Media Analysis: All of us who care about journalism have been doing a great deal of head-scratching over the past six months or so
Read full article...Media Analysis: Wapping journalists are in a state of shock. Many now believe that their ultimate boss, Rupert Murdoch, no longer cares for them
Media Analysis: I thought Lord Patten's appointment as chairman of the BBC Trust nine months ago was inspired because I knew he would have the necessary diplomatic skills to deal with the problems he undoubtedly inherited
Media Analysis: The very phrase "the British film industry" is imbued with nostalgia. It reminds us of monochrome comedies, smoky cinemas and uniformed ushers selling ice creams in the aisles while reels were changed
Media analysis: The flaws in the Leveson inquiry have become more evident over the past couple of days
Media analysis: The Leveson inquiry has opened the door to a far broader reconsideration of what is published in our newspapers than its original remit implied. The latest charge is that many papers are guilty of sexism
It has been the year of Leveson - the year when one of Britain's favourite newspaper titles, the News of the World, was closed down while selling 2.6 million copies an issue, throwing more than 200 journalists out of work
Media analysis: A study has shown that the British public is both confused and worried by the financial crisis. No surprise there, of course. What is significant is that so many of them think journalists have failed them
Media analysis: The Leveson Inquiry - Celebrities aside, when anyone is suddenly forced into the public spotlight, the horde descends
The Attorney General outlines why he has been so rigorous in prosecuting newspapers for contempt of court
Media analysis: When Hugh Grant took up the cudgels on behalf of people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, I thought "good for him"
Human beings cling to the past, ensuring that the nostalgia industry never declines. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the regional newspaper industry as it copes with a range of problems that make it inconceivable it could ever turn back the clock
Media analysis: At every general election there is a debate about the influence of newspapers. Despite tumbling circ-ulations in recent years, the general view is that readers still respond to the opinions of editors and publishers on how they should vote
Media analysis: There is a spectre hanging over Fleet Street, and it is the Leveson inquiry
Media analysis: Rupert Murdoch's son James is a busted flush. The votes against him at the News Corporation annual meeting signal that the chances of him heading his father's company have virtually disappeared
Media analysis: Rupert Murdoch has seen many of his newspapers launch feeding frenzies against individuals over the years
Media analysis: There has never been a period in my life when the general interest in journalism has been so intense. Hardly a day passes without some sort of hand-wringing and head-shaking discussion about the past, present and future of the news-gathering business
Media analysis: A young man who was four years into a 25-year jail sentence on a murder conviction walked free from an Italian prison on Monday after the verdict was reversed
What is worse than giving money to charity? Quite obviously, giving nothing at all. With that in mind, I can't quite see why people are kicking Richard Desmond for seeking to raise £50 million for health causes
Media analysis: The u-turn by the Metropolitan police over its absurd attempt to order the Guardian to reveal its confidential sources for some of its phone-hacking revelations is, of course, welcome
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