Ipso is a creature of the publishers in which they will continue to hold the strings – including the purse-stringsAt last, the new press regulator is emerging from the shadows. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), the great invention of the majority of Britain's newspaper and magazine publishers, has assumed human form.Well, up to a point. One man selected in opaque circumstances to head the project, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, and another man similarly plucked from obscurity, Sir Hayden Phillips (no relation), have together appointed an "appointment panel".Note first their qualifications for this task. Phillips one is a former supreme court judge, its founding president no less. Phillips two is a former senior civil servant. They are indisputably members of that gilded, privileged and unelected set known as "the great and good".No surprise, then, that two of their choices for the appointment panel should come from the same background – another former supreme court judge, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, and another former civil servant, Dame Denise Platt, who chaired the Commission for Social Care Inspection.In their wisdom, doubtless with crucial input from anonymous publishing representatives, the Phillipses also chose a former editor and a current editor to join the panel.They are Paul Horrocks, the engaging ex-editor of the Manchester Evening News who also happened to serve for four years on the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), the body that... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daily Telegraph talks up chances Charles will attend the Everest. Plus: ABC splashes cash on redesignFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith King Charles and Queen Camilla arriving on Friday for the couple’s first... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-18 01:06:28 UTC ]
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Behind closed doors in a courtroom in Reno, Nevada, a high-stakes family business dispute has been unfolding. Rupert Murdoch is trying to change the terms of a longstanding family trust to give his favoured eldest son, Lachlan, full control of his media empire after his death.Associate professor... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-23 15:00:07 UTC ]
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Local, national, international – the weekday paper was a brilliant one-stop shop. But information, and how we get it, is more atomised nowLocal daily to close.” Ultimately, that is the truth. From today, London’s Evening Standard is indeed ceasing to appear every weekday, as it has for almost... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-19 07:00:10 UTC ]
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British arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp empire reports near-£54m deficit due to TalkTV costsThe Sun lost £66m last year and its online audience dropped by 4 million readers as the newspaper continued to grapple with the fallout from the phone-hacking scandal.Total losses at the Murdoch-owned... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-04-09 14:02:36 UTC ]
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Planned acquisition by UAE-backed RedBird IMI is being considered by the culture secretaryBusiness live – latest updatesMedia groups have reportedly shown fresh interest in a takeover of the Telegraph and Spectator alongside Redbird IMI, the UAE backed consortium.Bloomberg said Rupert Murdoch’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-03-12 14:46:36 UTC ]
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It will be the billionaire’s fifth wedding, five months after he stepped down from his News Corp media empireThe media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for a sixth time, it emerged on Thursday, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist.Murdoch’s office announced that the 92-year-old is set... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-03-07 23:53:05 UTC ]
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Journalist Claire Atkinson sells a bio of Rupert Murdoch to Grand Central, Saga buys an SF epic from TV writer Damien Ober, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Business secretary privately met media mogul in apparent breach of ministerial code of conductKemi Badenoch failed to declare a meeting that she held with Rupert Murdoch days after she was appointed to the cabinet – in a breach of transparency rules.The business and trade secretary reacted... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-02 19:19:20 UTC ]
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No one emerges with much credit in Wolff’s second study of Rupert Murdoch and his family – a gossipy story of power and greed peppered with endless layers of psychological insightFifteen years ago, Michael Wolff wrote a study of Rupert Murdoch entitled The Man Who Owns the News. It benefited... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-02 06:00:06 UTC ]
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The influence of News Corp is overstated – and politicians need to revamp their tactics and schmoozing accordingly‘What are you going to do about the Sun?” It was the first question Neil Kinnock asked, when a bunch of eager young political advisers setting up a now long-forgotten campaign for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-24 07:32:16 UTC ]
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Murdoch Jr does not have the same love for print as father Rupert but newspapers’ influence remains a drawcard for the new bossFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch started his leadership... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-22 15:00:03 UTC ]
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Buying (and burying) Myspace, beefing up Fox News, lighting media dumpster fires—the longtime News Corp head shaped cultural conversations. With his exit, that era can end. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2023-09-21 19:10:21 UTC ]
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Duke of Sussex has alleged royal family agreed not to sue newspaper publisher in return for an apology and settlementPrince Harry does not blame Queen Elizabeth II for backing an alleged secret phone-hacking deal between the royal family and Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers, the high court has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-26 14:40:32 UTC ]
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If its true that William took a payoff from Murdoch and the royals struck a peace deal, they seem willing to surrender reputations cheaplyPrince Harry has long alleged that the royal family – “the Institution”, as he calls it – is locked in a trap of appeasement with the tabloid media. In their... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-25 16:54:24 UTC ]
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Media mogul’s admission in Dominion Systems election case that he let cable network broadcast falsehoods stuns observersIn his 71 years as a media executive, Rupert Murdoch has proved himself to be a grand master in the arts of survival. He has weathered bruising battles with British trade... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-28 21:09:35 UTC ]
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Weeks after Fox merger scrapped investors say market value languishing because of underperforming businesses in portfolioThe shrinking of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation by 1,250 roles after a plunge in profits of almost a third serves as a stark reminder that the billionaire mogul’s abortive... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-10 16:37:18 UTC ]
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News Corp, one of his companies, said Rupert Murdoch had determined that a merger was “not optimal for shareholders of News Corp and Fox at this time.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-01-25 00:02:52 UTC ]
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Exclusive: Key Murdoch editor was at Wall Street Journal Tech Live event at Laguna Beach last month along with top News Corp executivesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChristopher Dore lost his job... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-18 07:59:05 UTC ]
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Deal would seal legacy with favoured heirs, but markets question whether companies should merge in the first placeThis week’s 200th anniversary soiree for the Sunday Times gathered some of the biggest names in media at the headquarters of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-21 14:56:58 UTC ]
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Merger would combine Fox News and TMZ with newspaper and online news operations, almost a decade after they splitThe two parts of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire are discussing a merger nearly a decade after they split.The merger would combine Murdoch’s Fox News and TMZ assets with News Corp’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-15 01:01:11 UTC ]
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