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Crikey is an independent Australian email-based subscription newsletter. It was founded by Stephen Mayne, a journalist and former staffer in the Kennett Liberal government. It developed out of Mayne's "jeffed.com" website, part of his campaign for Kennett's seat of Burwood, where he intended to stand as an independent candidate until he discovered he was unable to due to the fact that he was not enrolled to vote. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 672 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (795 × 709 pixel, file size: 486 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by owner of the website. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 672 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (795 × 709 pixel, file size: 486 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by owner of the website. ... Stephen Mayne (born July 23, 1969) is an Australian journalist and self-described shareholder activist, who also ran unsuccessfully as a People Power Party candidate in the Victorian legislative election, 2006. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article concerns the modern Australian political party. ... Burwood District is an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. ...

Well known in Australian political, media and business circles, Crikey has occasionally been more influential than its subscriber base (more than 14,000 paying, and 30,000 'squatters' receiving a free, limited version) suggests. It once was known for reporting unpopular opinions and breaking stories not found in more mainstream media outlets although this appears to have declined after Stephen Mayne sold it to more conventional publishers Eric Beecher and Di Gribble. Staff of Treasurer Peter Costello did not extend permission to Crikey for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Budget 'lock ups', in which journalists are shown the Federal Budget papers some hours in advance so that their publications can report the Budget in depth as soon as it is released, on the grounds that Crikey is not considered to be part of the "mainstream media". The Department of the Treasury, Canberra The Australian Treasurer is the minister responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising. ... Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957), Australian politician, has been Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 1994, and Treasurer in the Australian government since 1996, making him the longest serving treasurer in Australian history. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Look up budget in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mass media is the term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...

Criticism of Crikey

Critics of Crikey have argued that it often publishes material with little or no substantial evidence to back it up. Stephen Mayne, the then proprietor, was forced to sell his house in order to settle defamation cases brought by radio presenter Steve Price and former ALP senator Nick Bolkus over defamatory statements made about them by Crikey. The publication has since formally adopted stronger correction and right-of-reply policies, including an undertaking to put the rectifications of major errors in a position of equal prominence to the original reports, a policy almost never practiced by traditional newspapers. For the radio broadcaster, see Steve Price (broadcaster). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... Hon Nick Bolkus Nick Bolkus (born 17 July 1950), was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 1981 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. ...

Sale to Private Media Partners

On February 1, 2005, it was announced that Stephen Mayne had sold Crikey to Private Media Partners owned by former Editor-In-Chief of the Sydney Morning Herald, Eric Beecher and his business partner Di Gribble, for $A1 million. Under the agreement, Mayne continues to write for Crikey as a business commentator, along with longstanding Crikey political commentator Christian Kerr (who previously wrote under the pseudonym Hillary Bray). ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... Christian Kerr, who has previously written as Hillary Bray, is an Australian political journalist writing for the email news service Crikey. ...

Mayne was criticised for not giving those who'd contributed to the founding of Crikey such as Hugo Kelly and Kerr a proportion of the profit he made from its sale. Indeed not long after the sale, Kelly was sacked by Beecher with Mayne's blessing on what many saw as concocted grounds. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Under Beecher's stewardship the publication took on more a "professional" style, dispensing with the promise of anonymity and the use of pseudonyms for certain contributors (features which had been a hallmark of Mayne's editorship).

The sale of the business is believed to have made the publication much less interesting, with its much more cautious approach and the transition from young people running the business under Mayne to it being operated by an editor and proprietors well into their 50s.

Many people regard political blogs and the increased quality in online newspaper sites as substantially replacing any role Crikey once played, reflected in lower paid subscriber numbers and a general decline in the prominence of the publication in political discussions.

References

See also

• Journalism in Australia

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External links

• Crikey.com.au