Heather Mills, the editor of the Daily Mail and a PR veteran all fronted up to the Levenson Inquiry on its 40th day of investigating phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.
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Media briefs: News’ rogue lawyer … shameful presser … capital turns off ABC …
Will Rupert Murdoch appear tomorrow morning in public (well, on a US conference call) to talk about the second quarter and first-half results for News Corporation after new claims of hacking? Plus other media news of the day.
News settles phone-hacking payouts, but story still has legs
Any hope that paying out big money will help end the trouble is surely misplaced.
Media briefs: Leveson latest … TV execs year of change … Russian journos axed after election …
Read the email that could bring about James Murdoch’s downfall. James Murdoch has misled a UK Parliamentary committee, either deliberately or by negligence. Plus other media news of the day.
Media briefs: Pagemasters cuts … Leveson latest … Kyle’s new shocker …
In today’s Media Briefs: wut with the old, in with new at Pagemasters … Front page of the Day. …Leveson inquiry: NotW’s Neville Thurlbeck to give evidence …Austereo asks: should we sack Kyle? and more …
Guy Rundle: McMullan testimony a toxic mix of nihilism, self-righteousness and victimhood
Paul McMullan’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry was stomach turning testimony, but it was the best insight yet into what went so badly wrong at the heart of News International culture.
Guy Rundle: Sienna Miller stars with winning Leveson performance
Down to the Royal Courts of Justice again, those bizarre fairytale towers in the middle of the Strand, their gravitas all gone the moment you learn they were created in the 19th century, the modern state wrapping itself in ancient stone.
The Leveson Inquiry: phone hacking, Milly Dowler and Hugh Grant
Crikey media wrap: Actor Hugh Grant and the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler spoke of their experiences with News of the World phone hacking and dodgy press ethics to the Leveson Inquiry overnight.
Media briefs: News Ltd clears News Ltd … 29 journos named in NotW claim … Underbelly sued …
Today’s NT News reports that US President Barack Obama has taken out crocodile insurance ahead of his brief Top End visit. Plus other media news of the day.
Media briefs: Fairfax sans Fairfax … James Murdoch and NotW … MTV makeover …
In today’s Media Briefs: the newspaper that almost seized the future … MTV still ‘present’ — despite 13 redundancies, production cuts … Voice of UK’s Siri is now speaking out (to Apple’s chagrin) and more …
‘Mafia boss’ Murdoch gets another NotW grilling
Crikey media wrap: News Corp boss James Murdoch faced up to his second UK parliamentary committee into the News of the World phone hacking scandal, denying that he had misled the committee previously.
Media briefs: Oz goes for gold … NotW stalked Harry Potter … Nine for sale? …
The Australian goes for gold … News of the World paid me to follow 90 people, claims private detective … Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits ‘incorrect’ evidence … Nine Entertainment Co “set for assets fire sale” and more …
News of the World spied on hacking victims’ lawyers
In a new low for News of the World, The Guardian reveals that NotW hired a private investigator to follow and film two of the lawyers representing its phone hacking victims.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: what not to do
It’s worth keeping tabs on the scandal that proved to be the impetus for our own media soul searching — the UK phone hacking scandal that just won’t go away.
Media briefs: Rouge-faced shark report … Carroll & The Oz … James Murdoch’s future …
The spate of recent shark attacks in Western Australia has made international headlines has news organisations, experts and locals are debating if this is the act of one shark or three separate attacks. Plus other media news of the day.
Political snippets: Queen’s solicitors knew the News of the World was lying
That was a suggested headline by a British Labour MP overnight as he questioned a solicitor who as well as acting for Her Majesty had done some work for News International.
Media briefs: Hun in da wrong? … iiNet plugs RRR …
Today’s Herald Sun uses African-American language for its headline “OBAMA IN DA HOUSE” for its story on President Barack Obama’s planned November Australia visit. Plus other news…
Media briefs: The Kiss … ABC redundancy bill doubles … Facebook timeline …
Female authors fight back … ABC redundancy bill doubles … Reporters Without Borders to open Tunisia bureau … The Department of Corrections and more …
Media briefs: Oz’s weather double … Aussie film fraud … Indy’s new masthead …
The Oz: weather one day, same the next … Aussie film’s embarrassing aboutface … The Independent changes its masthead and more …
Media briefs: Daily Mail caught the lift … Age’s Cut/Copy paste …
In today’s Media Briefs: Daily Mail caught out stealing … Israel releases Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist … ABC crew remembered in documentary and more …
Cracking the code and regulating the wild west of online media
Several weeks ago Crikey, and our publisher Private Media, promised our own internal code of conduct. Here it is.
Media briefs: Tele beat-up … Murdoch recalled … News Corp’s lawsuit woes …
In today’s Media Briefs: MPs recall James Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence … News Corp. shareholders say phone-hacking is only latest impropriety … Sneaky Seven: Macca’s ad breaches programming rules and more …
Media briefs: PM’s NotW scoop … talkback in ratings surge … new The Week ed …
In today’s Media Briefs: Front Page of the Day … Coulson favoured chancellor in coverage of scandal during time as editor … 3AW and 2GB surge in radio ratings … The Week appoints Alison Wright as new editor and more …
Media briefs: Another NotW inquiry … NY Times historic edition …
In today’s Media Briefs: James Murdoch faces second grilling by MPs … Evidence ‘unclear and contradictory’, says News International and more …
Top NotW execs dispute James Murdoch’s evidence
Crikey media wrap: James Murdoch may again have to front the UK inquiry into phone hacking, after former News of the World executives disputed his previous parliamentary evidence.
