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Independent journalist wins Stonewall award

The Independent's Johann Hari has been named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall awards.

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'Telegraph' wins Petra Ecclestone libel case

Saturday, 7 November 2009

The High Court in London yesterday threw out a libel action brought by Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone's daughter.

Kate Winslet wins payout

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

The actress accepted £25,000 libel damages today over a claim that she publicly lied about her exercise regime.

The chief executive of Index on Censorship, John Kampfner, says that critics of the political and corporate powers-that-be risk being silenced by a legal system that has become heavily biased against free speech

The silence of the arts, the press, science, charities...

Monday, 2 November 2009

A new report by Index on Censorship argues that fear of libel action means that freedom of expression is under threat as never before, writes Ian Burrell

Quentin Letts at the Savile Club in London's Mayfair, where he stays for three nights of the week

The Mail's chief pie-chucker lets fly at those without The X Factor

Monday, 2 November 2009

The acidic sketch writer Quentin Letts detests bog-standard Britain and thinks Simon Cowell should be in the Cabinet. Ian Burrell reports

For the record: 02/11/2009

Monday, 2 November 2009

"A tone that is more friendly and less forbidding than sometimes, at our weakest, we were," Controller Mark Damazer explains the record ratings at BBC Radio 4

Happy birthday to 'the house mag of the intellectual elite'

Sunday, 1 November 2009

And, to celebrate, 'London Review of Books' takes its 12,000 articles online.

The feral beast: Curtain call for 'Sun' critic Hagerty

Sunday, 1 November 2009

It's exit stage left for The Sun's theatre critic, Bill Hagerty. The veteran former Mirror hack has been let go in a round of cuts, even though his son, Will, is a senior executive at the paper. It is unclear whether a replacement will be appointed, although given the Sun's interest in TV talent show stars who end up in the West End, it's not such a daft idea. But Hagerty will probably still be seen in theatreland: his wife, Liz Vercoe, is also a critic, so no doubt he can still go – on her arm.

INM boosted by 'stabilising' advertising revenues

Friday, 30 October 2009

Independent News & Media, the publisher of The Independent, has seen revenues improve since July as the advertising market has begun to stabilise.

Battle of London freesheets ends as 'Lite' looks to fold

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

The free newspaper battle for London's commuters is to end after just three years, as the London Lite's publisher prepares to close the title, leaving the streets clear for The London Evening Standard.

Council news 'keeps local papers afloat'

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

A councillor yesterday claimed that local authority newsletters helped to sustain, rather than kill off local newspapers.

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