Mirror publisher Reach to cut 550 jobs in response to Covid-19 revenue hit
The UK’s largest newspaper group Reach today announced plans to cut 550 staff (or around 12% of its workforce). The…
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Nearly one in five Britons likely to refuse Covid-19 vaccine as anti-vaxx conspiracy theories go viral on social media
Nearly a fifth of British adults are likely to refuse a Covid-19 vaccination in an apparent response to “anti-vaxx” conspiracy…
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Infodemic investigation: Facebook is biggest source of false claims about coronavirus
Most misleading stories about coronavirus originate on Facebook, Press Gazette research has found. Several social media giants, including Twitter and…
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Stars pay tribute to Stroud sports editor facing redundancy in Newsquest coronavirus cuts
A sports editor who has spent 18 years at the same Gloucestershire newspaper is among a number of redundancies expected…
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IPSO rejects 22 complaints prompted by false claims Daily Express front page was faked
Press regulator IPSO has confirmed that high-profile backers of Hacked Off and others were wrong in their assertion that a…
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‘Journalism has risen to the challenge’ – HSJ editor Alastair McLellan on covering coronavirus
“It started, I suppose, with NHS England trying to kill me.” Thus begins Health Service Journal editor Alastair McLellan’s telling…
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Covid-19 cuts hit New York Times as company axes 68 jobs
The New York Times has axed dozens of jobs, bringing to an end its resistance to making Covid-19 cuts. In…
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Damian Collins MP: Social media firms must take responsibility for harmful Covid-19 disinformation
We are living through the first major public health emergency in the age of social media disinformation. Where the disinformation…
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