Category: National newspapers

An angry prince and leaky friends: key moments in the Daily Mail hacking trial

As 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...

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‘No one saw this coming’: will the surprise Telegraph winner change the paper’s direction?

Daily 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...

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German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams

The 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,...

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Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield 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...

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Guardian joins media coalition to protect original journalism from unpaid use by AI

BBC 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...

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Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns

CMA 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...

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Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?

The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapersWaiting two decades for another chance to snaffle a prized business acquisition is a...

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Is being a Guardian reporter as exciting as the movies make out?

Keira Knightley cuts a more glamorous figure than most Guardian staff in her new Netflix film The Woman in Cabin 10, while Tennant is a dead ringer for star reporter Nick Davies. But how convincing are they?In The Woman in Cabin...

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The Hack review – the astonishing story of phone-hacking makes for remarkably dull TV

Jack Thorne’s lacklustre script – full of cringe-making lines, strange dreamlike sequences and a recurring dung beetle – fails to capture the drama of the Guardian’s landmark investigation into media...

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