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Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 7]
Mega.co.nz Launched At A Megaparty At Dotcom Mansion
Sunday, 20 January 2013, 8:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Mega.co.nz Launched At A Megaparty At Dotcom Mansion Live blog from Alastair Thompson at the Kim Dotcom Mansion (Click refresh for the latest update) More >>
Happy New Year Everybody Everywhere & Good Luck For 2013
Monday, 31 December 2012, 7:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
The team at Scoop wishes all its readers, contributors, clients, subscribers, friends, fans - and indeed everybody everywhere - a most excellent evening this New Year's eve (be careful and stay safe!), as well as the best of all possible fortunes for ... More >>
Christmas Cheer Absent From PM's DPS Detail At Green Parrot
Friday, 21 December 2012, 3:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
Two unemployed men who claim Prime Minister John Key agreed to "spring for" their meal at the famed political watering hole The Green Parrot on Monday night, instead found themselves arrested for theft, forcibly removed from the building and locked ... More >>
HTC Windows Phone 8S – Technical Specifications And Links
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:41 pm | Alastair Thompson
HTC Windows Phone 8S – Technical Specifications And Links To Resources Click for big version. HTC’s value fighter The HTC Windows Phone 8S ups the ante in the value for money smart phone battle. For HTC and Microsoft, it is a lower-end iphone challenger, ... More >>
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - Technical Specifications And Link
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - Technical Specifications And Links To Resources Click for big version. More >>
Samsung ATIV S - Technical Specifications And Links To Resou
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
Samsung’s new ATIV S smart phone is great for work and entertainment featuring the new Windows Phone 8 experience. • Windows Phone 8 • 8 MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and 1.9MP video camera • 16GB of internal memory, all available ... More >>
Samsung Galaxy Note II - Technical Specifications And Links
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
Samsung Galaxy Note II - Technical Specifications And Links To Resources Click for big version. Samsung’s smartphone/tablet in-between More >>
Welcome To Scoop TechLab - Christmas Comes Early At Scoop!
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 10:43 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop is unusually delighted today to launch Scoop TechLab - a new site dedicated to people centric technology reviews. More >>
Test items published to Sport Wire....
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 12:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
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Test items published to Sport Wire....
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Test items published to Sport Wire....
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 9:40 am | Alastair Thompson
Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... Lets talk about testing.... More >>
Is The Kim Dotcom Affair Becoming A Constitutional Crisis?
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 2:33 pm | Alastair Thompson
NZ First Leader Winston Peters is a former Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Treasurer. Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson spoke him this morning about the Kim Dotcom case and where it is headed next. More >>
Winner Of Scoop Nethui TedxAucklnzd Tickets Announced
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 11:54 am | Alastair Thompson
To mark the announcement of the first nine speakers and the opening of ticket sales for TEDxAucklnzd 2012 - which Scoop Media Cartel is delighted to be sponsoring - Scoop yesterday conducted a draw for the winner of two tickets to the event which ... More >>
Next step in control of Chilean Needle Grass imminent
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 9:48 am | Alastair Thompson
Environment Canterbury’s Biosecurity Section is preparing to control approximately 200 hectares of Chilean Needle Grass on three North Canterbury properties in the coming weeks. More >>
Scoop Commissions New Webserver Hardware
Monday, 16 July 2012, 7:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
From 3pm-6pm this evening Scoop commissioned new hardware to publish the Scoop.co.nz website at a new co-location site. On behalf of the Scoop Board I would like to express my thanks to: More >>
Nethui Editorial: News Disrupted - Has News Lost Its Mojo?
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 1:49 am | Alastair Thompson
For the inaugural edition of Nethui.Scoop Alastair Thompson surveys the outlook for the online news industry in a time of accelerating disruption and asks the question: Where are the patrons? More >>
This is a test post from Scoop's new server in Avalon
Friday, 6 July 2012, 2:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
This is a test post from Scoop's new server in Avalon - Please ignore. This is a test post from Scoop's new server in Avalon - Please ignore. This is a test post from Scoop's new server in Avalon - Please ignore. This is a test post from Scoop's ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Friday, 29 June 2012, 5:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts Across Asia, regional markets are mostly firmer, following on from the last hour rally on Wall Street and some positive breaking news out of the EU Summit. The Hang Seng is the region’s best performer, stronger by ... More >>
Sludge Report #197 - Short The Dollar!
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 2:14 pm | C.D. Sludge
MEMO: To international bankers FROM: C.D. Sludge Please short the dollar! It'll be good for both you and us. And you know you want to. Greexit, Eurogeddon…. watch out…. flight to quality and all that. Follow your instincts. More >>
Aotearoa Is Not For Sale:Anti-fracking protest in Wellington
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 11:11 am | Alastair Thompson
Around 100 people marched around various locations in Wellington yesterday to protest against fracking. The demonstration was part of the week of actions planned by the Aotearoa Is Not For Sale hikoi, which drew 5-6,000 protesters to Parliament last ... More >>
