Issue Index
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Alexander Lebedev 'arms journalists with guns'
January 2009
The new Russian owner of the London Evening Standard has requested the country's intelligence services to provide his Moscow journalists with guns for self-defence, according to a report yesterday in the German newspaper Spiegel Online ...
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ASA: 'Christian advert vaccine claim misleading'
January 2009
A Christian group has been warned by the Advertising Standards Agency not to repeat a “misleading” claim about teenage pregnancy it placed in the New Statesman.
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Award-winning reporter: 'Anyone can do investigations'
January 2009
The Basildon Echo's Jon Austin this month won his eighth major reporting award - and says investigative journalism is not dead
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British public losing trust in newspapers, survey finds
January 2009
Less than a fifth of British people say they trust newspapers, down from about 30 per cent last year and well below the global average, according to a new report published today.
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Cabinet minutes on Iraq war must be released under FoI
January 2009
The Information Tribunal has ordered the Government to release the minutes of crunch 2003 Cabinet meetings where the invasion of Iraq was discussed.
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Channel 4 uses off-the-record interviews for Queen doc
January 2009
Channel 4 is to air an 'unauthorised' TV series on the Queen - based on interviews with royal insiders - around the same time as a crucial decision by ministers on its future funding is due.
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Cudlipp lecture: Sun editor Rebekah Wade's full speech
January 2009
In what is believed to be her first public speech as editor of The Sun, Rebekah Wade says she is optimistic about the future of journalism.
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Customer publishing set to grow further despite downturn
January 2009
The customer publishing industry is set to become a billion-pound-a-year industry by 2013, according to new research from Mintel.
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Daily Star pays libel damages over Rhys Jones story
January 2009
The Daily Star is to pay 'substantial' libel damages to a teenage girl it falsely claimed had called the killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones a 'hero'.
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Davos economic forum: Multimedia coverage round-up
January 2009
Organisers are describing it as the most crucial event in its 40-year history, and this week news organisations across the globe are pulling out all the stops to offer extensive coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Nikki ...
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'Derry Journal survived famine but may not survive Johnston Press'
January 2009
Journalists at the Johnston Press-owned Derry Journal are to ballot for strike action over threatened compulsory redundancies.
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Digital Britain reaction: 'Crushing lack of understanding'
January 2009
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has accused the government of a 'crushing lack of understanding' over the urgent need to reform the local media merger laws.
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Digital Britain: BBC Worldwide to be given more flexibility
January 2009
BBC Worldwide could become more commercial and be given more freedom from the corporation, communications minister Stephen Carter has suggested.
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Digital Britain: 'Most people will be disappointed with it'
January 2009
Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report, published today, has 'no concrete action, only eight woolly reviews', the Conservatives said in parliament today.
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Digital Britain: Newspapers invited to fill gap left by ITV
January 2009
The Government has asked the newspaper industry to suggest what it role it can play in 'providing impartial news in the digital age'.
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Esquire picks plasticine man Morph as March cover star
January 2009
Monthly men's magazine Esquire has chosen plasticine character Morph as its cover star, in a 'timely salute' to the late artist Tony Hart.
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'In the old days you knew how to spell in the first place'
January 2009
David Wynne-Jones, who has worked in St Helens, Singapore, and most places in between, retires today - 50 years after becoming a cub reporter at the North Wales Weekly News.
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Johnston Press plans to centralise North West subbing
February 2009
Johnston Press plans to centralise sub-editing and picture desk management at its North West titles, with the potential loss of 12 jobs, Press Gazette can reveal.
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Mail in libel payout to Catholic aide over abortion claims
January 2009
A former spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church has been awarded libel damages over a Daily Mail story claiming he was a hypocrite on the subject of abortion.
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Michael Grade: 'ITV won't pay for regional news'
January 2009
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade today guaranteed that the national news service provided by ITN would continue - but warned that regional news would only have a future if public subsidy was found elsewhere.
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Mirror Group 'committed to People' despite job cuts
January 2009
Mirror Group has said The People still has 'a long-term future' - as six editorial staff were consulted this week about possible redundancy.
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More student journalists learning shorthand
January 2009
Despite the need for journalists to be increasingly tech-savvy - more and more are training in the traditional skill of shorthand, according to the National Council for the Training of Journalists.
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MP accuses BBC News of 'dramatising economic woes'
January 2009
A Liberal Democrat MP has tabled a motion in parliament accusing the BBC of 'dramatising' its reporting of the economic downturn engulfing the country.
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New information chief pledges action on FoI backlog
January 2009
The new Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has pledged to make reducing the substantial backlog of freedom of information appeals a priority when he takes up the job this summer.
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New name for part-free Heartland Evening News
January 2009
A renamed daily newspaper in Warwickshire that is paid-for four days a week, and given away free on Wednesdays, has had 'an excellent response', the editor said today.
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News of the World launches Robert Warren scholarship
January 2009
The News of the World has launched a new journalism scholarship to commemorate former executive editor of the paper Bob Warren, who died earlier this month.
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NHS settles with nurse sacked for speaking to journalist
January 2009
A Manchester psychiatric nurse has agreed an out-of-court settlement with the NHS trust which fired her for speaking publicly about her fears over privatisation to a journalist.
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North East Press Awards delayed by industry crisis
January 2009
The North East Press Awards, known as 'the Cordners', are being delayed - partly due to the ongoing industry crisis.
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NUJ urges Johnston Press to rethink sub-editing move
January 2009
The NUJ has announced counter-proposals to Johnston Press's centralised sub-editing plans in the Midlands - in a bid to save subs' jobs moving up to 70 miles from the towns they serve.
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Nuneaton Observer scrapped after nine months
January 2009
The Nuneaton Observer, a joint venture between Chris Bullivant's Observer Standard Group and Iliffe's Staffordshire Newspapers, has ceased publication after nine months.
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Olympics contractors 'searched if suspected of press leak'
January 2009
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have been accused of placing 'gagging orders' on construction firms, preventing them from talking to the press.
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Parliament urges BBC to come clean about top salaries
January 2009
A cross-party group of MPs has renewed its calls for the BBC to publish further details of the amount it pays to its top talent, including presenters and star journalists.
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Paul Dacre: 'Halve the 30-year-rule to restore trust'
January 2009
The length of time government records are kept secret should be cut from 30 to 15 years, a review panel said today.
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Rajar: Downturn is good news for Radio 4 and Today
January 2009
The global economic crisis and the US presidential elections have helped Radio 4 and the Today programme to their highest listening figures in more than six years.
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Rajar: Heat Radio overtakes UK magazine circulation
January 2009
Heat Radio's audience has overtaken the weekly celebrity magazine's UK circulation, according to official data released today by Rajar.
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Rajar: New Liverpool talk station attracts 63,000 listeners
January 2009
Britain's only commercial speech radio station outside London has recorded a debut weekly audience of 63,000 - about 12,000 short of expectations.
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Reed Business Information cuts 35 jobs
January 2009
Reed Business Information, which publishes New Scientist, Farmers Weekly, and dozens of other magazines, is cutting 35 jobs - including at least two in editorial, Press Gazette understands.
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Regional newspaper critics award for Slumdog Millionaire
January 2009
Regional press film critics have named Slumdog Millionaire as their film of the year in the Richard Attenborough Film Awards, announced today.
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Reuters trains African business journalists
January 2009
A training programme for “ambitious African business journalists” has been launched by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The Investment Climate Facility for Africa.
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Revised Sun freelance rates 'lowest on Fleet Street'
January 2009
The Sun and The Times are to cut the freelance rates paid for stories and pictures to levels condemned as 'completely unacceptable' by the National Association of News and Picture Agencies.
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'Secret inquests' bill faces strong opposition from MPs
January 2009
Conservative MPs have warned that they will oppose a reform of the coroners system that would allow certain inquests to be held in private unless substantial amendments are made to the bill.
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Sir Michael Lyons: BBC Worldwide-C4 link 'very likely'
January 2009
A partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide is 'very likely', according to BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons.
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Slideshow: Inside the new integrated Guardian newsroom
February 2009
Guardian News and Media editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger gives Press Gazette a tour of its new converged newsroom in London - and explains how the move has had a profound effect on its journalism
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Strong US dollar keeps Future's revenue up
January 2009
Future, the British-based international magazine publisher, recorded a one per cent increase in revenue in the last quarter - due to the dollar's strength against the pound.
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Sun editor Rebekah Wade: 'Invest in journalism or die'
January 2009
Sun editor Rebekah Wade used her first major public speech in six years as editor of the red-top to insist that, despite the recession, newspaper owners must invest in journalism if they wish to survive.
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Sun wins embargo ban U-turn after 'life on Mars' row
January 2009
The Sun has had its ban on receiving embargoed science news lifted, after the tabloid successfully argued that its 'life on Mars' scoop was the result of 'good-old fashioned journalism' and not an embargo break.
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Teenage thugs named after KM Group challenges ban
January 2009
The Kent Messenger Group has won the right to name two teenagers who kicked a 13-year-old in the head after he had been knocked unconscious.
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The Week launches website and swallows The First Post
January 2009
The Week is to launch its first editorial-led website, which will swallow online news magazine The First Post, Press Gazette can reveal.
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Three Johnston Press directors step down from board
January 2009
Three non-executive members of the Johnston Press board, including chairman Roger Parry, have announced their departures.
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Tommy Sheridan to stand trial for perjury over libel case
January 2009
Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan is to face trial on perjury charges in connection with his successful libel action against the News of the World.