On International Women’s Day, finally some progress on coverage of women’s sport
Today, to coincide with International Women’s Day, Women 2012, a new women’s sports channel, is being launched, reports Shamik Das.
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Dacre recalled to Leveson over Grant ‘mendacious’ claim
Alex Hern reports on the outcome of Mail editor Paul Dacre’s testimony to the Leveson inquiry, which has resulted in him being called back to a second hearing.
Sunday Times stoop to new low with poll asking if Ed Miliband is “too ugly”
Sunday Times stoop to new low with poll asking if Ed Miliband is “too ugly”. Disappointing for his detractors, only one in ten agreed with the idea.
Express editor: We left PCC because it failed to stop us lying
Daily Express editor Hugh Whittow today told the Leveson Inquiry the paper withdrew from the PCC because it failed to stop them publishing defamatory material about the McCanns.
Top videos of 2011: #3: Steve Coogan really dislikes the Daily Mail
We continue our countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with Steve Coogan versus the Daily Mail.
Tabloid hypocrisy shocker: “Aren’t those other papers nasty, with all that hacking?”
Alex Hern reports on the remarkable degree to which every tabloid manages to avoid reporting on its own implication in the phone hacking scandal.
Sunday Times Editor: Newspapers take the PCC “very seriously” – Really???
The Editor of The Sunday Times yesterday said UK newspapers take the Press Complaints Commission “very seriously” – despite all the evidence to the contrary.
Hugh Grant, Ed Miliband and Unite join to bury the Digger for good
Hugh Grant last night spoke at a fringe event held by the Hacked Off group at the Labour Party conference. Although self-deprecatingly referring to himself as the bait so that others could discuss the issues, he proceeded, “humbly”, to maketest
De Piero: High time Labour redefined its relationship with the press
Gloria de Piero has called for “a more realistic relationship” between Labour and the media, one in which newspapers’ influence “is kept in perspective”.
Booker Prize winner “chilled” by the world of blogs
Howard Jacobson, winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize and a columnist for the Indy, last night described the state of the British media “as a matter of great concern”.