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Without action NUJ could be insolvent by October

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:06:00 +0000

The NUJ is facing a severe financial crisis and could run out of money and become insolvent by October, general secretary Michelle Stanistreet has warned.

Hull Daily Mail leads way at Regional Press Awards

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:06:00 +0000

The Hull Daily Mail lead the way at this years Regional Press Awards after scooping five prizes.

Hunt 'told special adviser to quit'

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:02:00 +0000

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told his special adviser to quit after highly damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released, the former aide said.

Met police makes 30th arrest in Operation Elveden

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:38:00 +0000

The Met today made their 30th arrest in their investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.

Trinity chairman Sir Ian Gibson to stand down early

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Trinity Mirrors chairman will leave the company months ahead of schedule, the company announced this morning.

Scottish Sunday Express editor leaves as group cuts bite

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000

Scottish Sunday Express editor Derek Lambie is leaving the paper after ten years.

Email shows Hunt was 'meddling on the side of Murdochs'

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:00 +0000

Labour has renewed calls for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to quit over a potentially damning memo sent to Prime Minister David Cameron weeks before he was given quasi-judicial oversight of News Corp's BSkyB bid.

11 new journalism jobs found today

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:53 +0000

Press Gazette has found 11 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. The McGraw-Hill Companies is looking for an editor. You will have a degree and will have editing and/or writing experience for a business or financial publication. Job Location: London Closing Date: 20 June Formula Won [...]

Amelia Gentleman wins journalism prize at Orwell Awards

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:02 +0000

The journalism prize at this year’s Orwell Awards went to The Guardian’s Amelia Gentleman. Daily Mail US editor Toby Harnden won the book prize for Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain’s War in Afghanistan. And a memorial prize was awarded to Christopher Hitchens’ widow Carol Blue presented by his brother [...]

Press Association to roll out live-blogging service to newswire customers

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:48 +0000

The Press Association is to make its live-blogging services available to all of its newswire customers for no extra cost ahead of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. PA said the initiative, in partnership with platform provider ScribbleLive, was aimed at “helping wire subscribers test their audience’s appetite for live content and build new online audiences”. In a release [...]

The Sun: We are the ‘Original Social Media’

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:13 +0000

The Sun has launched a new marketing campaign promoting the tabloid as the “Original Social Media”. The five-week campaign will “show that The Sun’s stories influence conversations at home, at work and in cafés & pubs, online and across social media networks”. In a release the company said: As well as reaching more readers than any other newspaper, [...]

Mail hails 'hugely important victory for media freedom'

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:44:00 +0000

The Daily Mail today described its privacy case victory against Carina Trimingham as "a hugely important victory for the freedom of the media as a whole".

Shropshire Star cuts editions from five to two

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:25:00 +0000

The Shropshire Star is merging Shrewsbury, South and Border into a single county edition, in a move expected to result in one compulsory reduncancy.

Former cop says Sun story cost her MI5 job

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:35:00 +0000

A former police officer is demanding damages of £100,000 from News Group Newspapers over a story that appeared in The Sun branding her a "skiver".

Johnston's Northumberland Gazette in tabloid switch

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:30:00 +0000

The Northumberland Gazette will make the switch from broadsheet to tabloid next week.

Guardian is fastest growing national press website

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000

The Guardian clocked up the biggest year-on-year increase for daily website traffic in April, the latest ABC figures reveal.

11 new journalism jobs found today

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:30:24 +0000

Press Gazette has found 11 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. Bauer Media is looking for an editor. You will have proven experience managing weekly or daily newspapers/magazines. Job Location: Peterborough Closing Date: 08 June Crain Communications Ltd is seeking a technology editor. You will have [...]

Michel 'impression' Hunt received his BSkyB bid feedback

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02:00 +0000

News Corporation lobbyist Fred Michel today insisted he had the "impression" that Jeremy Hunt was aware of details being passed on to him about the BSkyB bid.

Trimingham: Mail judgment may be 'blueprint for bullies'

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:54:00 +0000

Carina Trimingham is to appeal against a privacy judgment in favour of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday which said may become a blueprint for bullies and bigots.

Mail wins Huhne 'lesbian love triangle' stories legal fight

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:15:00 +0000

The partner of MP Chris Huhne, Carina Trimingham, has had her claim for harassment and breach of privacy against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday rejected by the High Court.

Daily Record censured over 'explicit' pic of dead man

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:01:00 +0000

The Daily Record has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission for publishing a photo of man killed in a car crash.

Opinion poll finds public doubt Leveson will deliver

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:56:00 +0000

The public wants stricter media regulation but does not expect the Leveson Inquiry to address all its concerns, an opinion has poll found.

Operating profit up 34 per cent at Northcliffe

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:28:00 +0000

The Daily Mail & General Trust has reported a 24 per cent slump in operating profits at its newspaper publishing arm despite a surge in profits at its regional newspaper operations.

UK regional press granted 39 passes for London 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:48:00 +0000

With the London 2012 Olympics now less than two months away the British Olympics Association has responded to a regional press campaign and allocated 39 press passes to local papers.

MPs: Keep Sunderland Echo a daily

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:35:00 +0000

MPs have urged Johnston Press to keep the Sunderland Echo as a daily newspaper.

11 new journalism jobs found today

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:23:41 +0000

Press Gazette has found 11 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. Guardian News and Media is looking for a sub-editor on a maternity cover-basis. You will be NCTJ trained, with experience in sub-editing. Job Location: London Closing Date: 05 June Talk Sport has a vacancies for [...]

11 new journalism jobs found today

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:03:15 +0000

Press Gazette has found 11 new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. Reed Business Information is seeking a chief sub-editor on maternity-cover basis. You will have a strong subbing background with excellent communication skills. Job Location: United Kingdom NBC Universal is looking for a desk editor. [...]

Baby P social worker facing £300k deficit after legal bill exceeds costs limit

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:42:22 +0000

New rules aimed at curbing the excessive cost of defending libel cases in the UK appear to have resulted in Baby P case social worker Sylvia Henry being left potentially £300,000 out of pocket despite winning substantial libel damages against The Sun. The shortfall has occurred, Legalfutures reports, because her lawyers departed from an agreed costs [...]

IPI chief: ‘Enough. Enough, enough, enough. When will this slaughter of journalists in Mexico end?’

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:19:33 +0000

A fifth journalist has been murdered in Mexico in the space of less than a month - all apparently because of their work covering crime and the activities of drug cartels. The International Press Institute reports that kidnapped Mexican journalist Marco Antonio Ávila García had been found at side of a highway in the northern state [...]

Report: 7/7 survivor John Tulloch sues News International over phone-hacking

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:03:39 +0000

London terrorist attacks survivor Professor John Tulloch has become the latest alleged hacking victim to launch legal proceedings against News International. The Guardian reports that the survivor of the 2006 bombings which killed 52 is to sue the defunct tabloid. Sheila Henry, whose son was killed in the attacks, has also launched legal proceedings against News [...]