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Ian Burrell: The woman with £1 billion to spend – and a hotline to British mothers

16 April 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: Karen Blackett runs a company that will dictate the fortunes of the television, newspaper, radio, outdoor and online sectors

Ian Burrell: The rapper turned entrepreneur who has the eyes and ears of the young

09 April 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: Edwards' mother gave him a simple videocamera – which shaped his career

Ian Burrell: Twitter is open for business, and that means ads coming to a tweet near you

02 April 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: Engagement scores at Twitter are said to be at 3-5 per cent, an extraordinarily high figure

Brian Cathcart: The glaring blind spot in Leveson's inquiry that must not be ignored

02 April 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studie: The Motorman files are no more history thanhacking. We should be told

Stephen Glover: Even the right-wing press could not support Osborne on this Budget

26 March 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: The only newspaper which rallied to Mr Osborne's defence was The Times

Ian Burrell: How campaigning NGOs have joined the foreign-reporting business

26 March 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: As news organisations have cut numbers, charities have availed themselves of the skills of experienced reporters

Ian Burrell: Badoo... the dating site that 140 million people have fallen in love with

19 March 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: To overcome reticence from Brits and North Americans, the site has introduced "interests" features

Stephen Glover: Thatcher, Murdoch and the meeting that was erased from history

19 March 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: Murdoch's talk of standing up to the unions was music to Thatcher's ears

Ian Burrell: Comedy will be key if BBC3 wants to keep its youthful audience happy

12 March 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: BBC3 effectively concentrates on only two genres: comedy and factual

Stephen Glover: The Troubles are still raging for The Guardian's media pundit

12 March 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: Few people are aware The Guardian's media sage has links with Sinn Fein

Ian Burrell: Still in Vogue... publisher explains why magazine is bucking the online trend

05 March 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: Vogue readers see the printed magazine as "inspiring and glamorous and beautifully designed", says Quinn

Stephen Glover: Is Geordie Greig being road-tested for the editorship of the Daily Mail?

05 March 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: There are already two seasoned internal candidates for the editorship

Stephen Glover: A new dawn for Rupert Murdoch. But did The Sun shine on Sunday?

27 February 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: You wouldn't feel grubby reading this, though you might be a bit bored

Ian Burrell: The expansion of Sky Arts confirms that it isn't just a cultural fig leaf

20 February 2012 12:00 AM

Viewpoint: But Sky Arts has gained the confidence of institutions which would rather have been working with the BBC

Stephen Glover: The interests of Mr Murdoch and his journalists no longer coincide

20 February 2012 12:00 AM

Media Studies: Protecting journalistic sources is both a legal and moral duty

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