Media monitor, October 18: 78% of people said they agreed with independent regulation of the press backed by law when asked for a new opinion poll conducted by Hacked Off Read more »
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Rupert Murdoch faces down shareholders at News Corp AGM
Media monitor, October 16: Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation spoke about the division of roles and the hacking scandal at the company’s AGM yesterday Read more »
Rebekah Brooks’ £7m pay-off set to overshadow News Corp AGM
Media monitor, October 16: A report in The Financial Times that says Rebekah Brooks received a pay-off totalling more than £7m in cash and pension payments Read more »
National front-page content and bylines dominated by men
Media monitor, October 15: Men dominate not only the stories on national newspaper front pages, but the bylines as well according to new research carried out by Women in Journalism Read more »
Mo Yan’s Nobel literature prize draws mixed reactions
Media monitor, October 12: Chinese writer Mo Yan winning the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature is making headline news in China, receiving praise and controversy among internet users Read more »
Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims made by former hospital patients
Media monitor, October 11: Former patients at Stoke Mandeville, Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor are the centre of the latest allegations of child abuse by the late Jimmy Saville Read more »
David Cameron ‘open’ to press regulation say Hacked Off
Media monitor, October 10: David Cameron has met members of Hacked Off and told them that he is open to the idea of statutory underpinning for effective regulation of the press Read more »
Jimmy Savile: Lord Patten says behaviour can not be excused
Media monitor, October 9: Lord Patten said allegations of sexual abuse by Sir Jimmy Savile could not be excused as behaviour from a time when “attitudes were different” Read more »
David Cameron pledges to protect ‘free press’
Media monitor, October 8: David Cameron said he does not want “heavy-handed” state regulation of the press after Hacked Off urged him to reject industry proposals for a reformed PCC Read more »
Nick Griffin posts address of B&B case gay couple on Twitter
Media monitor, October 19: Police are investigating complaints made after the leader of the far-right British National party, Nick Griffin, posted the address of a gay couple on the internet Read more »