Press
Democracy can't exist without newspapers
Should Scotland's titles close, there will be nothing to keep an eye on the politicians, says Tim Luckhurst
Inside Press
Every little helps the magazine with 5.65m readers
Monday, 2 March 2009
In a bold move, Tesco Magazine is to feature readers on its covers, editor Dawn Alford explains why
For the record: 02/03/2009
Monday, 2 March 2009
"The most sustained run of scoops and exclusives in the history of broadcast news in the UK." Citation for Robert Peston, winner of both the television journalist of the year and specialist journalist of the year titles at the RTS Journalism Awards last Thursday
Noel Doran: 'Once the troubles had ended, we broadened our horizons'
Sunday, 1 March 2009
The editor of The Irish News tells Matthew Bell how his paper has bucked the sales trend
The Feral Beast: Dressed to leave
Sunday, 1 March 2009
The first casualty of the Evening Standard's Russian takeover is one of the paper's longest-serving employees, Keith Dovkants. The impeccably coiffured investigative reporter admits he has been there longer than he can remember, and, although nearing retirement age, is not thought to be going entirely voluntarily. Dovkants is cagey when I call, but insiders confirm his departure. Lebedev father and son put in a glamorous appearance at Derry Street on Thursday, with Alexander delivering a witty speech. Hours later, Dovkants' departure was in the air. As the snappiest dresser in the office, could he have made the error of out-Gucci-ing his bosses?
An alternative look at today's Independent
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Wordle is a website which generates images like the one above to show the most common words in a block of text, where the size of the words represents how frequently they're used. It's been around for a while and has been used in more creative ways than it's worth listing, but as far as I can tell (do let me know in comments if I'm wrong) noone so far has used it to plot a newspaper's output in a day.
Murdoch’s top man at News Corp set to quit
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Peter Chernin established Fox as a broadcasting and film powerhouse
Move to control costs in defamation cases
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Plans to control defamation proceedings costs were announced by the Government today, as concerns were raised that not enough has been done to protect the media's freedom of expression.
The real art of spinning: writing an on-message speech for the boss
Monday, 23 February 2009
Much has been made of the new American President’s use of Facebook and MySpace to raise more than two million donations and mobilise grass-roots activism, but it’s his speeches that really inspired Obamania and are now proving popular as MP3 and mobile-phone downloads.
The Emperor’s new clothes: A morality tale for modern times
Sunday, 22 February 2009
We still keep being taken in when we ought to know better, says David Randall (with thanks to Hans Christian Andersen)
The feral beast: Olive branch grasped
Sunday, 22 February 2009
The eight-year rift between Express proprietor Richard Desmond and ex-employee Stephen Pollard is over.
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