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Wires and Agencies | 1 April 16 : 08.31
A press agency boss has dubbed some journalism courses “Del Boy degrees” as they don’t make 100 minutes minute shorthand compulsory.
Television | 1 April 16 : 07.37
Sky’s economics editor Ed Conway has accused the Financial Times of “statistical plagiarism” after he claims the business title took data from his blog without attribution.
Appointments | 31 March 16 : 10.43
A number of senior Independent journalists are included on the 50-strong new editorial team of i as it transfers over to Johnston Press ownership.
Regionals | 31 March 16 : 14.11
Journalists working at Northern Irish publisher Alpha Newspapers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and trade union recognition.
Regionals | 31 March 16 : 10.07
An independent local newspaper publisher has launched a fourth paid-for weekly newspaper in Wales in the space of four years.
Nationals | 30 March 16 : 09.27
The Times and Sunday Times have merged their websites and relaunched them with a focus around “editions” rather than rolling news.
Nationals | 31 March 16 : 08.26
Buzzfeed has suggested Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is guilty of hypocrisy because his Scottish estate received £60,000 in CAP funding from the EU in 2014.
Mobile | 31 March 16 : 08.52
Buzzfeed has launched an international news app in the UK which will be staffed by a small London-based team of reporters and will link to content from other publishers such as the Guardian and the BBC.
Wires and Agencies | 30 March 16 : 16.24
News agency SWNS has been awarded a six-figure grant by Google to develop a new content syndication platform.
Consumer | 29 March 16 : 16.44
Economist deputy editor and head of digital strategy Tom Standage has revealed some of the secrets behind his title’s 35m-strong social media following.
B2B | 30 March 16 : 07.33
Haymarket Media Group is folding its 85-year-old monthly specialist title Marketing magazine into sister advertising magazine Campaign saying that “silos are increasingly untenable” in trade journalism.
Nationals | 29 March 16 : 17.26
Broadsheet newspapers are stepping up their promotional activities, as they look to mop up print readers from the Independent following its closure.
Nationals | 26 March 16 : 08.06
The Sun breached the Editors’ Code by publishing a “significantly misleading” front page headlined “1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis”.
Regionals | 29 March 16 : 08.50
The Liverpool Echo has raised concerns about lack of accountability for academy schools after finding it impossible to find someone who would answer questions about the closure of a sixth form.
Nationals | 26 March 16 : 09.03
The final print edition of The Independent has been sent to press as the title moves to a digital-only format.
Nationals | 24 March 16 : 14.02
A politician who used parliamentary privilege to expose soccer star Ryan Giggs as the celebrity protected by a privacy injunction says he has concerns about judges barring a tabloid newspaper from reporting on a "well-known" man's "extramarital activities".
Media business | 23 March 16 : 12.03
Times Newspapers, the publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times, has swung into the black and made a pre-tax profit of £10.9 million in the year ending 28 June 2015.