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Regionals | 21 May 13 : 15.11
The Oxford Mail has criticised a solicitors' firm for its "dogmatic and downright wrong" attempt to overturn a longstanding legal ruling about naming young people in court.
Criminal law | 21 May 13 : 08.43
The College of Policing has issued nationwide guidelines saying arrested persons should not be named unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Nationals | 21 May 13 : 09.10
A man who worked for a special protection unit of the Metropolitan Police sparked a tabloid bidding war over sent secret police expense claims, a court has heard.
Nationals | 20 May 13 : 14.00
The Court of Appeal has said a Daily Mail story speculating that a well-known philandering politician was the father of a baby did not infringe the child’s right to privacy.
Regionals | 21 May 13 : 08.59
Newsquest’s long-serving chief executive Paul Davidson is expected to retire later this year.
Consumer | 21 May 13 : 07.20
Lads’ magazine Zip, sister to Loaded, has ceased print publication after nine issues.
Websites | 21 May 13 : 07.02
A B2B publisher has launched a new technology and business title with a print version promised for the autumn.
Appointments | 20 May 13 : 15.27
ITV News has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a new editor and that Deborah Turness is leaving to become president of New York-based NBC News.
She will leave in July after eight years as editor. She was both the youngest ever ITV News editor and also the first woman to hold that role.
Nationals | 20 May 13 : 10.20
National newspaper have refused to retract claims that one of David Cameron’s “closest allies” described Conservative activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
Regionals | 17 May 13 : 16.44
Newsquest is set to cut sub-editors in Wales and Gloucestershire as it introduces a single copy editing hub.
Regionals | 17 May 13 : 12.49
The Liverpool Echo won four awards at the 2012 Regional Press Awards, garnering particular praise for its successful Hillsborough campaign.
Nationals | 17 May 13 : 16.09
A former adviser to model Elle Macpherson has discontinued her phone-hacking damages action.
Nationals | 17 May 13 : 12.46
The Sun has removed a story from its website claiming that Chris Huhne had been bullied whilst in prison following a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission.
Defamation and libel | 17 May 13 : 11.47
The BBC has been forced to apologise and pay damages to a Tunisian politician over a story published on its website last November, claiming false links with extremist groups.
Regulation | 16 May 13 : 17.51
The reporter involved has hit back at BBC claims that a Newsnight report broadcast on 9 August about the charity Help for Heroes was “misleading and unfair”.
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News | 21 May 13 : 13.13
Local newspaper groups have said the Government’s proposed Royal Charter on press regulation could threaten the financial future of many papers. Giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport select committee at the House of Commons, regional newspaper publishers warned plans to introduce an arbitration process for complaints could open the way for a wave of small compensation claims that would...
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Nationals
Police worker pocketed £32,000 after hiring Max Clifford to start tabloid bidding war over expenses story
A man who worked for a special protection unit of the Metropolitan Police sparked a tabloid bidding war over sent secret police expense claims, a court has heard.
Regionals
Oxford Mail outsmarts criminal defence team in dispute over section 39 no-names order
The Oxford Mail has criticised a solicitors' firm for its "dogmatic and downright wrong" attempt to overturn a longstanding legal ruling about naming young people in court.
Broadcast
ITV News starts search for editor as Deborah Turness exit to head up NBC News confirmed
ITV News has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a new editor and that Deborah Turness is leaving to become president of New York-based NBC News.
She will leave in July after eight years as editor. She was both the youngest ever ITV News editor and also the first woman to hold that role.
Digital
Journalism Weekly – After 9 years, Jaspan returns to UK armed with 10,000 boffins
Nine years after leaving the UK, former Sunday Herald editor Andrew Jaspan has returned with an ambitious scheme to turn 10,000 academics into an army of specialist contributors.
The Conversation launched in Australia two years ago and already claims to be the number one independent news website Down Under.
“We are a source of free content for websites to use. In Australia it is used everywhere – it’s like a Reuters or a PA service. It’s also become an ideas-portal for journalists and a source of new ideas and talent.”
Media law
Oxford Mail outsmarts criminal defence team in dispute over section 39 no-names order
The Oxford Mail has criticised a solicitors' firm for its "dogmatic and downright wrong" attempt to overturn a longstanding legal ruling about naming young people in court.
B2B
B2B publisher launches new technology and business title
A B2B publisher has launched a new technology and business title with a print version promised for the autumn.
