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Times's George Brock to run City journalism department

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:16:00 -0700

Times international editor George Brock has been appointed as the new director of journalism at City University in London.

Lib Dem peer: Subterfuge journalists should be jailed

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:29:00 -0700

Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have called for urgent legislation to bring in prison sentences for journalists found guilty of obtaining information illegally.

Tabloid phone tapping: DPP calls 'urgent examination'

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:33:00 -0700

Prosecutors are to look again at claims of alleged phone hacking by the News of the World, it was announced tonight.

News International responds to phone tapping claims

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:31:00 -0700

The News of the World today said it would not 'shirk from vigorously defending our right and proper role to expose wrongdoing'.

Phone taps: Met says 'no further investigation' needed

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:17:00 -0700

The Metropolitan Police has said it will not conduct a new investigation into claims that thousands of public figures had their phones tapped by the News of the World.

Commons anger at News of the World phone tap claims

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:27:00 -0700

Home office minister David Hanson today answered emergency questions in the House of Commons about the News of the World phone tap allegations.

Daily Express �20k libel damages to Kate Beckinsale

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:08:00 -0700

Actress Kate Beckinsale has accepted �20,000 libel damages over a Daily Express claim that she had been passed over for a role.

Phone taps: Met to 'establish facts', PCC to investigate

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:42:00 -0700

The Metropolitan Police is to 'establish the facts' about claims that the News of the World hacked into mobile phones and will report back later today.

Home Office questions on NoW phone tap row

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:31:48 -0700

Home Office minister David Hanson answered questions in the House of Commons this morning about the News International phone-tapping claims. 11.30am: Hanson has spoken to Met assistant commissioner John Yates. The home secretary Alan Johnson is away, in Manchester, but has spoken to the Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in the past hour. 11.32am: Hanson says the [...]

MPs to reopen investigation into tabloid phone tap claims

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:20:00 -0700

The Commons culture, media and sport select committee is poised to reopen an inquiry into tabloid phone tapping following fresh claims by the Guardian newspaper.

Medical watchdog consults on hospital filming rules

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:07:00 -0700

The General Medical Council is looking to draw up a formal code of conduct between doctors and journalists who film documentaries and news reports in hospitals.

Free daily Metro turns masthead green for a day

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:35:50 -0700

Free morning newspaper Metro will swap its blue masthead to green on Friday as it publishes a special edition to EDF Energy’s Green Britain Day campaign. Green Britain Day is an annual event which aims to encourage the nation to work together to combat climate change. The free paper will feature environment-related editorial content and will also [...]

Shock! Horror! Online display actually works. . .

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:49:09 -0700

You can take the boy out of Wall Street, but you can’t take Wall Street out of the boy. Hence the sight of disgraced financial analyst Henry Blodget, founder of Silicon Alley Insider, doing what comes naturally. Blodget spent much of last year talking down online ad markets. Credit to him: he was ahead of the curve. [...]

Lyanair takes newsdesks for a ride

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:20:22 -0700

One of the worst aspects of what has become known as Churnalism is the lazy way that even our so-called quality newspapers conspire with the PR industry to fill their pages with obvious bollocks. Let’s take the latest missive from Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary, who suggested that to increase capacity by 20 per cent and to [...]

Well it looks genuine…

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:56:07 -0700

… and look at the happy chap to the right of the picture.

Will Lewis tops Hospital Club’s journalism power list

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:32:10 -0700

Daily Telegraph editor-in-chief Will Lewis has been named the most influential and powerful figure in journalism in an industry poll. The Hospital Club 100 is a list of media movers and shakers, voted by members of the private club for media and creative types in central London. Lewis is followed by newly promoted News International chief executive [...]

Telegraph Media Group claims 3.2% revenue dip

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:08:37 -0700

Telegraph Media Group has claimed a 3.2 per cent drop in group revenue and a 6.7 per cent drop in operating profit in 2008. TMG said it had filed its full-year accounts yesterday. The accounts have yet to be processed and published by Companies House, and TMG would not provide the full PDF accounts to Press [...]

Free weekly newspaper trial launched by Telegraph

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:41:45 -0700

Telegraph Media Group has teamed up with Gordons gin to produce a trial free newspaper called “The Friday”. The tabloid-sized, 16-page newspaper will be feature and lifestyle focused, including home, food, lifestyle, trends and fashion, will make its debut on 7 August and will run for six weeks. It will be handed out at 25 UK railway [...]

IPC launches one-off home cooking magazine

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:27:52 -0700

IPC’s Woman & Home magazine is launching a one-off magazine called Dinner Tonight. The 156 page magazine will be launched in September, priced at £2.99, sold nationwide and will include a collection of recipes and advice on home cooking. The magazine has been created to capture the current mood of the credit crunch, which is seeing more [...]

SunTalk taps into Spanish holiday and expat market

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:19:02 -0700

News International’s internet radio venture, SunTalk, has expanded into Spain. The online-only station is planning to tap into the holiday and expat market in the country. Jon Gaunt’s daily three-hour SunTalk show will be aired on Bay Radio and Spectrum FM on the Costa Blanca between 11am and 2pm Spanish time. The expansion comes two months after the [...]