Lebedevs win London local TV licence
Evgeny and Alexander Lebedev: will be hoping the new London Live TV service will help their newspapers into profit. Photograph: Dave M Benett/Getty ...
View ArticleCruddas wins libel payout over former Blair aides Twitter slurs
Peter Cruddas, the former Conservative Party co-treasurer, has won 45,000 in libel damages plus 120,000 in costs from a former private secretary to Tony Blair who repeatedly alleged he was a criminal ...
View ArticleGoogle settles with French newspapers
Google Inc. will give $82 million to French newspapers to settle the disagreement over whether Google should pay them to link to their stories. The $82 million will be for "a dedicated fund aimed ...
View ArticleNews International to close phone-hacking compensation scheme
compensation scheme it set up for News of the World phone-hacking victims 14 months after it was launched.The former News of the World publisher has decided that applications for damages for alleged ...
View ArticleBoko Haram warned not to join Mali sect
Nigerian officials warned Islamic militant sect Boko Haram not to join forces with Malian rebels in terrorist attacks after promising a cease-fire in Nigeria. Officials in Mali indicated Islamic ...
View ArticleReport Undercover British police officers used dead childrens identities as...
LONDON - The Guardian newspaper says that London's Metropolitan Police Service stole the identities of dozens of dead children to use as aliases for undercover officers, learning the ...
View ArticleEducation Ministry and Strategic Affairs Ministry Responses to the Press...
Education Ministry Response to the Press Conference on the Issue of Israeli and Palestinian Textbooks (Communicated by the Education Ministry Spokesperson) An evaluation, by professionals from the ...
View ArticleJohnny Depp to play Boston gangster Whitey Bulger
Johnny Depp attends the premiere of 'West of Memphis' at the Ryerson Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 8, 2012. UPI/Christine ...
View ArticleIsrael calls text book study biased
A U.S. State Department-funded study of Israeli and Palestinian schoolbooks found both tend to ignore each others' existence but rarely dehumanize each other. The 57-page study released Monday, ...
View ArticleChannel 4 cleared over sick quizshow that outraged Daily Mail
Ofcom received 180 complaints about the annual Jimmy Carr-fronted quizshow, which featured stars including Jack Whitehall,James Corden and Jonathan Ross and was broadcast on 30 December 2012.A series ...
View ArticleVideo Tabloid Talk Jessica Simpson accused of man-stealing
In the tabloids this week, Jessica Simpson may be in for some turbulence thanks to her fianc's ex-wife, who is planning a tell-all book. Celebrity commentator Diana Mehta covers the juiciest ...
View ArticleMint Pennies not going to Canadian banks
The Royal Canadian Mint stopped circulating pennies to financial institutions Monday, a death knell for a coin in circulation since 1908. No more 99-cent sales. Payments will be in 5-cent ...
View ArticleLebanon wants Syrian intel chief arrested
Lebanese officials have issued an arrest warrant for a Syrian intelligence chief suspected of plotting attacks in Lebanese territory. Judicial sources in Beirut told The Daily Star newspaper on ...
View ArticleContra Costa Times investigating how newspaper hold lists fell into suspected...
WALNUT CREEK -- Police and the Contra Costa Times are investigating how a newspaper hold list ended up in the hands of suspected burglars who used it to target homes while families were on ...
View ArticleAndrew Sullivans Grand Experiment in Reader-supported Online Journalism is...
user-funded home . So far, the ad-free experiment appears to be a success, with Sullivan pulling in $511,000 in revenue over the five weeks that passed since the project was announced - half of the ...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch to Spend Billions on Video Rights
by: Katherine Rushton | The Telegraph The video investment comes amid News Corp moves to split off its valuable television and film assets from its slower-growing publishing operation, which ...
View ArticleFuture Publishing digital now more than 50 of ad revenues
magazines including Metal Hammer and Total Film, has reported that digital accounted for more than 50% of total advertising revenues for the first time in the final three months of 2012.In an interim ...
View ArticleLeveson report Lords unveil proposals in frustration at lack of progress
Leveson report has led four peers to table measures to introduce a low-cost arbitration service for defamation, as recommended by Lord Justice Leveson in the defamation bill.The proposal is one of ...
View ArticleRussian oligarchs newspaper wins London TV franchise
a London television franchise on Monday, beating four other bidders with a package offering live news from the paper's West London offices. Britain's telecoms regulator is offering 21 ...
View ArticleFuneral for ex-sports editor Brodie
Ex-Northern Ireland footballers were among hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral of former Belfast Telegraph sports editor Malcolm Brodie.Harry Gregg, who played in the 1958 World Cup finals ...
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