IPC Media, Britain's biggest magazine publisher and the owner of Marie Claire and NME, saw operating profits jump 12% to £51.3 million last year but revenues bounced back only 1.5% to £356 million - thanks in part to the group's decision to start selling off non-core titles such as Loaded... more
It may just be coincidence but Rupert Murdoch's London papers appear to be being very conciliatory towards people and organisations with whom the media mogul has previously clashed... more
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... more
In the wake of the phone hacking scandal, it has become open season on the Press Complaints Commission. It is now fashionable to heap ordure over the PCC without much thought about the consequences... more
Visibility is cloudy and the mood not much better in the TV advertising market. Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham, who was at the Commons culture media and sport select committee yesterday, said he now expects advertising revenues in the second half of 2011 will be flat... more
The Human Rights Act should be amended urgently to end the 'shambles' of judges gagging newspapers over the private lives of celebrities, the former head of the press watchdog says... more
It seems as though no news story is breaking at present without newspapers transforming it into an opportunity to raise the alarm about the perils of privacy... more
Privacy is all the rage, with twists and turns every day. Yesterday, Max Mosley's attempt to tighten privacy legislation was defeated. The day before, the Duchess of Cambridge's family, the Middletons, made a formal complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about their privacy being compromised by the publication of five-year-old holiday pictures... more
Guardian Media Group continues to shrink its empire under new chief executive Andrew Miller, who is making redundant the position of Tim Brooks, the managing director in charge of The Guardian and The Observer... more
Ten years ago this week, the Press Complaints Commission celebrated its 10th anniversary with a glittering party that attracted a couple of royal guests - princes Charles and William - along with a measure of criticism for being too self-congratulatory... more
Columnist Rod Liddle becomes first journalist to have a blog censured by Press Complaints Commission over his views on crime in London that led to him being branded a racist... more
Lawyers for the Met deny claims that an officer investigating possible phone-hacking by News of the World reporters found evidence that as many as 6,000 people's calls may have been intercepted... more
I have worshipped at the shrine of AC/DC since waiting in my car for my son to emerge from a Putney barber shop. That was almost 30 years ago. I had the radio on and there it was, the perfect rock '*' roll song, Highway To Hell... more
The Philippine community in Britain criticised comedian Harry Enfield for a sketch in which a man urges his neighbour to "mount" a Filipina maid... more
Alex Harvey of the Camp for Climate Action complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined "Militants will hit Heathrow" was inaccurate, in breach of Clause 1 (accuracy) of the Code of Practice. The complaint was upheld.... more
Mark Bolland loves caviar so he was excited at the thought of visiting Volstead, a new lounge-bar near Piccadilly that serves the sturgeon's roe. But, as he discovered, small is beautiful here and it's not a place where people go to eat.... more
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