“Organisations that share control over the content of video-on-demand (VOD) programmes should write contracts that set out who has overall editorial responsibility for the material, Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“After this week’s historic settlement with 37 phone-hacking victims, News International is in the middle of a bruising second round with a further batch of celebrities – including Charlotte Church, Steve Coogan and Pete Doherty – who are suing for damages.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On Friday 20 January 2012 the Administrative Court dismissed the second application for judicial review of the Leveson Inquiry. The Court dismissed an application by Associated Newspapers (supported by the Daily Telegraph) to quash the decision of the Chairman, Lord Justice Leveson. decision to admit evidence from journalists who wish to remain anonymous on the ground that they fear career blight if they identify themselves.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Daily Mail publisher, Associated Newspapers, has lost its high court challenge to the Leveson inquiry over anonymous evidence from journalists. On Friday the high court ruled that it would not grant a judicial review to Associated Newspapers in a bid to stop the Leveson inquiry accepting anonymous submissions from journalists. The application was supported by Telegraph Media Group.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among the latest people given payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World. Actor Law received the highest payout of £130,000 ($200,000). The ex-deputy PM got £40,000, the High Court heard. Sara Payne, mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah, and Shaun Russell, whose wife and daughter were murdered in 1996, were given undisclosed sums.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Several phone hacking victims suing News International are expected to have their claims settled today in a series of payouts which could cost the company millions of pounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In an exclusive extract from You Can’t Read This Book, the Observer columnist Nick Cohen presents a damning indictment of how the English legal system helps the wealthy and powerful suppress inconvenient truths.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists who use illegal methods for the ‘greater good’ should not necessarily be prosecuted, Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘Statutory underpinning’ may be required to bolster the authority of a revived Press Complaints Commission, the culture secretary has suggested.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph has paid a British composer a five-figure sum after wrongly reporting that his magistrates court trial for assault was continuing.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has ruled that Justice Secretary Ken Clarke was wrong to stop the BBC filming a terrorism suspect held for seven years without trial.”
BBC News, 11th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“While some of Dame Elizabeth’s recommendations about links between police and media are welcome, others spell danger.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The ethical issues arising from the relationship between police and media: advice to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and his Management Board.”
Metropolitan Police, 4th January 2012
“Elizabeth Filkin, the former parliamentary commissioner for standards, has recommended ‘more, not less’ communication between the police and journalists in her report on the Metropolitan police’s relationship with the media. Filkin made seven key recommendations, including one that requires all Scotland Yard officers and staff who meet members of the press to make a personal note of that meeting for their line manager.”
The Guardian, 4th Janaury 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Elizabeth Filkin, the former parliamentary commissioner for standards, is expected to reveal details of a new framework for officers talking to news outlets. Her report is one of several inquiries launched in the wake of Scotland Yard’s phone-hacking investigation, which has unearthed allegations of payments to officers from journalists.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“News International said it had settled seven privacy claims against News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World. The phone-hacking claims that have been settled have been brought by Mark Oaten, Ulrika Jonsson, Abi Titmuss, Michelle Milburn, Paul Dadge, James Hewitt and Calum Best.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The media regulator has set down rules on psychic TV services that ban the casting of spells and other ‘occult-related practices’ including satanism, and offer guidance on the correct use of chicken bones and crystal balls.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom has ruled that Channel 5 broke the broadcasting code for repeatedly airing clips of Big Brother housemates using the word ‘fuck’ immediately after 9pm – in once case the expletive was used just 11 seconds after the watershed.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, has been placed under investigation by the television watchdog over his comments calling for public sector strikers to be executed.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Tory MP has been given the green light to sue the Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for libel over allegations he bullied a female colleague. Dominic Raab is suing the publisher over a Mail on Sunday article published on 30 January that alleged he bullied the colleague, referred to in court as ‘E’, while he worked as chief of staff to David Davis between 2006 and 2008.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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