landscape of women’s sport.

Crikey

Seven’s glory bath, Haigh tears into the Oz, and an accidental cricket slur

An ex-Seven reporter has told Crikey that they ‘feel ashamed to have worked for Seven’, as the blowout from Lehrmann’s rent scandal continues.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Lehrmann’s $450,000 payout, Hamas leader’s house ‘surrounded’, Taylor Swift speaks out

Court documents reveal News Corp and ABC paid damages to former Liberal staffer; Israel says it is closing in on Hamas leadership

The Independent UK

Piers Morgan hosts TalkTV show from home after catching Covid

TheTalkTV presenter shared the news on social media after posting a picture of his positive lateral flow test

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Turnbull’s a friend in deed for Macron

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has been building bridges over the troubled waters of Australia and France’s Scott Morrison-shipwrecked relationship, and the News Corp campaign to unseat Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk continues unabated.

WEKU

Ex-British officials say Murdoch tabloids hacked them to aid corporate agenda

Ex-U.K. cabinet ministers allege Murdoch's tabloids hacked their voicemails for salacious scoops to try to intimidate them from blocking its takeover of a satellite TV firm.

Crikey

Australian newsrooms make different calls on journalists taking Middle East trips

Media companies have come under scrutiny for editorial positions on covering the Israel-Hamas war — but what are their actual policies?

Crikey

After struggling through his final AGMs, Rupert Murdoch faces more courtroom grief

Barely being able to get a word in under favourable conditions doesn’t bode well considering his upcoming two-day cross-examination.

Crikey

On-the-ground reporting is important — but not if it comes with strings attached

Crikey readers weigh in on paid trips to Israel for reporters, the actions of editors at News Corp and Nine, and coverage of the Gaza war in general.

Crikey

22bn tonnes of CO2 emissions on the cards

If the Labor government approves the 30 coal and gas projects on the table it could put 22 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and Anthony Albanese has mocked the 15-strong Coalition group that attended the ‘cooker fest’ in London last month.

Crikey

Australia’s media: Just another corporate interest, one that leaks journalism as a byproduct

Do we have a commercial media in Australia, or just corporations that accidentally produce journalism while using their influence to dictate policy?

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