Much of the focus of the Leveson inquiry today has been on Richard Desmond, his Express and Star newspapers, and his decision to pull them out of the PCC. Read the full story

If you want tabloid tittle-tattle on your television, then look no further than Channel 5′s “unashamedly populist” news bulletins. Read the full story

Desmond gleefully plucks legs off C5 news spider

Channel 5′s news team are up in arms at changes to the its output. A proposed relaunch, due next year, will see job cuts and reporters expected to edit their own footage. All editors and newsroom staff are set to be made redundant, emphasising Richard Desmond’s commitment to destroying the livelihoods of journalists. (Source: MediaGuardian)

More men than women in journalism, notices Guardian

The Guardian has been doing a bit of digging on the balance of gender in journalism. Between the 13 June to 8 July, a team jotted down the bylines of articles in seven daily newspapers to find that the average percentage of female reporters is 22.6 per cent – a miniscule number compared to male journalists, who made up 77.4 per cent of the bylines. The Guardian has made the data available to download for any would-be graph-makers, so feel free to have a fiddle, as it were. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Hello NoW, I’m John Cleese, can I have some money?

Good to see John Cleese cracking some jokes as opposed to promoting car mechanics fixing your “faulty showers” (shudder). Talking to Radio 4′s Mark Lawson, he said he was disappointed that his phone hasn’t been hacked by the News of the World. “I live in hopeful expectation because I would love to get money out of that bunch of bastards,” he eloquently added. We’ve all got to eat, I suppose. (Source: Press Gazette)

Northern & Shell tycoon Richard Desmond says he is willing to work with the Press Complaints Commission again when it clears out its “Old Boys’ Club” of editors and replaces them with independent experts. Read the full story

Not fussed with trying to present himself as the bigger man in his feud with Paul Dacre, Richard Desmond has told the Daily Mail editor to “go fuck himself”. Read the full story

Northern & Shell owner Richard Desmond has defended his company’s past association with adult magazines. Read the full story

Northern & Shell says its pre-tax profit tripled to £30.3m last year, reports Press Gazette. Read the full story

Richard Desmond is considering selling off his four newspaper publications in order to support his vision for Channel 5, and Barclays Capital has given any prospective buyer something to think about, predicting that his papers are set to nearly double thier profits in the space of two years. Read the full story