Looking back at the first-ever edition of Crikey

oldest edition cricket The footage, recorded by the national archives, dates back to March 3, about two and a half weeks after Australia’s first fully online news outlet launched on Valentine’s Day 2000. I suspect I’m just at the age to get a certain piercing. souvenir mori It’s a pain in the face of its overall aesthetic, best summed up by the retina-hurting colors of the various website frames.

Meanwhile, the screaming exclamation point doesn’t have a name – although it hasn’t yet evolved, as founder Stephen Mayne tells us Crikey’s mascot and logo.