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APN restructure puts ad man in charge of “content”
According to a memo from APN Australian publishing boss Martin Simons circulated this week, there have been changes at the top of APN. Stephen Tait, formerly a senior ad executive at News Ltd before joining APN this year, has been put in charge of, as the memo puts it: “Commercial and Content (editorial) teams”.

Summer subbing
The NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union is seeking a sub-editor for a book which will be published early next year (600 pages/140,000 words). For more information contact Alison Ornbo on 02 9218 3444 or email office@fbeu.net

Facebook in privacy stoush
New privacy “controls” introduced by Facebook this week create a default position that will allow their users' content to be viewed by anyone with an internet connection. Read the story, then check your privacy controls: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/09/facebook-privacy/

How tabloid news does look
And for those of us who like to get our news on dead trees, here's a tongue-in-cheek advert for The Sun. People already are paying for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVMnmTFxAjA&feature=player_embedded#at=12

This is fun, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ1QwExp0_g&feature=response_watch

Courtesy of Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.