#Digital Britain: Ten good links
Yesterday it arrived: the final version of the Digital Britain report. Landline users among us will have to sacrifice around three lattes a year to meet the 50p a month levy for the Next Generation...
View ArticleTelegraph to publish ‘unredacted’ expenses information… in print
From the first day the Telegraph began printing information about MPs’ expenses Journalism.co.uk wanted to know what would happen to the data and how exactly it was being handled inside the ‘bunker’....
View ArticleGuardian.co.uk: Crowd-sourced experiment –‘Investigate your MP’s expenses’
The Guardian has launched a new crowd-sourced experiment: ‘Investigate your MP’s expenses’. More to follow from Journalism.co.uk soon. Extracts from the Guardian press release: “The Guardian has today...
View ArticleNick Davies told Commons committee in April that PCC phone hacking inquiry...
You may recall that back in April Nick Davies gave evidence to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee, for its review into press standards, privacy and libel. In the course of...
View ArticleWho will the PCC question at NOTW if it re-opens investigation into phone...
Will the PCC question News of the World’s Stuart Kuttner, who yesterday stepped down as the paper’s managing director, if it re-opens the investigation into phone hacking? [Update 10.07.09: News...
View ArticleComment is Free: Phone hacking – select committee must move quickly, says...
Paul Farrelly, member of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee, says the committee had to react quickly to the Guardian’s revelations about alleged phone hacking by the News of...
View ArticleCommons committee hearing tomorrow: It’s Andy Coulson’s turn…
The re-opened inquiry into press, standards privacy and libel by the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee will hear evidence from former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and...
View ArticlePhone hacking liveblog: Coulson and Kuttner’s evidence
Journalism.co.uk will be reporting today’s culture, media and sport select committee meeting at this post, using CoverItLive. We’ll also send out occasional updates via our event Twitter account,...
View ArticleJon Bernstein: Sorry Guido, the BBC did for Duncan
Three high-profile political figures mired in controversy, two thrown out of their jobs, one suffering a humiliating demotion – all thanks to internet activists of differing political hues from green...
View ArticleBBC Trust responds to MPs’ accusations over commercial expansion
As reported by the Guardian, a report published today by the House of Commons culture select committee criticises the ‘arrogance’ of the BBC Trust and the BBC for brushing off MPs’ concerns over the...
View ArticleFollow #localmedia hearing online – live
The House of Commons culture, media and sport committee will hear evidence from Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK and Paul Bradshaw, lecturer in journalism, Birmingham City University this...
View ArticleIndependent.co.uk: Solicitor general to look into phone hacking concerns
MP Tom Watson has speculated that his question in the House of Commons last Thursday, like many other phone hacking concerns, will receive scant attention by the press. Linking to an Independent on...
View ArticleIndependent: Labour MP to make new claims about phone hacking in Commons debate
The Independent reports that Labour MP Chris Bryant has secured a Commons debate on the ongoing phone-hacking case. The paper says that Bryant will make further allegations during the debate, which...
View ArticleJon Slattery: Government urged to set aside time for gagging law debate
An MP urged the government to set aside time for a Commons debate on gagging orders today, suggesting there are rumours circulating that another member of Parliament has taken out a super-injunction to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Murdoch humble, but saved the spectacle of being forced to eat pie…
In case you missed it earlier, here’s the video clip of an attempted foam pie-ing of Rupert Murdoch during today’s culture, media and sport select committee at the House of Commons. The real star is...
View Article
