by Sydney Smith on Sep 16, 2012
UK Newspaper Owner Calls to Close Irish Daily Star over Kate Middleton Topless Pics?
Newspaper owner Richard Desmond said he is "taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture" his company Northern and...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2012
UK Sun Apologizes for 23-year-old ‘Inaccurate & Offensive Story’ about Hillsborough
The UK News Corp.-owned Sun published an apology on Sept. 13 for its 1989 reporting on "the Hillsborough disaster," which Yahoo News identified...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2012
Irish Daily Star Runs Topless Kate Middleton Photos, Parent Company Says it was a ‘Serious Breach of their Contract’
As we wrote, Prince William and Kate Middleton sued the French magazine Closer for running the photos, which the couple...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2012
Beef Producer Claims to Have Been Libeled by ABC News, Diane Sawyer
Beef Products Inc. (BPI) is suing ABC News for defamation because it claims that the network's reporters on its "lean...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2012
UK Palace Sues French Mag for ‘Unjustifiable Invasion of Privacy’ of Kate Middleton
After a French magazine published photos of Kate Middleton topless, she and her husband Prince William are suing for what...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
Zimbabwe Gets New Media Council
Zimbabwe is getting a "media commission to monitor media conduct and ethics," but a pre-existing media council slammed the plans...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2012
NYT Defends Photo of Dead Ambassador, Despite State Dept. Calls
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan asked if it was "acceptable" for the Times' website to publish a photo...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Egyptian TV Anchor Wears Hijab, Against Dress Code
Egyptian TV news anchor Fatma Nabil broke "decades of secular dress code" Sept. 2 by "wearing the hijab" on air,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Nigerian State Government Accuses Newspaper of Libel, ‘False’ Story
The government of Nigerian state Ogun's Information and Strategy commissioner Alhaji Yusuf Olaniyonu claims that an Aug. 9 Compass Newspaper's...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
‘France’s Richest man’ Suing Newspaper over ‘Rich Jerk’ Comment
Bernard Arnault claims that French newspaper Liberation's headline calling him a "rich jerk" is "public insult," "vulgar and violent," the...