by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Johann Hari Not Going Back to the Independent
Journalist Johann Hari is resigning from the UK Independent, the Guardian reported Jan. 20. Hari announced his resignation in a...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
News Corp Paying More than £1 million + Legal Costs to 37 Phone Hacking Victims, Including Jude Law
News International will pay "well over £1 million" and legal costs to News of the World phone hacking victims, the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
PressTV Loses its OfCom License
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom "revoked the UK license of Iranian state broadcaster Press TV," Journalism.co.uk reported. According to Journalism.co.uk,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
PCC Rejects Julian Assange’s Autobiography Complaint
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange complained to the UK print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission over a review of Assange's autobiography, Julian...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2012
Guardian’s Roy Greenslade Questions Leveson Inquiry’s Balance
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade questioned the balance in the UK Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices in a January...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2012
OfCom: ITV News ‘Mislead’ Viewers with Two Video Segments
OfCom ruled Jan. 23 that UK broadcaster ITV News broke OfCom standards by airing two segments with incorrect footage in September,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2012
5 Arrests in UK Bribery Investigation, Mulcaire Ordered to name Hacking Orders
The UK police arrested four journalists and a police officer on January 28 as part of an investigation into "police corruption" called...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2012
PCC Chairman Suggests Changes to UK Media Regulation at Leveson Hearing
The Press Complaints Commission's chairman Lord Hunt proposed a "totally new" regulation system and a "fresh start" at the Jan....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
The Sun Retracts Claim about Soccer Manager
The UK Sun retracted a Jan. 30 story claiming that a soccer sports manager texted his team "to prepare for...