View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. News
March 27, 2009

Elton John ends action against The Guardian

By owenamos

Elton John’s legal action against The Guardian’s spoof diary of his life has ended.

John claimed Marina Hyde‘s ‘A peek at the diary of” feature was ‘gratuitously offensive, nasty and snide“.

In December, the high court struck out John’s claim for libel, agreeing the piece did not carry the factual meanings the singer had claimed.

His law firm Carter-Ruck took the case to the court of appeal, but last week that court rejected their right for appeal.

Today, the seven-day period to appeal that decision ended.

John had claimed the article suggested his commitment to the Elton John Aids Foundation was insincere, and that his White Tie and Tiara Ball was used to meet celebrities rather than raise money.

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

Topics in this article :

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network