Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciplesIn 1986, 131 years after the Daily Telegraph was founded, its editor, Max Hastings, wrote a memo...
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Read MoreLisa Nandy says there are no grounds to refer Axel Springer deal to Ofcom, ending almost three years of uncertainty for titlesBusiness live – latest updatesThe culture secretary has cleared Axel Springer’s £575m takeover of the...
Read MoreAs the case draws to a close we recount the claims and counter-claims from the past 10 weeks in court 76Jaw-dropping allegations, extraordinary U-turns, talk of plots, plenty of tears and an alleged meeting on a roundabout. For...
Read MoreDaily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel SpringerThe day after Lord Rothermere was gazumped in his pursuit of the Telegraph by Axel Springer’s £575m knockout offer, the...
Read MoreThe European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?After three years, a series of failed bids stretching from the US to Abu Dhabi,...
Read MoreThinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalistsA Labour thinkthank that helped Keir Starmer win No 10 has said it is making a “clean break” from the past...
Read MoreMakerfield MP has been under pressure over thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reportersThe Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely linked...
Read MoreBBC and Financial Times among those calling for frameworks to help publishers gain control over their content being ‘scraped and copied’A coalition of UK media companies including the Guardian has urged industry peers to back...
Read MoreAuthor of report for Labour Together on Sunday Times journalists allegedly examined investigations correspondentA lobbyist who examined journalists on behalf of an influential thinktank has now been accused of recently...
Read MoreCMA and Ofcom to examine DMGT takeover amid fears merger could curb ‘diverging editorial stances’ in pressLisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has referred the Telegraph’s proposed sale to the publisher of the Daily Mail to the...
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