Former Daily Telegraph editor Will Lewis refused to tell the Leveson inquiry yesterday whether or not he was the source of the undercover “war on Murdoch” interview with Vince Cable, which was leaked to the BBC’s Robert Peston. Read the full story

There is “no clear evidence” that Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal Europe artificially inflated its sales figures, according to an inquiry by the newspaper watchdog. Read the full story

The Leveson Inquiry has begun taking evidence from high-profile victims of alleged phone-hacking, beginning with the testimony of the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who were led to believe their daughter was still alive when News of the World journalists deleted messages from her voicemail inbox. Read the full story

The phone hacking scandal was supposed to have humbled News International. It has now been forced to admit that the News of the World hired a specialist investigator to spy on the lawyers of phone hacking victims. Read the full story

Are times tough at the Times? The paper today announced it is to cut 100 editorial jobs from a workforce of 700. The Sunday Times is also set to say farewell to some colleagues. The cutbacks are targeted at “casual” staff, and although Times’ owners hope staff will take voluntary redundancy, compulsory cuts haven’t been ruled out. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade has hit out at ex-Defence Secretary Liam Fox, who criticised a”vindictive” media for helping to bring him down. “When diggers dig, they make a mess,” Greenslade reminds Fox. And why do they dig? “Because their editors believed the public had a right to know why an elected MP and member of the government was being trailed around the world by an unelected, unsalaried man without any official role.” Oooh, snap. (Source: MediaGuardian)

The phone hacking scandal rumbles on, like an ever-present thundercloud hanging over the Murdoch HQ. A News International lawyer has claimed that hacking was “more widespread”, and that NI knew about it because he told them. Lawyer Julian Pike told the BBC that, in 2008, his firm informed NI that “there was a powerful case to support [the existence of] a culture of illegal accessing of information to get stories”. The storm clouds darken, no doubt. (Source: The Drum)

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Labour wants the media industry to introduce a professional register so that journalists guilty of gross malpractice can be struck off. Read the full story

Nick Clegg has said that “no amount of money can absolve” News International from the “grotesque” hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone. Read the full story

Journalism organisations are uniting to condemn the police’s attempt to obtain the name of sources that leaked phone hacking stories to the Guardian. Read the full story