'Touch and go' whether Sam Allardyce survives as England manager after Daily...
The Daily Telegraph has secretly filmed England football manager Sam Allardyce during a ten-month investigation into football. Reporters from the paper posed as businessmen from a Far East firm looking...
View ArticleGlass box studio move shows Sky is investing in news 'in a way that it’s...
The new “glass box” Sky News studio signifies its parent company’s commitment and investment to the news channel, according to director of newsgathering Jonathan Levy. Around 60 journalists and camera...
View Article'Audience-first' changes at Archant could see all print titles created...
Regional press group Archant is planning to centralise production of all its print titles at one site in Norwich as part of a wholesale “audience first” reorganisation. Archant publishes 50 weekly...
View ArticleIPSO chair Sir Alan Moses: Lord Chancellor should do more to protect judges...
The chairman of press regulator IPSO has said Lord Chancellor Liz Truss did not go far enough in her response to attacks on the judiciary last week which were led by national newspapers. The Daily Mail...
View Article'This not a game, this is her life and his' - Heartfelt PR statement from...
Prince Harry has confirmed he is dating US actress Meghan Markle and condemned the “wave of abuse and harassment” she has faced from the media. In a statement, Harry’s Communications Secretary Jason...
View ArticlePrince Harry privacy plea prompts more front-page coverage of Meghan Markle...
Prince Harry’s heartfelt plea for the press and social media users to leave him and his new girlfriend alone prompted more front-page newspaper coverage today. The Sun and Daily Mail also wrote defiant...
View ArticleOperation Midland report says legal curbs needed on journalists after...
Legal curbs are needed to stop journalists talking to witnesses and to prevent those under investigation by police being named in the media before arrest, a report stated yesterday. The report by...
View ArticleNew law needed to protect journalists' sources after conviction of 32 under...
A charity for whistleblowers has called for the protection of sources to be made a statutory right after 32 were convicted under Operation Elveden. The call comes after Press Gazette today names for...
View ArticleLego halt promotional activity in Daily Mail as Sun and Daily Express also...
Lego has said it will no longer carry out promotional activity with the Daily Mail, apparently as a result of a social media campaign called “Stop Funding Hate”. The campaign is targeting the Daily...
View ArticleNew threat to FoI as Government reveals it may remove the right to appeal...
The Government has revealed a new threat to weaken the Freedom of Information Act, just over six months after it promised to leave the Act alone. In March, following the publication of an extensive...
View ArticleBBC World Service announces expansion into 11 new languages including Korean...
The BBC World Service is to undertake its biggest expansion since the 1940s. The broadcaster’s worldwide offering will increase services across Africa and the Arab world in an enlargement that aims to...
View ArticleLeading UK political journalists debate Brexit: 'People are making massively...
Sky News political reporter Beth Rigby warned last night that voters made decisions on Brexit and the US election based on “a pack of lies” spread on social media. She was speaking at a panel...
View ArticleInvestigatory Powers Bill passed by Parliament with powers to secretly grab...
The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill meaning that is likely to be in force in a matter of weeks. The Bill has already been passed by the House of Commons and codifies a system...
View ArticleBreitbart bureau chief hits back at 'offensive' anti-semitic 'smears' and...
The senior reporter for right-wing news website Breitbart has hit back at “offensive smears” which have been leveled at the site and its executive chairman Steve Bannon. Bannon was this week appointed...
View ArticleMail Online condemned by IPSO for 'serious intrusion' into privacy of...
Press watchdog IPSO has upheld a privacy complaint against Mail Online over a story about Princess Beatrice wearing a “very skimpy bikini”. The piece was published on 27 June and was headlined:...
View ArticleSarah Ferguson seeking £25m over Mazher Mahmood sting on cash for access to...
The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is seeking £25m in damages from News UK over a 2010 undercover sting by the News of the World. Details of her legal action follow the jailing of the reporter behind...
View ArticleStoryful news chief: 'Fake news is having a far greater impact than we could...
Fake news is a “major issue” and will require both media organisations and social media platforms to work together to tackle it, according to Storyful’s director of news. Joe Galvin told Press Gazette...
View ArticleNon-league football club calls local paper 'yesterday's news' as it blows...
A non-league football club has blown the full-time whistle on its dealings with a local newspaper, declaring the title “yesterday’s news”. In a statement posted online, Boreham Wood Football Club said...
View ArticleNewsquest asks readers to write and publish stories as part of 'simplified'...
Newsquest has asked readers of its south London titles to write the news themselves and publish it online as part of a “simplified process” for sharing their stories. A column from editor Andy Parkes...
View ArticlePrivacy complaints against Sun, Mail and Telegraph over pictures of Andy...
Representatives of tennis star Andy Murray’s baby daughter have had privacy complaints against the Daily Mail, Mail Online, The Sun and Telegraph rejected by press regulator IPSO. The regulator also...
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