A rather large cat jumped out of the bag in the phone hacking trial at the Old Bailey in London yesterday. Former Sunday Mirror journalist Dan Evans (left), appearing as a witness for the prosecution, claimed that he had hacked ...
Read More »Three former NoW execs plead guilty to phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks trial gets underway
A very entertaining drama is being played out at London’s Old Bailey courthouse, best known for celebrated murder trials over the decades. This one, of course, involves lesser matters: charges of phone hacking, bribing public officials and concealing evidence of ...
Read More »The Guardian, The Times and Trinity Mirror all face a fight for survival in 2013
At this time of year – in the UK at least – we hear a lot about the impending doom for a number of high street retailers (so far unspecified) who are struggling to pay their next quarterly rent bill ...
Read More »Murdoch closes iPad paper The Daily – Rupert doesn’t really get new media does he?
Fairly fresh from losing over $500m on MySpace, News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has now closed The Daily, his much-trumpeted iPad newspaper. Rupert says: “From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment in digital publishing and an amazing vehicle ...
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