Former BBC reporter Michael Cole has hit out at the corporation’s reliance on “gratuitous and usually utterly redundant” pieces to camera in its news coverage. Continue Reading

The practice of smearing a rival through the media is a well-trodden path – but it’s getting easier, not harder, for PRs to repeat the trick. Continue Reading

The Independent has revealed that more than 333 injunctions have been granted in the past five years, with reasons ranging to protecting children to keeping the identity of celebrities and their activities out of public knowledge. Continue Reading

Media Digest reported last week on the story that a Premier League footballer had filed to take Twitter and “persons unknown” to court, but the weekend saw an explosion of developments that are threatening to produce a landmark case for internet privacy law in the UK. Here’s a round-up of what occurred over the weekend. Continue Reading

Brands are learning to exploit basic human needs to inspire the devout following of the buying public, according to a BBC documentary on the ‘rise of the superbrand’. Continue Reading

The Daily Mail and Guardian have long been at loggerheads in the UK, but now the battle for readers is set to expand to America, as both have revealed plans to expand editorial operations in New York. Continue Reading

Prominent figures sueing the News of the World have rejected its apology for phone hacking as they continue to seek a full disclosure of evidence. Continue Reading

One of the Sun‘s erudite columnists has sparked a debate over the life expectancy of the Guardian, claiming that the newspaper of the year award winner will not survive the next ten years. Continue Reading