Media monitor, August 3: Regional newspaper group Northcliffe Media has abandoned its endeavour to reveal who was behind a spoof Twitter account of its chief executive Read more »
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London listings magazine Time Out drops cover price
Media monitor, August 2: Time Out, which launched in 1968 is set to become a free title. The listings magazine, which has a circulation of 55,000 and costs £3.25 will be handed out weekly for free Read more »
News Corporation directors could face charges for neglect of duties
Media monitor, August 1: Directors within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution for neglect of their duties in Crown Prosecution Service plans Read more »
Twitter urged to explain ban on journalist over NBC Olympic tweets
Media monitor, July 31: An Independent journalist lost access to his Twitter account because he revealed the corporate email address of an NBC executive on the social network
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Northcliffe accuses parody Twitter user of email hacking
Media monitor, July 30: The anonymous Twitter user behind a parody account of Northcliffe Media’s chief executive has been accused in a US court of email hacking, impersonation and defamation.
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No evidence to show anyone found twitter joke ‘menacing’
Media monitor, July 27: A Twitter user has won a legal victory after he was convicted for sending a “message of a menacing character”, which judges overturned Read more »
PCC rejects complaint by Bell Pottinger against The Independent
Media monitor, July 26: The PCC has rejected a complaint by Bell Pottinger against The Independent following an exposé of the lobbying and communications firm
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DMGT newspaper ad revenue growth led by Mail Online
Media monitor, July 25: Daily Mail & General Trust has announced that the Mail Online has had an advertising growth of 69%, which has helped push total revenues up to £509m Read more »
‘Does Rupert Murdoch’s retreat mark his long goodbye to the UK?’
Media monitor, July 23: It was announced on Saturday that Rupert Murdoch has resigned as the director of News International, but what does this mean for the future of his UK newspapers? Read more »
Jeremy Hunt criticised over Rupert Murdoch meeting
Media monitor, August 6: Labour MPs have said that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s meeting of News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch at the Olympic Games was “quite inappropriate” Read more »