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Crikey!
Crikey is an Australian electronic magazine comprising a website and email newsletter available to subscribers. Crikey was described by the former Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham as the "most popular website in Parliament House" in ''The Latham Diaries''. In 2014 it had around 17,000 paying subscribers. History Stephen Mayne Crikey was founded by the activist shareholder Stephen Mayne, a journalist and former staffer of then Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Premier of Victoria, Victorian premier Jeff Kennett. It developed out of Mayne's "jeffed.com" website, which in turn developed out of his aborted independent candidate campaign for Kennett's seat of Electoral district of Burwood, Burwood. Longstanding Crikey political commentators/reporters have included the former Liberal insider Christian Kerr (who originally wrote under the pseudonym On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)#Plot, "Hillary Bray"), Guy Rundle, Charles Richardson, Bernard Keane, Mungo Wentworth MacCa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mayne
Stephen Mayne (born 23 July 1969) is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, local government councillor, and self-described shareholder activist. Career Journalism Mayne worked for a number of media outlets and was a media adviser to the Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett between 1992 and 1994. In 1997 Mayne appeared on ABC TV's ''Four Corners'' as a whistleblower about Kennett's share dealings. In 1999 Mayne started the website ''jeffed.com'' devoted to complaints about Kennett in support of Mayne's abortive candidacy in the 1999 election. He is best known for founding ''Crikey'' in 2000, an online independent news service. The combination of gossip and anti-establishment reporting got Mayne into legal (and consequent financial) trouble several times. Despite considerable financial pressures, Mayne persisted and ''Crikey'' gradually attracted subscribers and a fair degree of notoriety. It was announced on 1 February 2005 that ''Crikey'' had been sold for A$1 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |