Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Tag: media

  • Hypnotic illusions at the Wikileaks Show

    Hypnotic illusions at the Wikileaks Show

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    There’s a theatrical quality to the publication of the Wikileaks Afghan logs that’s quite at odds with what they contain. You’ll recall that Wikileaks obtained a large number of classified field reports from US forces in Afghanistan and gave three media outlets, the New York Times, Der Spiegel and the Guardian, advanced copies of a…

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  • Stephen Fry’s truly terrible mistake

    Stephen Fry’s truly terrible mistake

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    It’s little wonder that Stephen Fry holds such a place in the nation’s affections. He’s earned it through a string of unforgettable performances. There’s his voiceover for Direct Line’s pet insurance, his voiceover for the 2008 Argos catalogue, not to mention voiceovers for Anchor Butter, Tesco, Dairylea, Kenco, Coca Cola, Trebor Mints and UK Online…

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  • Associated Newspapes, GMG to pool newsrooms

    Associated Newspapes, GMG to pool newsrooms

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Marketing teams at both newspapers discovered a new super-segment of the declining newspaper market they have informally dubbed ‘the new authoritarian’. According to one circulation manager, this is a reader who “wants to find out what everybody is doing, and stop them doing it” Read more at The Register… Read More

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  • Panorama on the Digital Economy Bill

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    BBC1’s flagship current affairs program was devoted to file sharing last night, and contained something to piss off a range of lobbyists. Usually when this happens, BBC producers often conclude “they’re doing something right”, and pour themselves a large, congratulatory drink. They shouldn’t, because while the program succeeded in trying to be “fair”, it failed…

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  • Radio whinge(r)s

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Ed Richards cocked a sympathetic ear to the troubles of the commercial radio business yesterday – but the Ofcom chief could offer little in the way of instant pain relief. With an end-of-life government meandering to its termination, and Carter’s Digital Britain review soaking up all the attention of bickering departments, he can’t set policy.…

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  • “Journalism can and should bite any hand that tries to feed it, and it should bite a government hand most viciously”

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Google, the nemesis of newspapers, was at the Congress yesterday, to turn a blonde deaf ear to their troubles. The company’s pin-up VP of products Marissa Meyer described quite a bright future to the Senate’s commerce committee – but it’s a bright future for Google, and people with a lot of time fiddling with their…

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