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Tom Newton Dunn leaves News UK after 19 years
News UK said Newton Dunn had brought "astute and authoritative reporting and commentary".
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Former BBC and NYT boss Mark Thompson named CEO and chair of CNN
Thompson said he spent years watching CNN "with a mixture of admiration and envy".
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BBC’s Newscast becomes seven-day operation with Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell at weekends
For the first time the BBC's "premier news podcast" will run seven days a week.
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Christian Broughton promoted to CEO as Independent announces more US expansion
Current CEO Zach Leonard will concentrate on growing the US business in a new role.
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IPSO raps Telegraph over columnist Iain Duncan Smith’s Covid homeschooling claim
IPSO said it was a "significant" inaccuracy because it was on a "topic of national importance".
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DMG Media global chief brand officer to leave company after ten years
Sean Walsh helped to launch Daily Mail Australia and build DailyMail.com in the US.
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Ex-Daily Record editor Murray Foote named CEO of SNP
Foote was the paper's editor from 2014 to 2018.
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Henry Foy named FT Brussels bureau chief as Sam Fleming becomes economics editor
Fleming, in turn, replaces longtime FT economics editor Chris Giles.
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GB News Breakfast gets new editor to execute ‘ambitious’ plans
Chris Rogers joins from Fresh Start Media, where he co-created Sky News' children's show FYI.
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This is Money editor takes charge of strategy in promotion to publisher
Simon Lambert has edited This is Money for ten years.
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Departed Vice exec Katie Drummond named Wired’s global editorial director
Drummond credits an internship at Wired for "kickstarting" her journalism career.
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Mail Newspapers MD made CEO of i and New Scientist
Roland Agambar will succeed Nina Wright, who is to become Harmsworth Media chair.
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Vice News editor in chief and deputy editor to depart following sale
It follows the departure of four senior editorial staffers in the US last week.
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IPSO: Telegraph and Sunday Mirror okay to report Tory MP treated housekeeper like ‘slave’
Rebecca Silk and husband Jonathan Djanogly MP claimed the coverage had been inaccurate and intrusive.
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Trusted Reviews buys Wareable Media Group
Trusted Reviews Ltd has expanded its portfolio of e-commerce-led technology websites.
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LBC appoints The Sun’s Natasha Clark as political editor
Natasha Clark is currently chief political correspondent at The Sun.
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‘Failed health secretary and cheating husband’ Matt Hancock loses IPSO complaints against Mirror
Daily Mirror articles about Matt Hancock not inaccurate, rules IPSO.
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Mail on Sunday set for libel trial showdown with mother of boxer Nicola Adams
Denver Adams is suing Associated Newspapers over an interview with her Olympic boxer daughter.
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Yalda Hakim joins Sky News months after being named a BBC News chief presenter
Hakim will be lead world news presenter at Sky News.
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Online beauty retailer THG buys City AM
THG owns online retail brands including Cult Beauty and Myprotein.
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Reach digital sport boss and ex-Hull Daily Mail editor leaves company
Neil Hodgkinson said he wants to find his "next adventure".
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Guardian creates seven journalist jobs as part of ‘restorative justice’ plan after slavery link found
The roles include dedicated correspondents for the Caribbean, Africa and South America.
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DMG Media appoints Jamie East as head of podcasts
East will report to Mail editor Ted Verity and Rothermere heir Vere Harmsworth.
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Reach editor-in-chief Lloyd Embley leaves company after 30 years
Lloyd Embley has been group editor-in-chief at Reach since 2014.
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Ofcom clears Channel 4 News of ‘left-wing bias’ over EHRC ‘toxic culture’ report
Ofcom said the report was on a "legitimate matter of public interest" and done with due impartiality.
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Evening Standard continues ‘transformation’ plans with new executive editor
George Chesterton will become Evening Standard executive editor in September.
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Cuts to Global’s regional radio newsrooms ‘another blow to local journalism’
Global Radio has reportedly put up to 40 roles at risk of redundancy.
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Washington Post appoints three new executives in two days
The C-suite refresh comes a month after Post publisher Fred Ryan stepped down from his role.
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Daily Express US hires Nigel Farage as columnist and political analyst
Among his first predictions Farage said Democrats will not re-nominate Biden for president.
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Campaign expands into Canada with acquisition of The Message
The Message will be rebranded Campaign Canada early next year.
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Rebekah Vardy versus Sun IPSO ruling
Vardy was previously accused in the "Wagatha Christie" case of leaking stories to The Sun.
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Mirror journalists narrowly vote to accept 4% pay rise offer for 2023
The BAJ union accused Reach of age discrimination over an earlier proposed deal.
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Times found to have published inaccurate financial data over ‘a number of years’
An investor complained to The Times about the figures in its money section before turning to IPSO.
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Open Democracy editor and CEO Peter Geoghegan steps down
He is replaced as CEO by former managing director Satbir Singh.
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DMGT makes ‘strategic investment’ in children’s mag publisher What on Earth
Britannica’s What on Earth! Magazine launched in April 2022 aimed at six to 14-year-olds.
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Channel 4’s Debbie Ramsay named next editor of 5 News
Ramsay will take over the programme in the autumn.
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Ofcom opens new GB News and TalkTV standards investigations
The regulator will ask audiences how they feel about politicians presenting current affairs programmes.
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Kate McCann moves from TalkTV to become Times Radio political editor
McCann was TalkTV's political editor from its launch in April 2022.
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IPSO says Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle Sun column was sexist and breached Editors’ Code
IPSO has told The Sun to flag its ruling on the front page of the newspaper.
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Irish News editor Noel Doran to step down after 25 years
Doran is believed to be the UK and Ireland's current longest-serving daily newspaper editor.
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Thomson Reuters buys digital content library business Imagen
It is the company's second major acquisition this week.
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Veteran Old Bailey court reporter David St George dies aged 82
St George was a chronicler of dramatic trials over four decades.
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Star Daily Mail foreign reporter Dame Ann Leslie dies aged 82
Ann Leslie said sexist treatment at Daily Express put "iron into my soul".
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Marie Claire names new editor-in-chief to lead women’s brand ‘into new era’
Nikki Ogunnaike will join Marie Claire from her role as senior digital director at Harper's Bazaar.
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Vox Media co-founder joins Guardian Media Group board
Brundrett was chief operating officer at Vox Media until April 2022.
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Six news titles breach Editors’ Code privacy clause – one with ‘egregious’ details of sexual assault victims
The Greenock Telegraph was told it should undergo training as a result of its code breach.
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‘Key part’ of Reach’s digital transformation Ed Walker leaving after 13 years
Ed Walker is currently audience and content director (audience delivery) at Reach.
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Conservative MP Lee Anderson will host show on GB News
It has not yet been announced when Anderson’s show will air.
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Boris Johnson joins Daily Mail as weekly columnist
The Mail says there is no evidence Boris Johnson lied to parliament.
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Ex-Times political editor Francis Elliott to edit The House magazine
Elliott left The Times in 2020 and has since worked in advocacy for a charity.
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Ex-Guardian editorial legal director Gill Phillips named co-author of journalism legal bible McNae’s
Gill Phillips will co-author McNae's with PA law service editor Sian Harrison.
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TalkTV pays damages to migrants charity over ‘human traffickers’ claim
Migrants Organise expressed concern that "it was suggested that they were ‘funded to help illegal migration’".
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UK science publisher Texere acquired by Broadcast Med
Texere Publishing was founded "around a kitchen table" in Knutsford.
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IPSO: Times OK to report ‘wild rumours’ of Boris Johnson Derbyshire election bid
Sarah Dines objected to a Times Notebook column about rumours Boris Johnson might want her seat.
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Gail Champion named first BBC Local investigations editor
New BBC Local investigations set-up following closure of Inside Out.
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Rodney Edwards appointed editor of Impartial Reporter
Award-winning reporter returns to weekly where he began career.
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News Radio UK brings in freelance presenters to supplement rolling news output
Victoria Meakin, Duncan Barkes and Stuart Clarkson joing News Radio UK.
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Edward Enninful vacates British Vogue editor’s chair to be ‘editorial advisor’
Enninful appeared to indicate the editor-in-chief title at British Vogue is being abolished with his departure.
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News Media Alliance promotes Danielle Coffey to CEO and president
Coffey has been a major figure in pushing for legislation forcing big tech to pay news publishers.
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Quartz and Wired editors-in-chief announce departures on same day
Wired's Gideon Lichfield and Quartz's Zach Seward are both leaving.
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Former GQ chief Dylan Jones named editor of the Evening Standard
The Evening Standard has been without a full-time editor since October 2021.
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40-year Fleet Street veteran Jack Crossley dies aged 94
Jack began his journalism career at the Yorkshire Evening Post before stints at the Mail and the Observer.
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The Times appoints Maggie O’Riordan as deputy editor after Mail on Sunday departure
Maggie O'Riordan was until recently deputy editor at the Mail on Sunday.
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Financial Times sells Pensions Expert brand to DG Publishing
The FT Group had planned to close the Pensions Expert brand.
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Informa acquires B2B catering industry specialists Winsight for $380m
Winsight's brands include titles such as Foodservice Director and Restaurant Business.
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DMGT heir apparent Vere Harmsworth named director of publishing strategy
Vere Harmsworth has been working in business development for DMG Media since 2020.
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Mirror publisher pays ‘significant’ damages to Lady Colin Campbell over Epstein claim
The Mirror misquoted a claim made by the royal commentator on Good Morning Britain.
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Immediate Media CEO shake-up as Tom Bureau becomes chairman
Sean Cornwell gets promoted from platforms CEO.
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Bauer hires global SEO director to meet ‘enormous growth potential’
Stuart Forrest was most recently senior vice president for audience and marketing at Future.
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Mediahuis buys EU policy website Euractiv amid aim to become ‘leading European media group’
Euractiv will be the first pan-European news brand owned by Mediahuis.
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News UK proposes closure of one of three print plants
Knowsley's printing will be transferred to plants in Broxbourne and Eurocentral.
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Former Manchester Evening News editor Darren Thwaites to leave Reach
Thwaites was most recently working on UK-wide strategic projects at Reach.
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GB News breaches Ofcom rules for second time with ‘unopposed’ Covid-19 vaccine claims
Ofcom said Dr Naomi Wolf promoted "a serious conspiracy theory without challenge or context".
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NUJ votes to drop ‘mother’ and ‘father’ titles for chapel leadership
Official NUJ materials will now refer instead to chapel "chairs".
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National World buys Rotherham Advertiser and B2B publisher Insider Media
The publisher said the acquisitions would help to compensate for the current ad downturn.
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Two-time editor of Press Gazette Tony Loynes dies aged 73
The editor and publisher saved Press Gazette from closure and fought to chart a way forward for trade publishers.
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Jewish Chronicle rapped over claim Iran vowed to ‘wipe Jews off face of Earth’
The regulator said Iranian political leaders had instead called for Israel's destruction.
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Fox News ‘parts ways’ with Tucker Carlson, and Don Lemon out at CNN
Fox's share value dropped 4% after the announcement.
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Time appoints deputy editor Sam Jacobs as new editor-in-chief
The new editor-in-chief is "the youngest editor to lead Time since co-founder Henry Luce".
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IPSO clears The Times over investigations into PR chief Paul Blanchard
IPSO did not uphold Paul Blanchard's complaints in relation to two Times articles.
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Colin Brazier joins LBC after leaving GB News
Brazier left GB News in September 2022 in a shake-up of its schedule.
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‘Unflappable’ tabloid journalist John ‘Steady’ Stead dies aged 77
John Stead was well-known in both Manchester and London newspaper circles.
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Ex-Metro editor Ted Young joins IPSO complaints committee
Young left Metro in March after a digital-first restructure of the newsroom.
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Fox agrees $787.5m last-minute settlement in Dominion libel case
Fox said it acknowledged "the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false".
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Sun ordered by IPSO to correct false claim man raped dog
The Sun breached accuracy rules in the Editors’ Code of Practice by reporting that a man had “filmed himself…
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Fieldsports Press acquires Future’s shooting brands
It comes a week after Fieldsports announced it bought Trout & Salmon from Bauer.
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Bauer sells Trout & Salmon to Fieldsports Press
All editorial staff will move to Fieldsports Press with the acquisition.
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Sale of DC Thomson magazine arm Aceville saves about 30 jobs
DC Thomson acquired Aceville's almost 40 magazine brands in 2018.
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Music title Rock Sound saved by Gabriel Jagger’s Whynow
All of Rock Sound's former editorial employees were let go in January.
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FT takes majority stake in biopharma B2B site Endpoints News
Endpoints News and FT have "strong alignment" in their mission and reader revenues focus.
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TalkTV’s Nadine Dorries did not breach impartiality rules with Boris Johnson interview, Ofcom finds
Separately Ofcom will investigate GB News over two Tory MPs' interview with Jeremy Hunt.
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Telegraph adds 2.5m monthly magazine readers with Chelsea Magazine Company buyout
Chelsea Magazine Company publishes titles including The English Home, The English Garden and Classic Boat.
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Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal steps down
Edward Felsenthal will become executive chairman and contributing editor at Time in June.
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Times Radio’s Lucy Fisher appointed FT Whitehall editor
Lucy Fisher fills Sebastian Payne's vacated role at the FT.
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DC Thomson leadership shake-up continues with new Sunday Post editor
Dave Lord has been named editor (national) overseeing The Sunday Post and DC Thomson's politics coverage.
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Finkelstein start-up The Messenger buys potential rival Grid ahead of May launch
Grid will be merged into The Messenger after it launches in May.
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IPSO clears Mail on Sunday for ‘deadnaming’ of trans Penny Mordaunt supporter
IPSO said the deadnaming did not breach Clause 12 (discrimination) of the Editors' Code of Practice.
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Sunday Times Magazine names new editor after Krissi Murison became newspaper deputy
Martin Hemming has been editor of the News Review at The Sunday Times for three years.
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