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Now Northcliffe closes Kent papers
Northcliffe Media has announced that the Medway News and the East Kent Gazette are to close with the loss of 38 jobs.It is the result of the collapse of the proposed sale of the papers (plus five...
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Lachlan Murdoch under pressure over News Corp political bribery claim
Former Australian senator alleges senior executives promised favourable coverage in return for political favoursA former politician has stepped up his allegations that News Corporation's Australian...
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Leveson inquiry: 'Newspapers made my life go up in flames after celebrity dates'
Witness tells inquiry in private of nine months of harassment and surveillance they suffered at hands of unnamed papersAn "ordinary" member of the public has told the Leveson inquiry how their life...
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Leveson inquiry: Daily Mail publisher seeks to overturn anonymity ruling
Associated Newspapers argues decision to allow anonymous witnesses 'contravenes the principles of natural justice'Associated Newspapers is seeking a judicial review of Lord Justice Leveson's decision...
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Why discourage women from reporting on the Tahrir Squre protests? | Jenny...
Reporters Sans Frontieres is wrong to call on editors to stop sending female journalists to cover the protests in Tahrir SquareIt's a sad day when a non-profit organisation devoted to campaigning for...
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Leveson inquiry: media victims give their side of the story
Despite the celebrities, it was the testimony of ordinary people that proved most compelling and disturbingHugh Grant, as someone noted rather astutely this week, hasn't been in anything this good for...
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Press freedom and public outrage
Timothy Garton Ash still can't see it (We must be free and able to defend private lives against tabloid tyranny, 24 November). Free speech is not a value that stands above most others. It is a bullies'...
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Leveson inquiry puts paparazzi in the frame
With so many photographers now employed by a range of agencies, it is not clear how easy it will be to enforce a solutionClick, chase, click: it was the recurring theme of the Leveson inquiry's first...
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Phone-hacking inquiry: the rebel army has yet to press-gang Primetime Celeb |...
While some testify at the Leveson inquiry, not all stars will be ready to give up their dysfunctional media relationshipsIf all the suspected celebrity victims of phone hacking were laid end to end,...
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Leveson inquiry: embarrassed tabloids pass the buck in their coverage
Tabloids are unused to practising self-criticism so their coverage of the Leveson inquiry hearings has resulted in fascinating buck-passing exercises. Every other paper dunnit except us, your honour....
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Well, someone was bound to do it - and it is probably better that it came from a writer who knows of what he writes. Step forward Matthew Engel, once of this parish and now with the Financial Times. In...
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'The truth about Elle and me'
Mary-Ellen Field was in a job she loved, working for Elle Macpherson. Then it all fell apart: she was accused of leaking information about the supermodel, and ended up in rehab. This week she gave...
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Steve Coogan: Leveson inquiry not being 'distorted by celebrities'
Alan Partridge star defends inquiry into media ethics as father of 7/7 London bombings reportedly refuses to give evidenceThe actor and comedian Steve Coogan has defended the Leveson inquiry against...
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Phone hacking: Leveson inquiry is for all of our society, not just celebrities
Famous names make headlines, but Lord Justice Leveson knows ordinary people have suffered most from press intrusionSince the communist era, the Russian secret police have had a favourite means of...
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Retreat on BBC local radio cuts should signal advance for local media policy
Joined-up thinking with broadband at its heart can revolutionise news coverage and bring communities togetherDistant bugles sound impending retreat. It's "not out of the question" that the BBC will...
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James Murdoch's lawyers confirm Tom Watson was put under surveillance
News Corp lawyers say three NI staff were involved in setting up monitoring, but it is not appropriate to name themJames Murdoch's lawyers have confirmed that Labour MP Tom Watson was put under...
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Response to select committee's questions to James Murdoch confirms Tom Watson was put under surveillance
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PCC proposes wide-ranging shakeup of press self-regulation
Press Complaints Commission hopes front page adjudications would help restore confidence after phone-hacking scandalNewspapers would be obliged to trail brokered corrections on the front page as part...
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James Murdoch: I did not authorise Max Clifford phone-hacking settlement
News Corp boss claims he did not sign off deal with publicist worth more than £650,000James Murdoch has written to MPs claiming that Rebekah Brooks reached a settlement with Max Clifford in 2010 over...
View ArticleNeville Thurlbeck's letter to MPs - full text
Full text of the former News of the World chief reporter's letter to culture select committee chairman on News International's handling of the phone-hacking scandal
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