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- Twitter tightens security following spate of media hacking attacks
- Coventry Telegraph health reporter joins Sunday Mirror after making British Journalism Awards shortlist
- Five UK hyperlocal news websites receive £10k funding from the Carnegie Trust
- Press Gazette has found 9 new journalism jobs today including Telegraph, Harper's Bazaar and Monocle
- Daily Mail: New police media guidelines put journalists and criminals in 'same bracket'
- Independent advertises 11-week unpaid work placement
Latest news
Media business | 23 May 13 : 09.58
Mail Online has reported revenue for the first half of this year (to the end of March) up 61 per cent to £20m.
Nationals | 23 May 13 : 13.05
A leading national press crime reporter has attacked 'paranoid' new police guidelines recommending that officers declare personal relationships with journalists.
Nationals | 22 May 13 : 16.56
A Saudi cleric is suing The Guardian for unlimited damages claiming the paper has wrongly suggested he is an “extremist” sympathetic to al-Qaida.
Nationals | 22 May 13 : 15.19
BBC Newsnight's spiked Jimmy Savile child abuse story was today named joint winner of the scoop of the year at the London Press Club.
Television | 23 May 13 : 09.32
The BBC has increased its pay offer to its lowest-earning staff but the improved deal looks unlikely to prevent industrial action.
Regionals | 23 May 13 : 08.37
Archant has announced a “major restructure” of its East London, Essex and Kent newspapers, which will consolidate coverage into two groups.
Consumer | 22 May 13 : 12.38
The women’s weekly market has suffered another blow with the closure of Full House after eight years.
Regionals | 22 May 13 : 10.32
Local World chief executive Steve Auckland has spoken to Press Gazette expanding on comments made by his colleague David Montgomery to MPs yesterday which were met with dismay by many journalists.
Criminal law | 22 May 13 : 10.45
An order granting anonymity to a killer who committed "exceptionally horrific crimes" was overturned by the High Court today.
Regulation | 22 May 13 : 09.07
Pressure group Liberty today urged the Government to scrap plans for a Royal Charter-backed system of press regulation.
Media business | 22 May 13 : 10.28
Consumer magazine publisher Future has reported a narrower pre-tax loss for the first half of 2013 compared with last year.
Nationals | 22 May 13 : 09.11
The Conservative MP who chaired Westminster’s hacking inquiry has said that jailing journalists in the UK could send the wrong message abroad.
Appointments | 22 May 13 : 07.11
Newly appointed Independent on Sunday editor Lisa Markwell has pledged to maintain the paper’s independence amid moves to integrate all three Evgeny Lebedev-owned national titles.
Regionals | 21 May 13 : 15.33
Local World chairman David Montgomery has said much of the “human interface” involved in local news publishing will disappear within four years.
Wires and Agencies | 21 May 13 : 16.00
Colin Webb, who has died aged 74, was a highly effective editor of the Press Association from 1986 to 1995 and successfully steered the agency through a crucial period in its history.
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.
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News | 23 May 13 : 14.57
The adoption of a metered paywall by Telegraph Media Group does not appear to have had any major effect on the site's overall traffic. The paywall went live at the start of March and ABC-audited national newspaper website figures for April have now been released. This was the first full month where the metered paywall was live. The new figures show overall traffic for Telegraph.co.uk...
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Nationals
Guidelines on police friendships with journalists a 'top-down, paranoid, defensive over-reaction'
A leading national press crime reporter has attacked 'paranoid' new police guidelines recommending that officers declare personal relationships with journalists.
Regionals
Archant to restructure East London newsroom with one editor set to go
Archant has announced a “major restructure” of its East London, Essex and Kent newspapers, which will consolidate coverage into two groups.
Broadcast
BBC's £50 pay deal hike unlikely to appease unions as strike vote looms
The BBC has increased its pay offer to its lowest-earning staff but the improved deal looks unlikely to prevent industrial action.
Digital
Telegraph website traffic continues to grow despite launch of metered paywall
The adoption of a metered paywall by Telegraph Media Group does not appear to have had any major effect on the site's overall traffic.
The paywall went live at the start of March and ABC-audited national newspaper website figures for April have now been released. This was the first full month where the metered paywall was live.
The new figures show overall traffic for Telegraph.co.uk up both month on month and year-on-year in April.
Media law
Guidelines on police friendships with journalists a 'top-down, paranoid, defensive over-reaction'
A leading national press crime reporter has attacked 'paranoid' new police guidelines recommending that officers declare personal relationships with journalists.
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.
