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- News Corp to split into separate publishing and entertainment businesses as of 28 June
- Guardian to adopt .com web address in recognition of its mainly global audience
- Twitter tightens security following spate of media hacking attacks
- Students take over running of The Comet in Stevenage
- Coventry Telegraph health reporter joins Sunday Mirror after making British Journalism Awards shortlist
- Press Gazette has found 11 new journalism jobs today
Latest news
Digital | 24 May 13 : 13.13
The National Union of Journalists has condemned the BBC for wasting “vast sums of public money on hopeless projects”...
Defamation and libel | 24 May 13 : 12.59
Actor Riz Ahmed has apologised and paid damages to a freelance journalist he accused of being a “bigot” and falsely claimed had punched him.
Defamation and libel | 24 May 13 : 10.36
The High Court has ruled that Sally Bercow did libel Lord McAlpine via Twitter.
Media business | 23 May 13 : 19.13
Telegraph Media Group has claimed a slight improvement in operating profit for 2012 despite a marginal fall in turnover.
Websites | 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.
People | 23 May 13 : 11.03
Axed News of the World assistant editor Ian Edmondson has stood down as editor of lads’ magazine Loaded a year after his appointment.
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.
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News | 24 May 13 : 07.45
News organisations have defended their decisions to broadcast controversial video footage shot in the immediate aftermath of the Woolwich terror attack. The Sun and ITN both obtained videos from members of the public on Wednesday showing one of the attackers brandishing what appears to be a meat cleaver and delivering a politically-charged diatribe moments after he murdered a soldier.
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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.
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Freelance journalist wins libel payout from Reluctant Fundamentalist actor Riz Ahmed over 'bigot' tweet
Actor Riz Ahmed has apologised and paid damages to a freelance journalist he accused of being a “bigot” and falsely claimed had punched him.
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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.
