Russell Brown on the big winners in the Australian election campaign -- the advertising agencies.
Russell Brown on the big winners in the Australian election campaign -- the advertising agencies.
Russell reports that the Mexican President wants to talk drug legalisation and meanwhile at home The Herald features a story about a website that rates Ecstasy tablets.
Russell Brown with his take on what’s been leaked on the war in Afghanistan plus his first impressions on the iPad.
Russell has been probing The Times Paywall and finds some concerning stats for it’s owners. The publishing industry must figure out a revenue model that works but what if every publication was behind a Paywall. How could we afford to read everything?
John Key looks to being getting cozy with the new Australian PM in setting up a refugee detention center in East Timor & Russell takes a look at the Film Commission report.
A shit fight has been going down over at the Brian Edwards Media blog between Brian, Duncan and a mixture of fake Duncans and interested parties. Russell Brown has the skinny on what’s going on here.
This week’s Media 7 is looking at the way science issues are reported in the media, also Russell gives his view on the TVNZ vs TV3 Qantas media awards footage debate and an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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Russell muses over the farce that was the gang patch protest in Wanganui yesterday, he also gives his verdict on a couple of controversial documentaries screened on Maori TV and he gives Apple’s Snow Leopard a spin. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.

The Prime Minister has rejected a last-ditch Maori Party bid to get Maori seats for the Auckland City governing body, by making them a conscience vote issue. Russell gives his reasons why he thinks there needs to be Maori seats. We also preview the PPNZ panel discussion on this week’s Media 7. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.

Peter Gluckman, the Chief science advisor, has given the Prime Minister his judgment on Climate Change science and is about to deliver a report on P. This week The Herald has been focusing on a music royalty review and Russell is looking at the 2006 TV3 doco ‘Let Us Spray’ in this week’s Media 7. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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