Government-funded UK Statistics Authority in spat with Boris Johnson over use...
Foreign secretary and former journalist Boris Johnson has been accused of a clear misuse official statistics” in an article for the Daily Telegraph about the benefits of leaving the EU. In the article...
View ArticleTrinity Mirror says it is closing in on deal to buy Express titles as trading...
Trinity Mirror is closing in on the purchase of Express Newspapers publisher Northern and Shell from Richard Desmond. It said this morning that “the group continues to make progress on discussions to...
View ArticleJudge rejects Ryanair bid to unmask pilot sources used in Channel 4...
Channel 4 has seen off an attempt by Ryanair to force it to disclose the identities of four pilots who supplied material used in a documentary which posed questions about the fuel policy at the...
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Metro editor Ted Young warns of 'lemming-like rush' to digital away from...
“Young people do still read newspapers.” This is point not often made at media conferences nowadays but it was the message from Metro editor Ted Young when he addressed the Print World 2017 conference...
View ArticleThe Media Fund offers 'democratic' alternative to billionaire press owners...
A co-operative whose members include left-wing news website Novara Media is hoping to create a new model to fund independent media organisations, in place of “billionaires and the licence fee”. The...
View ArticleOldham Chronicle to 'restart production' after newspaper saved by local radio...
The Oldham Evening Chronicle has been saved by a local radio station. The daily newspaper, which closed suddenly this summer with the loss of more than 40 staff, has been bought by Revolution 96.2...
View ArticleAround half of London's boroughs have just one dedicated local reporter while...
Only 17 per cent of London’s local newspapers are based in the community they serve and around half have just one reporter for each borough they cover, research by Press Gazette has found. Five...
View ArticleMail Online accuses The Tab of 'hatchet job' as site reports high drop-out...
Mail Online has accused The Tab of a “hatchet job” as the website for students quoted numerous unnamed sources complaining about the workplace culture at the world’s most popular newspaper website. The...
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'Political murder': Panama Papers reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia killed by...
A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation’s links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers has been killed as a bomb exploded in her car. Daphne Caruana Galizia,...
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London libel lawyers who targeted murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana...
The son of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has said she was “assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists”....
View ArticleGuardian Media Group creates £42m venture fund targeted at 'next generation...
Guardian Media Group is to spend £42m of its £1bn endowment fund backing companies which are involved in “the next generation of media technology”. The parent company of The Guardian and Observer...
View ArticleOldham Chronicle's return delayed as new owner says former daily could return...
The Oldham Evening Chronicle’s new owner has said it is unlikely the newspaper will publish again this year and that the former daily title could return as a twice-weekly publication. The 163-year-old...
View ArticleNewsquest to scrap extra pay for weekend and bank holiday working under new...
Newsquest is to stop offering extra pay to staff who work on bank holidays or weekends under new money-saving proposals. The regional publisher is to stop any “additional monetary payments” for Sunday...
View ArticleDigital Summit: News UK chief says press must fix 'broken relationship' with...
News UK’s chief operating officer has warned that not fixing the “broken relationship” between the news industry and social media platforms will result in edited, verified and independent reporting...
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Free London business magazine Courier goes global with new premium paid-for...
A free business magazine produced in east London has undergone a “dramatic” change into an internationally distributed paid-for glossy priced at £5, its owners have announced. The bi-monthly Courier...
View ArticleChannel 4 boss: Bake Off helps pay for our news output, but we don't compete...
Channel 4’s chief executive David Abraham has said “hit” shows such as Bake Off effectively help to pay for the broadcaster’s news output. Taking questions from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
View ArticleIran files criminal charges against 152 BBC Persian journalists in...
The Iranian government has opened a criminal investigation into 152 current and former BBC Persian journalists on charges of “conspiracy against national security”. In response the corporation has...
View ArticleFinalists revealed for the British Journalism Awards 2017
Press Gazette today announces the finalists for the 2017 British Journalism Awards. This year the event has had a record 600 entries with every major news organisation in the UK making submissions. The...
View ArticleGuardian says money from readers has overtaken advertising as it boasts...
Guardian News and Media claims that more than 300,000 readers are now paying it at least £5 a month as supporters and members. Added to around 100,000 print subscribers and 100,000 digital app...
View ArticleTipster called local Cambridge paper about 'some big news' in US shortly...
The Cambridge News received an anonymous call about “some big news” in America 25 minutes before President John F Kennedy was assassinated, newly released documents have shown. The revelation was made...
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