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Union leader accepts damages from NoW

4 December 2009

Derek Simpson today accepted undisclosed damages from the News of the World after it claimed he took unfair advantage in an election he eventually won.

Jackie Hatton appointed editor of Best magazine

4 December 2009

Former Woman editor Jackie Hatton has been appointed as the new editor of Best magazine.

Express Newspapers payout over Earl Spencer article

4 December 2009

Earl Spencer and his daughter Kitty today accepted substantial damages today over false claims made by the Sunday Express.

BBC cleared over secret filming at care home

4 December 2009

A judge has revealed why he upheld the BBC’s right to secretly film in a care home for the elderly.

Google UK boss: We don't steal stories, we're a newsagent

3 December 2009

Google's UK boss today denied he ran a parasitic organisation that stole stories instead suggesting the search engine was a "virtual newsagent".

Mandelson: Murdoch wants Fox News-style Britain

3 December 2009

Lord Mandelson warned last night that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation wanted to import Fox News-style journalism to Britain.

WAN conference: 'Don't let Google dictate terms to us'

3 December 2009
Buscombe: Ofcom expansion has risks for free speech

3 December 2009
Murderer fails in Daily Mirror libel bid

3 December 2009
Mark Frith: slashing mag cover prices risky

3 December 2009

News Corp versus Google: What does it all mean?

4 December 2009

Press Gazette Media Money columnist Peter Kirwan on News Corp's war against Google: 'Repetition establishes a world view that becomes more and more credible with each iteration. This is corporate realpolitik, delivered with brute ...

Rupert Murdoch: 'The future of journalism is more promising than ever''

3 December 2009

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch's full speech to the US Federal Trade Commission: 'The old business model based on advertising-only is dead...The reason is simple, arithmetic.'

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