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Khalid had special sajak as farewell gift 6 Aug 2008 | 12:14 am
The Utusan people certainly know how to appreciate their staff, especially those who have served the company for so long and so loyally. They threw a farewell party for outgoing Editor in Chief Khalid...
Khalid out, Aziz in 29 Jul 2008 | 10:54 pm
CONGRATULATIONS Aziz Ishak, the new top honcho of Utusan Malaysia's Editorial Department. Only 44, Aziz should have plenty of years ahead as the Editor in Chief. He was already the number 2 when Khali...
Utusan insists on staying broadsheet 22 Jul 2008 | 03:26 am
After Berita Harian/Berita Minggu ditched their broadsheet size, the only mainstream newspaper that is holding on to that tradition is the Utusan Malaysia/Mingguan Malaysia. From what I hear, the Utus...
Give our TV boys room to do good job 16 Jul 2008 | 09:24 pm
Tomorrow's (Thursday July 17) newspapers should carry Anwar Ibrahim on page 1 again. The news of his arrest in Segambut was spread by those who got the first hand information through SMS. By lunchtime...
Media blitz supporting Abdullah-Najib pact 14 Jul 2008 | 05:14 pm
After a short break, and scanning the newspapers since my last posting, I could see that a major media blitz is underway. In the last few days, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Tun Razak have been gett...
Editors don't care? 4th floor orders? 5 Jul 2008 | 04:18 am
Kecil tapi gah! That's the teaser advertisement posted by Berita Harian several days before the broadsheet goes tabloid this week. The ad simply means Small but Mighty! BH goes the NST way which went ...
Anwar gets Pg 1 treatment from MSM 2 Jul 2008 | 07:19 am
In the last few days, mainstream newspapers have given Anwar Ibrahim the Page One (1) treatment, something which the de facto leader of Pakatan Rakyat have not had for a long time. Given the tempo si...
Rocky Bru did better on Awani than Blog 1 Jul 2008 | 02:19 pm
Did you see Rocky Bru on Astro's Awani Global? I think he did a much better job that when he appeared on RTM's Blog segment. I didn't catch it the first time but was reminded to see the re-run. It was...
AU and Khalid Mohd move on - good luck! 1 Jul 2008 | 07:12 am
Bernama threw a farewell party for Azman Ujang and his wife at its HQ on Monday. Chief Editor Yong Soo Heong gave the farewell speech, wishing his old boss good luck and all that. The usual goodbye st...
Shame on you BH, RTM, Bernama 26 Jun 2008 | 04:30 am
For the whole of Tuesday, the Press corp were up in arms against the administrators of Parliament House. So much so that they ignored the Press Conferences of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and ...
