Elton John accepts 'significant' libel damages over Sun on Sunday dog attack...
Sir Elton John and David Furnish have accepted “significant” libel damages over a newspaper claim that their dog inflicted “Freddy Krueger-like injuries” on a child at a play date. The couple brought...
View ArticleGood Morning Britain breaches Ofcom code after Piers Morgan ‘can’t be...
Good Morning Britain breached the broadcasting code when presenter Piers Morgan refused to read out a council’s response to a feature about a homeless SAS veteran, telling them to “stick your...
View ArticleIPSO, NUJ, NMA and Johnston Press editors call on Cairncross Review to make...
The UK’s largest press regulator, its main trade body, a group of regional editors and the National Union of Journalists are among those calling on digital giants like Facebook and Google to “give...
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Sun hits back after European Justice Commissioner criticises its 'EU dirty...
The Sun has hit back at the European Justice Comissioner after she criticised its recent front page attack on the European Union and the “two-bit mobsters” who run it. In a speech in Vienna yesterday,...
View ArticleNews Group Newspapers settles multiple phone hacking cases at High Court...
News Group Newspapers has today apologised to former heavyweight champion of the world Frank Bruno and agreed to pay him “substantial damages” in one of a number of phone hacking cases settled at the...
View ArticleBellingcat says no partnership deal made with Telegraph over Novichok...
There was no partnership agreement between Bellingcat and the Telegraph over the scoop appearing to reveal the true identity of one of the suspected Novichok assassins, according to Bellingcat’s boss....
View ArticleGuardian assistant editor Merope Mills joins James Harding's Tortoise Media...
Guardian assistant editor Merope Mills is joining Tortoise Media, the new journalism venture from former BBC News director James Harding – as an editor and partner. Mills first joined the Guardian as a...
View ArticleUK broadcasters sign letter of complaint to Theresa May's top PR man over...
Every UK national news broadcaster has signed a letter of complaint sent to the Prime Minister’s top PR man to complain about Theresa May’s lack of availability for TV interviews during the...
View ArticleCourts reminded to allow journalists to access lists after mistaken attempts...
Courts in England and Wales are being reminded to allow journalists to obtain court listings after mistaken attempts to withhold details by wrongly applying new data protection law. Press Gazette has...
View ArticleFormer foreign sec Boris Johnson paid £275,000 for ten hours a month writing...
Ex Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who was re-employed by the Daily Telegraph after resigning from the Cabinet in July, receives an annual salary of £275,000 for his weekly column with the paper....
View ArticleUnilad to go into administration as company behind viral publisher owes more...
The company behind internet news site Unilad should go into administration, a judge has decided. Judge Clive Jones made an order on Thursday after being told that Bentley Harrington Ltd owed more than...
View ArticleLive news to broadcast on 60 screens across 15 London Underground stations...
Commuters in London will now be able to watch live “positive” news being broadcast onto screens placed across the Underground network. Transport for London has partnered with ad agency Exterion Media...
View ArticleEU finance ministers back VAT reduction for electronic publications which NMA...
European Union finance ministers have agreed a proposal allowing member states to reduce VAT rates on electronic publications, bringing them in line with tax rules on print. In the UK, printed...
View ArticleTV reporter raped and killed in Bulgaria is fourth journalist murdered in...
Press freedom groups have expressed their shock over the rape and brutal murder of a Bulgarian TV journalist whose last aired report had been about the arrest of two investigative reporters. Victoria...
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Sunday Times Magazine issues clarification after Rose McGowan dubs interview...
Actress and #MeToo activist Rose McGowan has accused the Sunday Times Magazine of publishing “fake news” after it quoted her as having said the movement that she helped to foster was “a lie”. McGowan,...
View ArticleBBC's Tony Hall: Journalists must do everything we can to combat suggestion...
BBC director general Lord Tony Hall made an impassioned speech in defence of a free press as he delivered the inaugural Satchwell Lecture organised by the Society of Editors last night. “In Britain, we...
View ArticleBBC's Tony Hall to deliver first annual lecture named in honour of former...
BBC director general Tony Hall will deliver this year’s inaugural Satchwell Lecture, named in honour of Bob Satchwell who was forced to step down as Society of Editor’s executive director last year...
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Police rush Fiona Bruce to BBC's Millbank studio for 6pm news bulletin after...
News anchor Fiona Bruce was rushed to the BBC’s Millbank studios in a police car to present the 6pm bulletin after a technical issue downed live broadcasts at the BBC’s main studios in central London....
View ArticleScotsman and i publisher Johnston Press puts itself up for sale after...
Johnston Press, publisher of the i paper and The Scotsman, and a number of regional newspapers including the Yorkshire Post, has put itself up for sale after struggling to refinance £220m in debt....
View ArticlePM promises ‘nothing is off the table’ in fight to safeguard regional media...
Prime Minister Theresa May has told regional press editors “nothing is off the table” in the Government’s mission to protect the long-term sustainability of high-quality journalism in the UK. The...
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