#jpod: The top news stories from Journalism.co.uk, 25 March 2011
Listen below for this week’s news round-up from Journalism.co.uk’s Sarah Marshall and sign up to our iTunes podcast feed for future audio. This week’s jpod includes a look at the accounts of...
View ArticleGuardian: Shadow culture secretary calls for end to politics in media takeovers
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has reportedly said he will consider the introduction of “new provisions in respect of media plurality” in a new Communications Bill, following calls for quasi-judicial...
View Article#jpod: The top news stories from Journalism.co.uk, 6 May 2011
Listen below for this week’s news round-up from Journalism.co.uk’s senior reporter Rachel McAthy and sign up to our iTunes podcast feed for future audio. This week’s jpod reports on the BBC’s...
View ArticleFinancial Times: Clearance on BSkyB bid delayed by at least two weeks
Clearance on News Corporation‘s bid for the remainder of BSkyB will be delayed by at least two weeks, the Financial Times reported this week, “after a hitch in negotiations between Rupert Murdoch’s...
View ArticleNUJ to protest against green light for News Corp’s BSkyB takeover
The National Union of Journalists is planning to protest at noon today outside the Department of Culture, Media and Sport headquarters in London, following culture secretary Jeremy Hunts’ announcement...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt considering impact of News of the World closure on BSkyB bid
In a statement today the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is currently considering whether the announcement regarding the News of the World’s...
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Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper ad apology
News International chairman James Murdoch announced this morning that the company would be placing a full-page apology in all of the national newspapers this weekend following two weeks of damning...
View ArticlePeston: BSkyB board to decide on Murdoch stand-down by end of week
According to a blog post by the BBC’s business editor Robert Peston, the board of BSkyB is due to decide whether James Murdoch, chairman of News International, should stand down from his position....
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Murdoch humble, but saved the spectacle of being forced to eat pie…
In case you missed it earlier, here’s the video clip of an attempted foam pie-ing of Rupert Murdoch during today’s culture, media and sport select committee at the House of Commons. The real star is...
View ArticlePhone hacking: Harbottle & Lewis authorised to respond to MPs and police...
News Corporation has confirmed that law firm Harbottle & Lewis has been authorised to respond to questions from the Metropolitan police and select committees on the phone-hacking case. The firm was...
View ArticleFinancial Times: James Murdoch’s spokesperson resigned amid phone-hacking...
The Financial Times has reported that “one of James Murdoch’s closest advisers” has resigned. Alice Macandrew was Murdoch’s spokesperson but reportedly handed her notice in back in July. She becomes...
View ArticleBloomberg: News Corp’s The Daily averaging 120,000 readers a week
Bloomberg reported late on Wednesday (28 September) that News Corporation’s iPad-only newspaper the Daily has been averaging around 120,000 readers a week, said to be “less than a quarter of the number...
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News International to launch Sunday version of the Sun on 29 April, sources say
Sean Dempsey/PA News International is planning to launch a Sunday version of its popular UK tabloid newspaper the Sun on 29 April, sources have told Journalism.co.uk. Staff have been secretly working...
View ArticleBBC 5 Live: Kavanagh says Sun police investigation is ‘wildly...
In a series of interviews to UK broadcast media today, Trevor Kavanagh, associate editor at the Sun, criticised what he sees as police heavy-handedness during the dawn arrests of key Sun staff over...
View ArticleNote to staff from News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch in full
The note from News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch to staff, which announces the due launch of the Sun on Sunday and the lifting of suspensions, in full: Dear colleagues: I’ve worked alongside you...
View ArticleChannel 4 News: BSkyB deal explained, Jeremy Hunt grilled
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt today cleared the way for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to purchase the 61 per cent of BSkyB it does not already own, for around £8 billion. As part of the deal, Sky...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: The Daily to launch in the UK within months
The Media Guardian reports that News Corporation’s iPad newspaper the Daily will be available in the UK within months, following comments by News Corporation’s chief digital officer Jon Miller at the...
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