A notable absence from the Macquarie cross today: Yes, the Miranda Kerr fan is nowhere to be seen today in the Seven News market cross. As Anne Sanders said with a sly smile “…from Macquarie Private Wealth, where well and truly all eyes are on the market today”:

no kerr

— Anonymous Crikey reader

Hilarious sub work at WA Today: When writing headlines about former WA DPP Robert Cock you’d think you might be a little careful, or maybe the subs were having fun? I believe it is called ‘sounding’.

WAToady-3Feb

— Anonymous Crikey reader

Seven snaps up Sandilands

Seven has confirmed Kyle Sandilands will join the network as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent, less than a year after he was booted off Ten’s Australian Idol.  – mUmBRELLA

BBC’s Asian Network under review

The BBC’s Asian Network digital radio station could become a victim of the corporation’s strategic review, with a senior executive admitting today that the whole concept of the service was being looked at. – The Guardian

Not going down without a fight: Amazon

If you were Amazon, and Apple released the iPad, what would you do? Scurry away into the corner, or buy a small company in New York and use its technology to build a Superkindle, with a multitouch color screen and built-in applications? If you guessed the latter, you’re right. – NY Times

The decline of the eloquent luddite

New technology invariably brings, along with change, a torrent of anxiety about what that change will look like.  This anxiety can be eloquent.  It can also be less than eloquent.  – MEDIAite