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I was commissioned to write a piece about Murdoch’s wife – then someone pulled the plug

Dubai's debt crisis - A 'new paradigm' built on sand

At Dubai's soaring, spurious peak, one factoid the emirate's bling-burdened battalion of 'corporate communications consultants' liked to slip to junketing media was that Dubai had the world's densest concentration of cranes. Impossible to verify but too good to ignore, the glib observation almost always made it into media reports. It compelled people to want to go where the action was: subliminally, it suggested an economy where the fast buck came easy

The Dubai 'miracle' was always a mirage of spin

NOW that the external impact of Dubai's sovereign debt crisis seems to have passed, for now at least, what's the big lesson from this drama-in-the-dunes? I think it boils down quite simply...

Singapore’s leaders aren’t keen on criticism, frequently winning world-record libel damages in their own courts from the few who dare

The Prince and the PR Man

O brave New Paper that has such people in it

The perils of insulting King Bhumibol

Eric Ellis ponders the Thai monarch’s political role as an Australian writer is prosecuted for lèse majesté

A Tell-All Book About Rupert Murdoch

Few of Rupert Murdoch’s former employees are eager to write about him. Likewise, few of his publications are eager to review a book about him. This review was turned down by the Far Eastern Economic Review, which is part of Murdoch-owned Dow Jones, after it was initially accepted. Nor was it reviewed by the Murdoch-owned Australian or the Australian Literary Review

Singapore: Libel case a test for Murdoch

Dow Jones brought some unwanted baggage with it

War of words over a Sri Lankan literary festival

A flamboyant hotelier’s plan to pair his tsunami charity with a lit fest draws pointed questions from donors and book lovers alike

Dean Jones: cricket tragic

The former Australian batsman's "terrorist" slur on a South African player came as no surprise to those who have followed Jones' crass commentating career

Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1925-2006

Indonesia's greatest writer should have won a Nobel prize

Libel action puts a dampener on Singapore's election

Although opposition politicians have little hope of winning, lawsuits are a risk for those who try

`Inexpensive' may prove costly in litigious Singapore

Blasts get circulation racing

Singapore Authorities Use Libel Laws to Silence Critics

Rewriting Timor's past

Is it right to mark Time for a terrorist?

Very foreign correspondents

Stars and Stripes, the daily tabloid for US military personnel, prides itself on its independence

Climate control in the Singapore Press

You don't have be a spook to be a Singaporean journalist. But it doesn't hurt.

Eric Ellis reports from a society where the challenge for journalists is testing the undefined boundaries that are so much a part of their culture

Washington And Hollywood Share A Common Enemy

Hollywood and Washington tend to agree on the enemy. And the foe of the moment is China, as Eric Ellis reports from Los Angeles.

Golden Globes A Glittering Farce

Los Angeles

Tonight, in a glittering ceremony, an army of film and television stars, directors, writers and various industry "luvvies" will celebrate the Golden Globe Awards in a storm of gushery, hoopla and, of course, the merit and sincerity one finds only in Hollywood.

Murdoch runs into tough customers

Rohmer V Rupert: Battle Of The Cable-wallahs

Murdoch Gets Slice Of A Rich Asian Cake

You Call This a World Service?
The Beeb's decision to halt its short wave service is pricking people's antennas

Tech Talk: Don't Kill the BBC World Service

Online radio may be one of technology's greatest advances, but there's nothing like the trusty BBC on the airwaves

Cracking the Whip

A plan to regulate political websites is the Singapore government's latest effort to quell dissent in the city-state