media
The 1st Official World Worm Web Awards – The Wormy’s
Jan 26th
With all the awards going around at the moment I thought I’d run my own awards for the things I like, The Wormy’s. As this is my first go I have made myself the sole arbiter of the awards. There are many varied categories so try to keep up.
Hottest 100 – 2009 – My Votes
Jan 15th
I voted in the 2009 triple j Hottest 100 here are my votes:
Lily Allen – Not Fair Came in at 8
Muse – Resistance – Came in at 35
Lily Allen – 22 – Came in at 60
Eskimo Joe – Foreign Land - Came in at 65
Muse – United States Of Eurasia – Came in at 84
Arctic [...]
News Limited confirm Foxtel plans
Aug 25th
As I reported on 28th June, Foxtel will be launching 30 new channels later this year and News Limited publication The Australian has provided confirmation of some of them.
They list the following new and expanded offerings:
Showtime Greats will be dropped in favour of Showtime genre channels covering action, premiere, comedy and drama. With action and [...]
Reuters says linking to news is good
Aug 9th
Reuters Media President, Chris Ahearn has invited bloggers to link to Reuters content at will, while News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch says he wants all News Corp content monetized in the next 12 months. And today we hear that Fairfax is looking at ways to monetize their news sites here in Australia.
Chris Ahearn says [...]
Triple J Hottest 100 of all time 2009
Jul 12th
Triple J’s Hottest 100 of all time 20th anniversary edition has been declared. The full list of 100 songs are listed below.
Jerry Sienfeld Stars in Newcastle Bank Ad
Jul 10th
Jerry Sienfeld has appeared in an ad for the Greater Building Society, based in the Hunter region of New South Wales, The Herald reports today. Sienfeld filmed the ad in Cederhust, New York earlier this year.
Read the full story in The Herald
New Foxtel Channels revealed
Jun 28th
Foxtel have revealed some of the new channels they plan to offer later in the year when the new satellite becomes available, presently slated for launch by Ariane Space on 18th August. The channels were revealed in a survey presently being sent to selected Foxtel customers.
ONE SD coming to Foxtel cable
Jun 27th
TEN’s new 24 hour sports channel, ONE, will be available to Foxtel cable viewers in standard definition from July 1st.
The re-broadcast of ONE HD’s content will be allocated channel number 531 when it is played out to Foxtel cable subscribers.
ONE SD will be grouped with the sports genre channels. ONE HD has already been [...]
