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Express set for first full-day national newspaper strike for 18 years

Posted on 3 April 2008
Tags: National Newspapers

Journalists at the Express Newspapers in London and Preston are set to stage the first full-day strike on a national newspaper for 18 year tomorrow.

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NUJ to debate Israel motion at annual delegate meeting

Posted on 3 April 2008
Tags: Regional Newspapers

The National Union of Journalists could overturn one its most controversial motions of recent years at its Annual Delegates’ Meeting this weekend, a boycott of Israeli goods and services.

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Magazine editors to draw up ‘airbrushing’ code

Posted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism

A group of rival women’s magazine editors have agreed to work together to draw up a voluntary code of practice on airbrushing and “size zero” models.

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Publicis Blueprint set to axe third of its staff

Posted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism

Customer publisher Publicis Blueprint is to axe a third of its staff, several magazines and is negotiating the departure of its chief executive as a part of a major overhaul at the company.

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Centaur admits to ‘valuation’ of the business

Posted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism

Business magazines publisher Centaur has denied the company is engaged in a strategic review but revealed that it is currently involved in a “valuation” of the business.

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Tommy Sheridan loses Talk 107 radio show

Posted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism

Former Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been ditched by Edinburgh radio station Talk 107 because he was too “confrontational”.

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Ofcom clears Panorama in complaint over Thomas Cook report

Posted on 31 March 2008
Tags: Journalism

Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has rejected a complaint by Thomas Cook over a Panorama report into the deaths of two children on a holiday booked through the travel company.

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Trinity Mirror appoints new digital director for regionals

Posted on 31 March 2008
Tags: Journalism

Trinity Mirror has appointed Chris Bunyan, a former director of online portal management for Virgin Media, as the new digital director for its regional titles.

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Headless Body in Topless Bar

Posted on 31 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers

Headless Body in Topless Bar! That’s a headline from the New York Post - renowned for its, bold, sassy and sometimes witty front pages - that will be long remembered.

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Journalists reject bank collapse lies

Posted on 31 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers

??Newsdesks refuse to run malicious HBOS rumours as Bank of England requests cooperation

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McCanns’ local station up for IRN award

Posted on 28 March 2008
Tags: Journalism

One of the biggest news stories of the last year, the disappearance of Madeline McCann, has led to an IRN award nomination for the McCann family’s local station, Leicester Sound.

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Union members accept BBC redundancies deal

Posted on 28 March 2008
Tags: Journalism

The NUJ and BBC have reached a final agreement which will end the threat of strike action over possible compulsory redundancies in the latest round of cuts.

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Happy slap teen keeps anonymity

Posted on 28 March 2008
Tags: Law

A judge refused to allow the media to identify a 15-year-old girl who used a mobile phone to film two friends beating a man to death in what a court heard was a “cruel and revolting attack”.

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Guardian denies cull of older staff

Posted on 28 March 2008
Tags: Regional Newspapers

?The parent company of The Guardian is not ditching experienced print journalists in favour of web-savvy younger staff, according to the paper’s managing editor.

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‘Drunk’ editor is caught on police camera

Posted on 28 March 2008
Tags: Regional Newspapers

?A West Briton journalist was “arrested” with a four pack of beer in his hand and spent the night in a police cell as part of a well-organised plan to document what life is like on the inside.

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US newspapers use wires and TV to cover presidential campaign

Posted on 27 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers

Covering the US presidential election is proving too expensive for many American newspapers.

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NUJ condemns Richard Desmond’s ‘meddling’ as Express staff opt for strike

Posted on 27 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers

The NUJ has expressed concern over Express Newspapers proprietor Richard Desmond’s alleged interference in editorial matters after journalists on the papers voted to go on strike.

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Tommy Sheridan and wife appear in court on perjury charge

Posted on 27 March 2008
Tags: Law

Former Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail appeared in court today charged with perjury

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Jackson Five pair sue Daily Star over ‘flat broke’ allegations

Posted on 27 March 2008
Tags: Law

Two former members of the Jackson Five are planning to sue the Daily Star, just over a week after it printed an unprecedented front page apology to the family of missing girl Madeline McCann.

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Campaigners lobby MPs for ‘Channel 6′ local TV network

Posted on 27 March 2008
Tags: Journalism

A new television network on Freeview could help fill the void in local TV left by the BBC and ITV, according to campaigners.

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