Cleared reporter thanks Press Gazette readers for help in ‘darkest hour’ as...
Former News of the World reporter Lucy Panton thanked Press Gazette readers for helping to fund her defence today as she was formally cleared at the Old Bailey. She also spoke out for the first time...
View ArticleNational press web ABCs for March 2015: Mail Online dips to 14m after record...
Mail Online online readership dipped in March after a record month in February. The UK's most popular newspaper websites reached an average of 14m unique browsers (different devices) compared with...
View ArticleUK daily newspaper market backs Tories over Labour by a margin of five to one
If daily newspaper circulations were votes, the Conservatives would be forming the next Government with a landslide majority on Friday. The Evening Standard yesterday called for its readers to vote...
View Article‘Brilliant, brave, visionary… without apparently breaking a sweat’: Alan...
Alan Rusbridger steps down today after 20 years as Guardian editor, handing over the reins to deputy editor Katharine Viner. Under Rusbridger, The Guardian won newspaper of the year four times at the...
View ArticleIn-depth profile of ‘hard-working’ and ‘ferocious’ new Sun editor Tony Gallagher
Rupert Murdoch “sticking two fingers up to the British establishment” Sun will “scare politicians” now with no more "kowtowing" Gallagher is a “journalists’ editor” and a “pure and simple journalist”...
View ArticleNew law provides protection for journalists’ sources from police snooping –...
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill sets out in law new protections intended to stop police accessing journalists’ call records in order to identify their sources. But there is concern from within the...
View ArticlePolice Scotland grabbed call records to find sources of Sunday Mail coverage...
Police Scotland appeared to break the law when it seized phone records in order to find the source of a newspaper story about a notorious unsolved murder, it has emerged. Last week the Interception of...
View ArticleJohnston Press confirms ‘late stage discussions’ to buy Lebedev’s i newspaper...
Johnston Press has confirmed it is in "late stage discussions" to buy the i newspaper for around £24m. According to the regional publisher, The Independent's cut-price sister title recorded an...
View ArticleNews industry set for £50m-a-year boost from VAT cut on digital publications
The UK’s newspaper and magazine industry stands to be at least £50m-a-year better off after a Government move to cut VAT for digital publications, research by Press Gazette suggests. News UK, which...
View ArticleJohn Witherow to stand down as editor of The Times
John Witherow is to step down as editor of The Times with immediate effect after nearly a decade in the role. He has been appointed chairman of Times Newspapers. In a meeting at The News Building on...
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