Phnom Penh Post hacking claims. A Cambodian human rights group claims that a Vietnamese state-linked hacking group has used the recently sold Phnom Penh Post to hack its system, the ABC reports. Naly Pilorge, director of the group called Licadho, told the ABC that computers in their office had been targeted by malicious code when they visited the Post’s website.

The Post was sold to a Malaysian investor from Australian businessman Bill Clough last week, prompting fears about press freedom in the south-east Asian country. The new owner Sivakumar S Ganapathy has a PR firm with ties to the Cambodian government, and since the sale became public he has demanded a story about him be removed, prompting the mass resignation of staff at the paper.

Someone earned their paycheck at Fairfax. Fairfax Media has really some bang for its buck in localising this story from political reporter Michael Koziol today by simply switching out some of the sentences for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Vale Tom Wolfe. The innovative journalist Tom Wolfe has died, aged 88. The New York Times remembers him in an obituary today:

But as an unabashed contrarian, he was almost as well known for his attire as his satire. He was instantly recognizable as he strolled down Madison Avenue — a tall, slender, blue-eyed, still boyish-looking man in his spotless three-piece vanilla bespoke suit, pinstriped silk shirt with a starched white high collar, bright handkerchief peeking from his breast pocket, watch on a fob, faux spats and white shoes. Once asked to describe his get-up, Mr. Wolfe replied brightly, ‘Neo-pretentious.’

Seven West Media promotions. Seven West Media has announced its current West Australian chief operating officer Maryna Fewster will step up as acting CEO, replacing outgoing boss John Driscoll. Seven announced Driscoll’s departure on Friday, after just eight months in the job, citing the toll of additional duties that were planned for his role.

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Glenn Dyer’s TV Ratings. Tuesday night was a night for everyone according to the ratings. Seven topped total people and the main channels (very narrowly) over Nine and Ten. And Seven nudged home in 25 to 54s. House Rules couldn’t crack a million viewers nationally — 990,000. Weak and tired. Nine did well, hanging in there with some odds and sods while Ten though saw another solid night for Masterchef (1.09 million) and narrow wins in 18 to 39s and 18 to 49s. The top five programs were again Seven’s and Nine’s 6pm to 7pm news, plus A Current Affair 7pm. 

In regional markets an easy win for Seven with Seven News on top with 594,000 viewers, Seven News/Today Tonight was next with 484,000. Home and Away was third with 420,000, House Rules was fourth with 391,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase was fifth with 387,000. Read the rest at the Crikey website.