Labour deputy leader claims paper's associate editor has admitted she was never an apologist for paedophiliaHarriet Harman has again called on the Daily Mail to "apologise and put the record straight" over its claims she turned a blind eye to a paedophile lobbying group in the 1970s.The Labour deputy leader and shadow culture secretary said on Wednesday there was no reason to say sorry for working for the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), after the Mail published a series of stories about the group's links to the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) between 1975 and 1983.She said she had never met PIE's former chairman Tom O'Carroll, who challenged the idea in an interview on Tuesday night that he was sidelined from 1976.He said PIE was tolerated in the NCCL because it was among the "radical and liberal forces" in the organisation that the ambitious politicians could not afford to alienate.Harman told reporters outside the Oxford Media Convention on Wednesday: "That is absolutely not true."PIE were a loathsome organisation and in 1976 NCCL took them on and pushed them to the margins."That was the case before I actually went to work for NCCL."I never even met Tom O'Carroll, I had never done any work with what was called the gay rights committee at that time which he sat on. He had no influence over my work at all."Harman said: "I absolutely object to the suggestion that I was ever an apologist for paedophilia or Tom O'Carroll or anybody."The Daily Mail... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week James Patterson mailed the first installment of his $1 million pledge to 54 indie booksellers and the NCIBA for California Bookstore Day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail publisher reports that website's ad revenues increased by 48% to £14m in the final three months of 2013Mail Online's ad revenues increased by almost 50% to £14m in the final three months of last year, more than offsetting a fall in print advertising to keep the Daily Mail titles in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The site's recent traffic surge has many in the digital media world wondering how it's become one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet. The post Elite Daily: Inside One Publisher’s Viral Boom appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher thought to have paid potentially as much as £1m-plus in bid to boost international traffic, particularly in the USMail Online is switching from a .co.uk to .com homepage address, following protracted negotiations with the US paper that owned the dailymail.com domain name.Owner Daily... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Evans, assistant editor (news), to take over Monday to Friday editions with immediate effect, publisher announcesDaily Telegraph editor Tony Gallagher is understood to have been fired after four years in charge of the UK's biggest selling quality paper.Telegraph Media Group announced to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion will publish a book on trivia about different areas of the UK, written by Mark Mason. Alan... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This may not be a first - but HoldTheFrontPage is reporting that the Manchester Evening News has ditched its picture desk.It says that both the picture editor and his deputy have not been replaced after leaving the Trinity Mirror title. Photographers are now assigned to jobs by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Union pays Lucy Adams' legal costs after falsely accusing her department of being involved in a 'dirty tricks' campaignThe National Union of Journalists has apologised to the BBC's outgoing human resources director Lucy Adams and paid her legal costs after falsely accusing her department of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Kent has apologised for a statement on its website that seemingly belittled... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Mail is to launch an online operation in Australia in January 2014. The newspaper has gone into partnership with Mi9, the digital media company owned by Nine Entertainment. Mail Online will provide original Australian content alongside ninemsn, a joint venture between Nine and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher aims to continue 2013's 50% growth to hit point at which website's income would exceed newspapers' declineMail Online has set a target of making more than £60m in revenues in 2014, with executives saying it is close to more than offsetting revenue declines at the Daily Mail and Mail on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has apologised for a children’s book that omits Israel from a map of the Middle... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From India to China, Brazil to Finland, find out what the publishing industry is talking about in our Friday Show Daily from the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the second day of the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair, we bring you news of book deals, interviews with CEOs and more. Download the issue to read more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times will consolidate the multiple print editions it publishes each night into a single, global newspaper in the first half of 2014, using its website for breaking news as the publisher focuses on growth in digital products and perhaps sets the stage for eventual further... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives show daily for this Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair includes conference reports and info on Brazil's Guest of Honor exhibition. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Download our special Frankfurt Book Fair show daily focused on digital publishing. Read interviews with CEOs, digital experts and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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