Magazine news from 15 July 2010

SunTalk shut down (Media Guardian)
The Sun closes its Jon Gaunt-fronted internet radio station after deciding not to take it national on DABThe Sun has pulled the plug on its Jon Gaunt-...

Spectator skates on thin ice with Mandelson ‘fairy’ headline (Press Gazette)
The Spectator appears to be skating on rather thin ice with its front-page headline today promoting coverage of Peter Mandelson’s memoirs: MANDY...

Michael O'Leary's apology to Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in The Daily Telegraph (Daily Telegraph)

The Sun Shuts Its Internet Radio Station (paidContent:UK)
By John Plunkett and Mark Sweney: The Sun has pulled the plug on its Jon Gaunt-fronted internet radio show SunTalk after just over a year. SunTalk, w...

Easyjet libel payout - lucky for Guardian and Telegraph Stelios did not sue them (Press Gazette)
Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has received a £50,100 payout and apology at the High Court over ads which appeared in The Guardian, the...

The Chatham House Rule in the age of social media (Journalism.co.uk)
Writing in the Financial Times earlier this week, former government communications director Alastair Campbell made the following comments when asked i...

Local media ownership rules to go by November (Media Guardian)
Coalition sets out media plans, giving 2012 as date for communications bill, licence fee deal and local TV licencesThe coalition government is plannin...

BAJ: Subbing factory can't replace Mirror in-house skills (Press Gazette)
Union reps have clashed with Trinity Mirror over plans to out-source some sub-editing on the national titles to Press Assocation....

The Best Books Under the Sun (Daily Telegraph)
The finest selection of books for the summer from our favourite authors and critics...

Editors: How we beat the chequebook journalists (Hold the Front Page)
North-East news chiefs speak out over Moat coverage...