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==History== ==History==
⚫ Crikey was founded by the ] ], a journalist and former staffer of then ] Victorian premier ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.artsaboutus.com.au/files/MCMX%20information%20(2).pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012900/http://www.artsaboutus.com.au/files/MCMX%20information%20(2).pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-26|title=Multimedia Media Exchange}}</ref> 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 ]. Longstanding Crikey political commentators/reporters have included the former Liberal insider ] (who originally wrote under the pseudonym ]),<ref name="Name_behind_column">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/03/1088488200420.html|title=Crikey! Name behind column comes clean on dishing dirt|last=Brown|first=Susan|date=4 July 2004|work=The Age|access-date=23 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref> ], Charles Richardson, ], ] and Hugo Kelly.
===Stephen Mayne===
⚫ Crikey was founded by the ] ], a journalist and former staffer of then ] ] ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.artsaboutus.com.au/files/MCMX%20information%20(2).pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012900/http://www.artsaboutus.com.au/files/MCMX%20information%20(2).pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-26|title=Multimedia Media Exchange}}</ref> 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 ]. Longstanding Crikey political commentators/reporters have included the former Liberal insider ] (who originally wrote under the pseudonym ]),<ref name="Name_behind_column">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/03/1088488200420.html|title=Crikey! Name behind column comes clean on dishing dirt|last=Brown|first=Susan|date=4 July 2004|work=The Age|access-date=23 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref> ], Charles Richardson, ], ] and Hugo Kelly.


In 2003, Mayne was forced to sell his house to settle defamation cases brought by the radio presenter ] and the former ] ] ] over false statements published about them by Crikey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/06/1051987702129.html|title=Legal web snares Crikey publisher|last=Shiel|first=Fergus|date=7 May 2003|work=The Age|access-date=22 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref> In 2003, Mayne was forced to sell his house to settle defamation cases brought by the radio presenter ] and the former ] senator ] over false statements published about them by Crikey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/06/1051987702129.html|title=Legal web snares Crikey publisher|last=Shiel|first=Fergus|date=7 May 2003|work=The Age|access-date=22 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref>


Staff of ] ] banned Crikey from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 budget 'lock ups' in which financial 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. The grounds were that Crikey was not considered to be part of the "]". Staff of ] ] banned Crikey from the 2005, 2006, and 2007 budget "lock-ups" in which financial 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. The grounds were that Crikey was not considered to be part of the "]".{{cn|date=June 2024}}


⚫ On 1 February 2005, it was announced that Stephen Mayne had sold Crikey to ] (later Private Media<ref name=pm>{{cite web | title=Home | website=Private Media | date=30 May 2024 | url=https://www.privatemedia.com.au/ | access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>), a company owned by the former editor-in-chief of '']'', ], for ]1 million. Under the agreement, Mayne has occasionally written for the email newsletter.<ref name="Million_reasons">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Mayne-finds-a-million-reasons-to-sell/2005/02/02/1107228768929.html|title=Mayne finds a million reasons to sell|last=Carbone|first=Suzanne |date=3 February 2005|work=The Age|access-date=22 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref>
===Private Media Partners===
⚫ On 1 February 2005, it was announced that Stephen Mayne had sold Crikey to ], a company owned by the former editor-in-chief of '']'', ], for ]1 million. Under the agreement, Mayne has occasionally written for the email newsletter.<ref name="Million_reasons">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Mayne-finds-a-million-reasons-to-sell/2005/02/02/1107228768929.html|title=Mayne finds a million reasons to sell|last=Carbone|first=Suzanne |date=3 February 2005|work=The Age|access-date=22 August 2009 | location=Melbourne}}</ref>


Under Private Media Partners' stewardship, the publication had aimed for a more "professional" style by avoiding the use of in-house nicknames and other idiosyncrasies of the original Crikey. In February 2006, ] reported that a co-founder and writer, Hugo Kelly, had been sacked on the grounds of professional misconduct, but Kelly maintained that Crikey had folded to political pressure and it had "no guts".<ref name="watch_what_you_say">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/crikey-youve-got-to-watch-what-you-say/2006/02/15/1139890806140.html |title=Crikey! You've got to watch what you say |last1=Westerman |first1=Helen |last2=Urban |first2=Rebecca |work=] |access-date=22 August 2009 |location=Melbourne | date=16 February 2006}}</ref> Under Private Media's stewardship, the publication aimed for a more "professional" style by avoiding the use of in-house nicknames and other idiosyncrasies of the original Crikey. In February 2006, '']'' reported that a co-founder and writer, Hugo Kelly, had been sacked on the grounds of professional misconduct, but Kelly maintained that Crikey had folded to political pressure and it had "no guts".<ref name="watch_what_you_say">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/crikey-youve-got-to-watch-what-you-say/2006/02/15/1139890806140.html |title=Crikey! You've got to watch what you say |last1=Westerman |first1=Helen |last2=Urban |first2=Rebecca |work=] |access-date=22 August 2009 |location=Melbourne | date=16 February 2006}}</ref>


In 2022, following a war of words in which Crikey invited media proprietor ] to sue, Lachlan Murdoch commenced defamation action against Crikey for an article by ] that suggested that "Murdoch" was an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/24/lachlan-murdoch-statement-of-claim-crikey-news-australia-defamation|title=Australian media Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions|first=Amanda|last=Meade|work=The Guardian|date=24 August 2022}}</ref> On 21 April 2023, Murdoch dropped legal proceedings against Crikey.<ref name="lmd">{{cite news |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=21 April 2023 |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-defamation-proceedings-against-independent-australian-publisher-crikey |work=] |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> In response, the chief executive of Private Media which owns Crikey, Will Hayward claimed victory, saying the decision amounted to a "substantial victory for legitimate public interest journalism... We stand by what we published last June, and everything we laid out in our defence to the court. The imputations drawn by Murdoch from that article were ridiculous."<ref>{{cite news |author=Heath Parkes-Hupton |agency= |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation case against Crikey publisher |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-crikey-defamation-case/102251072 |quote= |newspaper=] |date=2023-04-21 |access-date=2023-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Amanda Meade |agency= |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-defamation-proceedings-against-independent-australian-publisher-crikey |quote= |newspaper=] |date=2023-04-21 |access-date=2023-04-26 }}</ref> In 2022, following a war of words in which Crikey invited media proprietor ] to sue, Lachlan Murdoch commenced defamation action against Crikey for an article by ] that suggested that Murdoch was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/24/lachlan-murdoch-statement-of-claim-crikey-news-australia-defamation|title=Australian media Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions|first=Amanda|last=Meade|work=The Guardian|date=24 August 2022}}</ref> On 21 April 2023, Murdoch dropped legal proceedings against Crikey.<ref name="lmd">{{cite news |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=21 April 2023 |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-defamation-proceedings-against-independent-australian-publisher-crikey |work=] |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> In response, the chief executive of Private Media, Will Hayward, claimed victory, saying the decision amounted to a "substantial victory for legitimate public interest journalism".<ref>{{cite news |author=Heath Parkes-Hupton |agency= |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation case against Crikey publisher |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-crikey-defamation-case/102251072 |quote= |newspaper=] |date=2023-04-21 |access-date=2023-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Amanda Meade |agency= |title=Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-defamation-proceedings-against-independent-australian-publisher-crikey |quote= |newspaper=] |date=2023-04-21 |access-date=2023-04-26 }}</ref>

==Description==
Crikey is an Australian online news outlet, comprising a website and email newsletter available to subscribers. It aims to "explain and dissect the news agenda for an intelligent, skeptical, socially and politically aware audience... to understand the news from a truly independent perspective".<ref>{{cite web | title=We Dig Deeper | website=Crikey | date=14 March 2023 | url=https://www.crikey.com.au/about/ | access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>

{{as of|June 2024}} Sophie Black is editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web | title=Crikey Team | website=Crikey | date=27 May 2024 | url=https://www.crikey.com.au/crikey-team/ | access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>


== See also == == See also ==
* ] * ], a former website published by Private Media
* ] * ]
* ], another Private Media website


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== External links == == External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.crikey.com.au/ }} *{{Official website|https://www.crikey.com.au/ }}


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Australian online news outlet This article is about the Australian online news outlet. For the exclamation, see Minced oath. For the snail genus, see Crikey steveirwini.

Crikey
crikey.com.au front page from 21 February 2007
Type of sitePolitical commentary
FoundedSeptember 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09)
OwnerPrivate Media Pty. Ltd.
URLwww.crikey.com.au
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
Launched2000

Crikey is an Australian online news outlet founded in 1999. It consists of a website and email newsletter available to subscribers.

History

Crikey was founded by the activist shareholder Stephen Mayne, a journalist and former staffer of then Liberal 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 Burwood. Longstanding Crikey political commentators/reporters have included the former Liberal insider Christian Kerr (who originally wrote under the pseudonym "Hillary Bray"), Guy Rundle, Charles Richardson, Bernard Keane, Mungo MacCallum and Hugo Kelly.

In 2003, Mayne was forced to sell his house to settle defamation cases brought by the radio presenter Steve Price and the former Labor Party senator Nick Bolkus over false statements published about them by Crikey.

Staff of Treasurer Peter Costello banned Crikey from the 2005, 2006, and 2007 budget "lock-ups" in which financial 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. The grounds were that Crikey was not considered to be part of the "mainstream media".

On 1 February 2005, it was announced that Stephen Mayne had sold Crikey to Private Media Partners (later Private Media), a company owned by the former editor-in-chief of The Sydney Morning Herald, Eric Beecher, for A$1 million. Under the agreement, Mayne has occasionally written for the email newsletter.

Under Private Media's stewardship, the publication aimed for a more "professional" style by avoiding the use of in-house nicknames and other idiosyncrasies of the original Crikey. In February 2006, The Age reported that a co-founder and writer, Hugo Kelly, had been sacked on the grounds of professional misconduct, but Kelly maintained that Crikey had folded to political pressure and it had "no guts".

In 2022, following a war of words in which Crikey invited media proprietor Lachlan Murdoch to sue, Lachlan Murdoch commenced defamation action against Crikey for an article by Bernard Keane that suggested that Murdoch was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. On 21 April 2023, Murdoch dropped legal proceedings against Crikey. In response, the chief executive of Private Media, Will Hayward, claimed victory, saying the decision amounted to a "substantial victory for legitimate public interest journalism".

Description

Crikey is an Australian online news outlet, comprising a website and email newsletter available to subscribers. It aims to "explain and dissect the news agenda for an intelligent, skeptical, socially and politically aware audience... to understand the news from a truly independent perspective".

As of June 2024 Sophie Black is editor-in-chief.

See also

Portals:

References

  1. "Multimedia Media Exchange" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012.
  2. Brown, Susan (4 July 2004). "Crikey! Name behind column comes clean on dishing dirt". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  3. Shiel, Fergus (7 May 2003). "Legal web snares Crikey publisher". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  4. "Home". Private Media. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. Carbone, Suzanne (3 February 2005). "Mayne finds a million reasons to sell". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  6. Westerman, Helen; Urban, Rebecca (16 February 2006). "Crikey! You've got to watch what you say". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  7. Meade, Amanda (24 August 2022). "Australian media Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions". The Guardian.
  8. Meade, Amanda (21 April 2023). "Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. Heath Parkes-Hupton (21 April 2023). "Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation case against Crikey publisher". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. Amanda Meade (21 April 2023). "Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  11. "We Dig Deeper". Crikey. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. "Crikey Team". Crikey. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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