Phone hacking
PCC a 'self-serving gentleman's club', NUJ chief tells Leveson
Michelle Stanistreet tells inquiry that the Press Complaints Commission and current system of self regulation has 'failed abysmally'
Posted by Joel Gunter on 16/11/11PCC chair to submit reform proposals early next year
Lord Hunt tells the Society of Editors conference he also hopes to open up his review to public consultation
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/11/11Leveson: Mulcaire notes implicate Sun and Mirror
Leveson inquiry reveals that names found among notes of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire include the Sun and the Daily Mirror and 28 different individuals from News International
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14/11/11Confidence in press in 'state of crisis', Ken Clarke warns
Justice secretary tells Society of Editors conference the industry must seek a 'balanced response' to crisis in public confidence
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/11/11Phone hacking: Tom Watson attacks BBC over coverage
Labour MP, who sits on the parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking, accuses BBC political editor Nick Robinson of 'kissing Andy Coulson's arse'
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14/11/11Patten backs self-regulation ahead of Leveson inquiry
Speaking ahead of the start of the Leveson inquiry today, BBC Trust chairman suggests form of Hippocratic Oath for journalists to enhance self-regulation
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14/11/11Patten: 'BBC phone-hacking coverage was not biased'
Speaking ahead of the Leveson inquiry opening, BBC Trust chairman rebuts allegations of bias over phone hacking and says that the BBC is constrained by its political impartiality
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14/11/11Editors deny crisis in press culture and call for stronger PCC
Times editor James Harding tells Society of Editors conference there needs to be a 'prize for compliance and price for non-compliance' with independent regulator
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/11/11Crone hits back at 'disingenuous' Murdoch
Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone has called James Murdoch's select committee evidence 'disingenuous' and insisted he did know about implications of 'for Neville' email
Posted by Joel Gunter on 10/11/11James Murdoch refuses to rule out closing the Sun
Appearing before MPs today, the News International chairman did not rule out closing the publisher's flagship tabloid if allegations of phone hacking at the title are proven
Posted by Joel Gunter on 10/11/11James Murdoch: Myler and Crone 'misled' committee
Appearing before the culture select committee Murdoch says he disputes the accounts given by former executives and insists he was not shown evidence of potentially widespread hacking
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10/11/11Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits 'incorrect' evidence
In response to a letter from the committee Crone insists the evidence he gave in September 'was at the time my best recollection of the relevant events' but that some details were incorrect
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 08/11/11Leveson rejects bid for police review of inquiry evidence
Lord Leveson has largely rejected a submission by the CPS and Met police calling for the police to make decisions about witnesses and evidence in his public inquiry
Posted by Joel Gunter on 08/11/11Phone hacking: Sun journalist arrested over police payments
Man arrested this morning by officers investigating corrupt payments to police officers has been widely named in the press as Jamie Pyatt, a senior reporter at the Sun
Posted by Joel Gunter on 04/11/11Phone hacking: News International opens compensation scheme
Fund announced in April to encourage victims not to pursue the publisher through the courts is not open to applications, which will be arbitrated by former high court judge Sir Charles Gray
Posted by Joel Gunter on 04/11/11Leveson: more alleged hacking victims granted core status
A number of late applications for legal representation at the Leveson have been granted, including singer Charlotte Church and former TV presenter Anne Diamond
Posted by Joel Gunter on 03/11/11Phone hacking: Internal NI documents published
The culture, media and sport select committee publishes documents submitted by law firm Farrer & Co, including internal News International emails and manuscript conversation notes
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 01/11/11Leveson inquiry: NUJ and publishers gain core participant status
The National Union of Journalists, the Telegraph Media Group and Trinity Mirror are granted core participant status in the Leveson Inquiry, enabling them to be legally represented
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 01/11/11Libel and phone hacking claimants condemn CFA reforms
The Hacked Off campaign gathers 11 signatories for letter calling on MPs to support a tabled amendment which would exclude privacy and defamation cases from proposed reforms to "no win no fee" arrangements
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Riots and phone hacking coverage shortlisted for RTS awards
Al Jazeera English, the BBC News Channel and Sky News will do battle for the title of news channel of the year at this year's RTS journalism awards later this month.
Posted by Paul McNally on 8 February 2012Met to apologise for failing to warn phone-hack victims
The Metropolitan police is to apologise to some of the victims of phone hacking for failing to inform them, during its initial investigation in 2006 and 2007.
Posted by Paul McNally on 7 February 2012Financial Times: Sunday version of the Sun on hold due to arrests
The FT reports that News International's plans for a Sunday newspaper to replace the News of the World have been put on hold due to weekend arrests
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 31 January 2012Press Gazette: Neville Thurlbeck tells his part in 'Jacobean revenge drama' of hacking
Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter at the News of the World, has penned a first person account for Press Gazette of his part in the phone-hacking saga
Posted by Joel Gunter on 16 November 2011#soe11: Editors of the Mirror and Times on phone-hacking coverage
'We didn't think our readers were interested in phone-hacking coverage - and frankly they weren't' Mirror editor tells Society of Editors conference
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 November 2011Guardian: Number of possible phone hacking victims close to 5,800, say police
The number of possible phone hacking victims is now close to 5,800, the Met police have confirmed. This is 2,000 more than previously stated by the force. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: It is not possible to give a precise figure about the number of people whose phones have actually been hacked but we [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 4 November 2011#aopsummit catch-up: Journalism ethics and the BBC's Olympics coverage
We were not able to make it along to the AOP’s digital publishing summit earlier this month, but the Association has helpfully uploaded some coverage from the event. This includes a video published today from a session that looked at a range of topical issues at the moment: “hack gate, public interest, privacy vs openness, [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25 October 2011Phone hacking: Follow Les Hinton's evidence to MPs
Former News International and Dow Jones chief executive Les Hinton is giving evidence to MPs on the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee this afternoon. You can follow his appearance, which he is making via video link from New York, here on Parliament TV.
Posted by Joel Gunter on 24 October 2011#wef11: 'News industry is in the vortex of a fast changing world'
WAN-IFRA's new president calls for self regulation of the press to maintained in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 October 2011Leveson inquiry: Seminar dates announced as publishers express concern over panel
The Guardian reports one concerns raised by newspaper groups, including Associated Newspapers, Trinity Mirror, the Newspaper Publishers' Association and Guardian News & Media
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28 September 2011Financial Times: James Murdoch's spokesperson resigned amid phone-hacking scandal
The Financial Times has reported that “one of James Murdoch’s closest advisers” has resigned. Alice Macandrew was Murdoch’s spokesperson but reportedly handed her notice in back in July. She becomes one of the first senior executives to quit News Corp voluntarily over disagreements with the company’s approach, which saw the publisher contest phone-hacking lawsuits brought [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27 September 2011Metropolitan Police statement on dropped action against Guardian
The full statement from the Metropolitan Police service after its decision not to pursue its application for a court order against the Guardian and one of its reporters
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21 September 2011Milly Dowler phone hacking settlement reaches more than £1m, say reports
News outlets report that the family of Milly Dowler has been offered a multi-million pound settlement by News International
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 September 2011Leveson inquiry: full list of core particpants
The full list of those designated as core participants in the first part of the Leveson inquiry into the press
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14 September 2011Independent: News International 'on course to pay any damages against Glenn Mulcaire'
According to the Independent it has obtained a previously protected High Court document which shows that News International "has not cut its financial ties" with Glenn Mulcaire, despite an announcement by the media company that it would stop paying his legal fees
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 September 2011MediaGuardian: Les Hinton stands by past phone hacking evidence
MediaGuardian reports former executive of News International is standing by past phone hacking evidence
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 September 2011Telegraph: James and Rupert Murdoch to be questioned under oath
The Telegraph reports that James and Rupert Murdoch are to be questioned under oath in the High Court as part of the Lord Leveson inquiry into phone hacking According to the paper's report Lord Leveson is also "keen" for the inquiry to be broadcast live
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 30 August 2011'I knew they'd never get the lid back on': Tom Watson talks to the Guardian about phone hacking
Labour MP Tom Watson has spoken to the Guardian's John Harris about his role in uncovering the phone-hacking scandal, the mountains of paperwork and lack of sleep that followed the news that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked
Posted by Sarah Booker on 3 August 2011Daily Mirror publisher faces 'three to four' phone-hacking cases, says lawyer
Allegations are mounting concerning the Mirror and phone hacking, says lawyer Mark Lewis
Posted by Joel Gunter on 1 August 2011Greenslade: Phone hacking book deals already signed
Guardian journalist Nick Davies has signed book deal on phone hacking, according to Roy Greenslade
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Mother of Hugh Grant's baby: press made life 'unbearable'
Ting Lan Hong tells high court she was pursued by photographers while driving and received threatening phone calls in the wake of Grant's appearance on BBC Question Time to discuss phone hacking
Posted by Joel Gunter on 18/11/11