Saudi Arabia should not host G20 summit in wake of Khashoggi killing, says UN...
A United Nations investigator who authored a report which found Saudi Arabia responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said the kingdom should not be allowed to host the next G20...
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UK competition watchdog launches study into ad market dominance of Google and...
The UK competition watchdog has opened an investigation into the dominance of Facebook and Google in the digital advertising market and is inviting submissions on the issue. The Competition and Markets...
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Former Al Jazeera journalist who was jailed in Egypt tells Press Gazette...
One of the three Al Jazeera journalists who were imprisoned in Egypt for airing “false news” has warned press freedom has deteriorated worldwide since he was released almost four years ago. Canadian...
View ArticleHeather Mills wins 'record' settlement in phone-hacking claim against Sun...
Animal rights activist Heather Mills has won what she described as a record settlement in her phone-hacking claim against Sun publisher News Group Newspapers. Businesswoman and campaigner Mills, an...
View ArticleGuardian deputy editor Paul Johnson to retire after 'mighty' 40 years
Guardian deputy editor Paul Johnson will retire later this year after 40 years at the newspaper. Johnson, also the title’s head of news, business and sport, will step down in the autumn, staff were...
View ArticleAmal Clooney warns against 'lip service' to press freedom as Hunt pledges £3m...
Amal Clooney has warned world leaders that “signing pledges and making speeches is not enough” when it comes to supporting media freedom at the first ever international conference on the issue....
View ArticleClooney blames Trump rhetoric for hastening global press freedom decline
Amal Clooney, the UK’s new special envoy on media freedom, has blamed US President Donald Trump for hastening the decline in press freedom worldwide. Clooney was speaking today on the second day of the...
View ArticleLocal TV company to close 13 studios as rival announces 'record' viewership...
That’s TV, the UK’s largest local television licence operator, plans to close 13 of its 20 studios. Broadcast regulator Ofcom has agreed That’s TV can downsize to seven regional production centres...
View ArticleCarole Cadwalladr will defend 'true' claims about Brexiteer Arron Banks in...
The Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr has said she is confident of winning a libel case brought by prominent Brexiteer Arron Banks. Cadwalladr (pictured, right) and her lawyers have responded to the lawsuit...
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Mail on Sunday to keep publishing leaked diplomatic memos as top media lawyer...
A top media lawyer has said police “shouldn’t be going there” when it comes to pursuing news publishers over “embarrassing” leaked diplomatic memos about US President Donald Trump. The Met opened a...
View ArticleMail Online grows revenues by quarter offsetting fall in money from Mail...
Double-digit revenue growth at Mail Online has more than offset falling print revenues at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, new half-year financial figures for Mail and Metro owners the Daily Mail and...
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Media wins right to name transgender man battling to be named 'father' on own...
The publishers of the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sun and Daily Mirror have won the right to name a transgender man who is fighting a legal battle to be registered as “father” on his child’s birth...
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Minister fails to deny police are spying on journalists over diplomatic...
A Home Office minister has refused to deny in Parliament that police have been trawling through journalists’ phone data in response to leaked diplomatic memos about US President Donald Trump....
View ArticleReach in talks to buy 'certain assets' from i and Scotsman publisher JPI Media
Reach has confirmed it is in the “early stages” of talks to buy “certain assets” from JPI Media, publisher of the i paper and The Scotsman. JPI Media said last month it had appointed a financial...
View ArticleBBC This Week presenter Andrew Neil marks 'end of an error' in final episode...
BBC presenter Andrew Neil took a jab at the broadcaster’s scheduling as late-night politics show This Week came to an end last night. The host took aim at the BBC’s decision to air a programme about...
View ArticleNUJ censures ex-council member for 'anti-Semitic' tweet
A former member of the National Union of Journalists’ supervisory body is considering appealing against a decision to censure her over an “anti-Semitic” tweet. Arjum Wajid was also condemned this week...
View ArticleJury convicts 'VIP paedophile ring' source 'Nick' over lies that led to...
A source who lied about being abused by a murderous VIP Westminster paedophile ring is facing a lengthy jail sentence after he was convicted of perverting the course of justice and fraud. Carl Beech’s...
View ArticleFormer Exaro editor says no need to apologise for 'good faith' reporting of...
Former Exaro editor Mark Watts has said he stands by the defunct investigative news outfit’s reporting of Carl Beech’s fantasy “VIP child sex ring” claims and that he does not owe anyone an apology....
View ArticleHalf of UK adults now using social media for news, Ofcom survey finds
Half of all UK adults now use social media to get the latest news, according to a new survey by regulator Ofcom, with half also getting their news from newspapers, news websites and apps. Some 49 per...
View ArticleVice UK journalists win union recognition after months of negotiations
Vice UK has recognised a National Union of Journalists’ chapel representing editorial and production staff following four months of negotiations. Vice UK staff said they were proud to have finally...
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