While giving the news in brief, 2GB seemed to forget exactly who is running the country now: “Prime Minister John Howard has set Japan a deadline of November to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean or face international legal action …”

Rudd to TV bosses: We may take the money back. “The Rudd government’s media policy-on-the-run continues as it flags moves to introduce new laws forcing TV networks to hand back their $250 million-plus tax windfall if they don’t produce enough Australian TV shows.” — The Australian

Is Rupert Murdoch giving Tony Abbott policy advice? “The government has accused Tony Abbott of changing the Coalition’s stance on a contentious media issue after having a private tete-a-tete with News Limited chief Rupert Murdoch. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the Coalition line on the controversial $250 million hand-out to the commercial TV networks changed soon after Mr Abbott’s breakfast meeting with Mr Murdoch on Sunday.” — The Age

Pollies take over the Twittersphere. “In the lead-up to this year’s federal election, Australian politicians are reaching out to voters like never before — in 140 characters or less. Just as 2007 was the first Australian election to utilise social networking sites and the video sharing site YouTube, the country is gearing up for its first Twitter election.” — Sky News

Can “Radiohead journalism” succeed where magazines fail? What does an award-winning journalist do when she has a great story, and no one will publish it? If she’s Paige Williams, she sets her work free and crowdsources the fee in an experiment she calls “Radiohead journalism”. — Wired

Reading Shakespeare on your iPhone. “What’s it like reading on the iPhone? After a few pages I don’t notice the weeny screen. That said, I don’t think I’d read a whole novel …  Short stories, which I love anyway, are perfect for reading on a device.” — Fancy Goods

“Are you stupid?” Olympic gold medalist asks reporter. Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer won a gold medal on the first full day of the Vancouver Olympics. Afterwards, he wasn’t too happy about a request from a reporter. “If you can say your name and your country and what you just won here,” the reporter asked, to which Kramer responded: “Are you stupid? Hell no I’m not going to do that.” — Huffington Post