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Dacre leaps to the defence of his Daily Mail Diamonds in the rough daily blot
 
Dacre leaps to the defence of his Daily Mail

Dacre leaps to the defence of his Daily Mail

Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, took to the Leveson stand to defend his newspaper, hit out at Richard Desmond, and reveal his idea for a new form of press regulation.

Diamonds in the rough

Diamonds in the rough

John Blauth reiterates his call to give interns more chances as Media Digest announces new writing platform for aspiring young journalists.

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Media Digest & The Daily Blot offer career kick-start

Media Digest now offers young writers the chance to get their work seen by a wide network of professionals, as it teams up with The Daily Blot.

Telegraph titles make 30 redundancies

Redundancies made in order to redirect savings into digital innovations.

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Older women and youth being ‘misrepresented’ by television

BBC survey also suggests that viewers want to see more older women given broadcasting roles.

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Opinion: Objectifying women in the press cannot be allowed to continue

Following last week’s appearance by women’s rights campaigners at the Leveson inquiry, freelance journalist Nicola Thornton offers her views on the controversial issue of how women are portrayed in the media.

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Twitter introduces country-by-country censorship

Micro-messaging service can now block tweets in individual countries as it seeks to expand into new territories.

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Tom Watson’s intern learns a bitter-tweet lesson

Labour politician Tom Watson’s 65,000+ Twitter followers were first-hand witnesses to an embarrassing slip of the tweet.

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Quote of the Week – 25/01/12

“What we took to be the marine’s finger proved, on closer inspection, to be another part of his anatomy.”

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Twitter banned at Redknapp trial after reporter names juror

Those hoping to tune into live updates from Tottenham Hotspur manager’s Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial will have to do things the old fashion way and wait for proper reports to be published.

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Jefferies contempt case changed newsroom culture, says Sun

Paper says it has changed its attitude to crime reporting thanks to Attorney General’s stricter application of contempt.

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"The Daily Mail is being far too modest… the runaway success of the website owes very little to piggy-backing on 'the strengths of the newspaper'."


The Media Blog‘s Will Sturgeon credits Mail Online’s picture desk as the “engine room” of its booming growth after comScore named it the world’s biggest newspaper site.


(Source: The Media Blog)