Columns & opinion

Peter Coleman: Political nonsense – register to save ten cents

Jan 30, 2014 at 02:58 am by Staff

Australia Post has confirmed that it is planning a ten cent concession on the cost of stamps. What nonsense, writes Peter Coleman. The kneejerk reaction to the political hot.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Weighing anchor when the pension fund owns the shop

Dec 10, 2013 at 02:30 am by Staff

The complexity of updating North America’s depressed print newspaper industry is brought home by news from Charlotte, North Carolina (writes Peter Coleman). There, the daily.... Read More

Rod Kirkpatrick: Cherrys ripe in Burnie

Nov 29, 2013 at 02:02 am by Staff

Ownership dynasties have been common in Australian newspapers, from the Fairfaxes, Symes, Packers and Murdochs at a metropolitan level, to the Motts, Harrises, McPhersons, Wil.... Read More

Leonora hoists theflag: Part I of the story of Leonora Gregory

Nov 29, 2013 at 01:52 am by Staff

When the first sheet of the ‘Gulf News’ came off the press at the decaying Queensland goldfields town of Croydon in May 1930, the 21-year-old owner-editor Leonora.... Read More

John Juliano: The Next thing

Nov 29, 2013 at 01:52 am by Staff

This past September, in a study I conducted in the US, a small but significant percentage of participants told me that Google’ Consumer Surveys (GCS) were the current real mon.... Read More