16 Comments

1.   Mikey (Saturday 17 November 2007, 6:24 pm) # 

   Did the Glenn Milne dancers stylistically push presenters off stage?

   
   
2.   The Editor (Saturday 17 November 2007, 6:28 pm) # 

   No. They had a headache.

   
   
3.   brokenleftleg (Saturday 17 November 2007, 10:04 pm) # 

   Thanks for the invite Editor.
   I would have enjoyed the presentation and your victory speech.

   
   
4.   Bridgit Gread (Saturday 17 November 2007, 10:32 pm) # 

   News’ awards are a running joke in the media industry. It’s all down to Rupert’s paranoia:

   We can’t win Walkleys = Walkleys must be left-biased = Let’s start our own awards!

   The ‘About’ page on the News Awards site says it all:

   WELCOME to News Awards 2007, a program representing the pinnacle of journalism at News Limited. Now in their third year, the Awards are recognised widely - both within the company and in the industry generally - as among the most significant journalism awards in the region.

   
   
5.   J, The (Saturday 17 November 2007, 11:16 pm) # 

   I just won an award too: the “Bondi Resident Who Likes Wearing Blue on Tuesdays, Although Sometimes Yellow” Person of the Year Award. Competition was almost as fierce as for the Newspaper of the Year Award and the dinner almost as well attended.

   
   
6.   Dave from Albury (Saturday 17 November 2007, 11:45 pm) # 

   Shit. I was sure that the dozen posts I’ve managed to put together over the past month and a half would have been enough to get me the Grods, I mean there was photoshopping and everything.

   Luckily I think I’m in with a pretty good chance at next week’s Dave from Albury Awards. I think you’re going to be pretty red faced when you fail to get up in any of the categories you’ve been nominated for Ed.

   
   
7.   templemonkey (Sunday 18 November 2007, 2:37 am) # 

   What I found hilarious is that for all the scorn Andrew Bolt heaps on the Walkley awards (for the obvious reason that he will never win one) he didn’t even get nominated for his employers in-house version.

   
   
8.   The Editor (Sunday 18 November 2007, 8:23 am) # 

   I reckon I’m going to sweep the DfromA awards too.

   
   
9.   GrodsCorp » News Ltd. endorses Howard; Andrew Bolt mad (Sunday 18 November 2007, 8:40 am) # 

   […] News Limited’s The Australian won an award in a competition between News Limited newspapers. Today Andrew Bolt is declaring John Howard the […]

   
   
10.   brokenleftleg (Sunday 18 November 2007, 9:09 am) # 

    How did Broken Left Leg go at the Grods awards? Did it come in second?

    
    
11.   The Editor (Sunday 18 November 2007, 9:11 am) # 

    I’m afraid that nominations were closed to blogs outside of the GrodsCorp portfolio.

    
    
12.   Bridgit Gread (Sunday 18 November 2007, 2:20 pm) # 

    Ed, who won Editor of the Year at the Grods awards?

    
    
13.   The Editor (Sunday 18 November 2007, 2:30 pm) # 

    Let me just check.

    Umm…

    It was: The Editor.

    
    
14.   Bridgit Gread (Sunday 18 November 2007, 2:49 pm) # 

    Brilliant choice, decided fairly and equitably on merit alone.

    
    
15.   krypto (Sunday 18 November 2007, 3:16 pm) # 

    I can’t believe it, I got pipped at the post for a krypto award….bloody rigged!!

    
    
16.   Dave from Albury (Sunday 18 November 2007, 3:53 pm) # 

    It’s OK Krypto, there’s pretty good money on you getting up in the Grods category at the Dave from Albury Awards, the Ed is beginning to believe his own publicity.

    
    

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