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By William Turvill 21 May 14:36
New police media guidelines place journalists in the "same bracket" as criminals, according to the Daily Mail.
By William Turvill 21 May 12:47
The Independent is advertising for an internship lasting for 11 weeks on its website.
By William Turvill 21 May 11:50
Journalism charity the Thomson Foundation has appointed media adviser Lord Chandos as its new chairman.
By Press Gazette 20 May 16:40
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By Press Gazette 20 May 14:38
The Evening Standard reports today that an un-named senior police officer may have sold information about senior goings-on at the Met Police to the News of the World in 2006.
By William Turvill 20 May 10:58
The BBC website is more likely to show up in a Google news results search than any other UK news site, according to new figures.
By Gavriel Hollander 20 May 9:43
John Prescott has launched an attack on the BBC for its “ridiculous” wages and the cost of its relocation to Salford. The former Deputy Prime Minister used his regular Sunday Mirror column to criticise the taxpayer-funded broadcast after the National Audit Office last week unveiled its relocation bill.
By William Turvill 17 May 14:30
The Financial Times has become the latest news organisation to be hacked by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army.
By Press Gazette 17 May 10:27
Live video coverage of the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards.
By Press Gazette 16 May 14:11
The Times political reporter Anushka Asthana has moved to Sky News as political correspondent.
By Press Gazette 15 May 16:18
Two un-named Northern Ireland journalist have been issued with death threats by Loyalist paramilitaries, according to the NUJ.
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By Gavriel Hollander 15 May 12:12
The organisers of the World Press Photo awards have insisted that the winning picture was not faked.
By Press Gazette 14 May 16:20
The Times and Sky News lead the way with ten nominations each in this year’s Online Media Awards organised by The Drum.
By William Turvill 14 May 12:50
Immediate Media is to launch a new pre-school title for girls, Blossom, next month.
By Dominic Ponsford 14 May 10:23

Veteran broadcast David Frost has suggested that new BBC director general needs to thin out BBC management.

By Press Gazette 14 May 9:41
A BBC radio presenter was taken off air midway through her broadcast after a listener accused her of sounding drunk.
By Press Gazette 13 May 13:35
Bloomberg’s top editor has Matthew Winkler has apologised after reporters for the agency used confidential information belonging to subscribers. The apology follows a complaint from Goldman Sachs that reporters had kept tabs on its partners by making use of private data found on the Bloomberg newswire terminals.
By Press Gazette 13 May 11:12
Three secret donors to press regulation campaign group Hacked Off have been revealed.
By Press Gazette 09 May 8:54
Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan is to be executive producer on a new American TV series about Fleet Street in the 1970s.
By Gavriel Hollander 08 May 16:31
News International is reported to be in talks to move its entire newspaper portfolio to a new London Bridge development in the shadow of the Shard.

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