Sensitivity and suicide – The Guardian

Posted January 28th, 2008 in media, news, suicide by sally

“Extensive coverage last week of the suspected ‘copycat’ suicides of seven young people in Bridgend, south Wales – and the publication in one paper earlier this month of the picture of a young City banker as he leapt to his death from a hotel window – have reignited concerns about how suicide is reported.”

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The Guardian, 28th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court backs BBC over Israel report – The Times

Posted January 26th, 2008 in disclosure, Israel, media, news by sally

“The Court of Appeal has upheld the BBC’s right not to disclose an internal report about the broadcaster’s coverage of Israel.”

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The Times, 25th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ofcom seeks new powers in wake of TV phone-in scandals – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 8th, 2008 in media, news, telecommunications by sally

“The chief executive of media regulator Ofcom wants to expand his office’s powers with new laws that would make its programming sanctions as powerful as its advertising ones.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2008

Source: www.out-law.com

Channel 4 chiefs kept competition phone lines open despite knowing no one could win – The Times

Posted December 21st, 2007 in media, news, telecommunications by sally

“Channel 4 was fined £1.5 million by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom after it emerged that executives knew that viewers were entering phone-in competitions they could not win.”

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The Times, 21st December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

High court gags Iraqis’ claims of abuse by troops – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2007 in armed forces, Iraq, media, reporting restrictions by sally

“The Ministry of Defence has obtained a gagging order preventing the media from repeating allegations of abuse of Iraqis by British soldiers. A high court order bans newspapers and broadcasters from publishing details of the case reported in the Guardian two months ago.”

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The Guardian, 19th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ofcom flags concerns over pay-TV market – The Times

Posted December 18th, 2007 in competition, media, news by sally

“The communications regulator has identified ‘warning signs’ for future competition in the British pay-television market”.

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The Times, 18th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Inquiry conclusions on Sky’s ITV stake are expected soon – The Times

Posted December 12th, 2007 in competition, media, news by sally

“John Hutton, the Business and Enterprise Secretary, is expected to publish within the next week the Competition Commission’s conclusions from its inquiry into the legitimacy of BSkyB’s shareholding in ITV.”

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The Times, 12th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Sadistic’ video game beats ban – The Guardian

Posted December 11th, 2007 in freedom of expression, media, news by sally

“A video game banned for its ‘casual sadism’ will be released in Britain after its makers yesterday won an appeal against censors. Manhunt 2, the first game in a decade to be banned, was prohibited by the British Board of Film Classification in June for its ‘unrelenting focus on brutal slaying’.”

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The Guardian, 11th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judges to be given media training – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in judiciary, media, news, sentencing by sally

“Five senior judges are to be trained in how to handle the media so that they can explain controversial sentencing decisions, peers have been told.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Springer opera court fight fails – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in blasphemy, media, news by sally

“A Christian group has lost its High Court battle to prosecute the BBC’s director general over the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, in 2005.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

I’m getting back to before it started, says former suspect Colin Stagg – The Guardian

Posted December 3rd, 2007 in media, murder, special report by sally

“It is, Colin Stagg ardently hopes, all over. That was what he said in an email yesterday in which he explained why he never, ever, wanted to talk to the media again and hoped to return to the anonymous life he led before he was arrested 15 years ago for the murder of Rachel Nickell in front of her son, Alex, on Wimbledon Common.”

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The Guardian, 1st December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mail pays for violating Blairs’ privacy – The Guardian

Posted November 23rd, 2007 in media, news, privacy by sally

“Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have won substantial damages for infringement of privacy from Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Evening Standard.”

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The Guardian, 23rd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police action over TV film ‘undermined free speech’ – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2007 in freedom of expression, Islam, media, news, police by sally

“MPs have accused West Midlands Police of seeking to undermine freedom of speech by making a ‘perverse’ complaint about a Channel 4 programme that exposed extremism in a British mosque.”

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The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Christians seek right to sue BBC for blasphemy – The Guardian

Posted November 20th, 2007 in blasphemy, freedom of expression, media, news by sally

“A Christian group trying to prosecute the producer and broadcaster of Jerry Springer – The Opera under blasphemy laws will take its case to the high court in London today.”

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The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Warning to media at Dando appeal reopens debate on court coverage – The Guardian

Posted November 12th, 2007 in appeals, media, murder, news by sally

“At the start of the appeal last week into the conviction of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando, the lord chief justice fired a broadside at those who sought to influence the outcome of the hearing in either direction.”

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The Guardian, 12th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Channel 4 cleared over N-word row – The Guardian

Posted November 5th, 2007 in media, news, racism by sally

“Channel 4 has been cleared of breaching broadcasting regulations over its decision to transmit an incident in which a Big Brother contestant used a racially offensive word to describe another housemate.”

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The Guardian, 5th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

ITV checks if phone votes were ignored in The X-Factor – The Times

Posted November 5th, 2007 in media, news, telecommunications by sally

“ITV is examining fresh allegations of phone-in irregularities on The X Factor, a fortnight after the broadcaster was forced to own up to deceiving viewers out of £8 million on other programmes.”

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The Times, 3rd November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Court rejects media gag order in Bermuda – Reuters

Posted October 30th, 2007 in Bermuda, corruption, freedom of expression, media, news by sally

“Bermuda’s media should not be banned from reporting further extracts from a leaked police dossier about corruption at the British territory’s public housing corporation, London’s Privy Council ruled on Monday.”

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Reuters, 30th October 2007

Source: www.reuters.com

‘Convergence’ is not an excuse to regulate the internet – The Times

Posted October 23rd, 2007 in internet, media, special report by sally

“The line between old and new media is becoming increasingly blurred. So why not do away with broadcast regulation altogether, asks Graham Smith.”

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The Times, 22nd October 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Kommunikationsbehörde Austria v Österreichischer Rundfunk (Case C-195/06) – WLR Daily

Posted October 22nd, 2007 in advertising, law reports, media, telecommunications by sally

Kommunikationsbehörde Austria v Österreichischer Rundfunk 

The offer by a TV broadcaster to viewers to participate in a prize game by immediately dialling a premium rate telephone could constitute ‘teleshopping’ and ‘television advertising’ within Directive 89/552.”

WLR Daily, 22nd October 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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