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Half-century in pictures for Express photographer
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 21 2008, 6.40am
Cheshire snapper stay loyal to his roots with five decades of photos at same paper (more)

Express apology over slur on estate agent
From Press Gazette. Posted July 21 2008, 12.00am
A British estate agent who sells property in Bulgaria today accepted a formal apology and damages at the High Court after the Daily Express alleged that his company had used 'Mafia-style' intimidation tactics against a UK couple who had... (more)

Mum wins Express damages over dole 'scrounger' claim
From Press Gazette. Posted July 4 2008, 12.00am
A mother of five from Cornwall has won damages and an apology from the Daily Express after the paper portrayed her as a dole "scrounger" who had refused to go back to work. (more)

Canadian Supreme Court Affirms Radio Host's Freedom of Expression
From radio.about.com. Posted June 28 2008, 12.19pm
According to nationalpost.com: "Canada's highest court delivered a 9-0 ruling Friday upholding a previous B.C. Supreme Court decision that the right to fair comment protected "shock jock" Rafe Mair's statements... (more)

Mail and Express pulled up by PCC over reporting of asylum
From Press Gazette. Posted May 29 2008, 12.00am
The UN high commissioner for refugees has complained to the Press Complaints Commission over the language used by Daily Mail and the Daily Express in their reporting of asylum. (more)

Sir Christopher Meyer says Express/NPA row was a factor in Peter Hill leaving PCC
From Media Guardian. Posted May 21 2008, 6.03pm
Peter Hill left the PCC partly because of a row between Express Newspapers and the Newspaper Publishers Association, according to the chairman of the press watchdog. By Stephen Brook and Owen Gibson (more)

Press Gazette: Express editor Hill leaves PCC after McCann libel payout
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 12.21pm
Daily Express editor Peter Hill has left the Press Complaints Commission. The move follows two months after his newspaper (along with its sister Sunday and the Star and Sunday Star) published front page apologies and paid the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann £550,000 in libel damages. He's replaced on the 17 strong commission by Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright. (more)

Daily Express editor Peter Hill leaves Press Complaints Commission after McCanns payout
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 10.23am
Daily Express editor Peter Hill has left the Press Complaints Commission in the wake of Express Newspapers' £550,000 damages payout to the family of Madeleine McCann. By Stephen Brook (more)

Express editor Hill leaves PCC in wake of McCann libel payout
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
Daily Express editor Peter Hill has left the Press Complaints Commission to be replaced by Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright. (more)

York Press management express 'astonishment' at five-day strike action
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
The management at Newsquest’s York Press has expressed its "astonishment" at the NUJ chapel decision to stage a five-day strike over a rejected three per cent pay offer next week. (more)

Evening Express Woos Community Correspondents
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted May 7 2008, 7.45am
Aberdeen daily, the Evening Express, is seeking to ramp up its local news content by signing up  a team of community correspondents. Against a backdrop of a general and remorseless decline in evening newspaper sales across the UK, the circulation of the  Aberdeen evening is... (more)

Tempus: British Airways ... National Express ... radio
From The Times. Posted May 1 2008, 1.35pm
BA: Flying scared (more)

Tempus: British Airways ... National Express ... Radio ... Construction
From The Times. Posted May 1 2008, 1.35pm
BA: Flying scared (more)

Daily Express Taunts Rival in Cover Price Contretemps
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 29 2008, 8.06am
Those two mid-market rivals, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, are at loggerheads again, this time the former attacking the latter for selling at 10p more. The concerted offensive from the Express began last week when, south of the border, the Mail hiked its cover price by 5p, to 50p. ... (more)

Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off strike action
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 4.36pm
Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off further strike action today after accepting a deal to discuss bringing outsourced work back in-house. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Express journalists accept pay deal and call off further strikes
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 4.36pm
Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off further strike action today after accepting a deal to discuss bringing outsourced work back in-house. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Express Newspapers strike called off after NUJ talks
From Media Guardian. Posted April 18 2008, 11.00am
Journalists at Express Newspapers have called off today's 24 hour strike following more talks between management and NUJ representatives. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Drugs company attacks Sunday Express front-page story
From Media Guardian. Posted April 17 2008, 8.30am
A drugs company is demanding a full correction over last weekend's splash in the Sunday Express that made allegations about a medical trial going wrong. By Helen Pidd (more)

Bristol mum seeks £35,000 from Express Newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted April 17 2008, 12.00am
A Bristol mother of five has launched a legal battle for libel damages against Express Newspapers. (more)

Daily Front-page Dilemma for Evening Express
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 16 2008, 8.03am
The editorial top brass who deftly put together the front page of Aberdeen’s local paper, the Evening Express, are in the midst of a classic daily dilemma which frequently faces tabloid newspapers which regularly carry readers’ competitions/major promotions/ special offers,... (more)

Express Newspapers staff reschedule strike as 'guerrilla tactic'
From Media Guardian. Posted April 11 2008, 3.18pm
Express Newspapers journalists have called a new three-day strike after today's planned industrial action was cancelled as a 'guerrilla tactic' to frustrate management. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

March ABCs: Sunday Express shows sales recovery
From Media Guardian. Posted April 11 2008, 1.45pm
The Sunday Express has rallied after a circulation nosedive earlier this year and has managed to nudge its March circulation up by nearly 9,000 copies. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Bulgarian in £300,000 libel claim versus The Express
From Press Gazette. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
A Bulgarian businessman has launched a legal battle for libel damages against Express Newspapers and journalist Nick Fagge. (more)

Bulgarian in £300,000 libel claim against The Express
From Press Gazette. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
A Bulgarian businessman has launched a legal battle for libel damages against Express Newspapers and journalist Nick Fagge. (more)

Express journalists to strike for three days in a row
From Press Gazette. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
NUJ members at Express Newspapers postponed a 24-hour strike due to take place today in a change of tactic that will see them strike for three days in a row at the end of April. (more)

‘There’s probably more mice than there are journalists in the Express newsroom’
From Press Gazette. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
Richard Desmond strode down Lower Thames Street on Friday morning and greeted the 20 Express Newspapers journalists who had formed a picket line on the pavement outside the Northern and Shell headquarters. “Good morning,” the proprietor... (more)

Evening Express Says �Cheerio To Old Jim�
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 8 2008, 7.44am
Aberdeen’s local newspaper, the Evening Express, has bade farewell to Jim Strachan who has retired after 39 years service to the paper. Jim was the sports editor for many years until a reshuffle in which Charlie Allan took over from him a couple of years ago, and Jim continued in an... (more)

Gallery: Express Newspapers strike
From Media Guardian. Posted April 4 2008, 12.40pm
See journalists on the picket line at Express Newspapers in the first national newspaper strike for 18 years (more)

Richard Desmond speeds past Daily Express picket line
From Media Guardian. Posted April 4 2008, 9.44am
Express Newspapers proprietor Richard Desmond snubbed striking journalists outside his London headquarters in the first 24-hour strike in the national press for 18 years. By Stephen Brook (more)

Desmond braves Express Newspapers picket line
From Media Guardian. Posted April 4 2008, 9.44am
Express Newspapers proprietor Richard Desmond greeted striking journalists outside his London headquarters in the first 24-hour strike in the national press for 18 years. By Stephen Brook (more)

Express on Strike in..... England
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 4 2008, 8.27am
When allmediascotland reported - at the end of February - that a ballot on industrial action was taking place among members of the National Union of Journalists at Express Newspapers it predicted there might be little appetite for industrial action in the publisher’s Glasgow office. ... (more)

First 24-hour strike gets underway at Express titles
From Press Gazette. Posted April 4 2008, 12.00am
Around 50 Express Newspapers journalists are expected to join the picket line over the course of this morning as the first full-day strike on a national newspaper for 18 years gets underway. (more)

Express defends 3% pay offer ahead of first 24-hour strike
From Media Guardian. Posted April 3 2008, 10.30am
Express Newspapers has released a statement to staff defending its handling of pay negotiations and saying it regrets the industrial action due to start tomorrow. By Stephen Brook (more)

Express set for first full-day national newspaper strike for 18 years
From Press Gazette. Posted April 3 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at the Express Newspapers in London and Preston are set to stage the first full-day strike on a national newspaper for 18 year tomorrow. (more)

Daily Star and Daily Express editors send 'don't strike' emails to staff
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 3.03pm
The Daily Star editor, Dawn Neesom, and her Daily Express counterpart, Peter Hill, have personally emailed staff urging them not to go out on strike on Friday (more)

Richard Desmond blamed for Madeleine McCann stories at Express Newspapers
From Media Guardian. Posted March 27 2008, 1.38pm
NUJ members at Express Newspapers have blamed editorial interference by Richard Desmond for the spate of Madeleine McCann stories that led to the publisher paying £550,000 in damages. By Stephen Brook (more)

NUJ condemns Richard Desmond's 'meddling' as Express staff opt for strike
From Press Gazette. Posted March 27 2008, 12.00am
The NUJ has expressed concern over Express Newspapers proprietor Richard Desmond’s alleged interference in editorial matters after journalists on the papers voted to go on strike. (more)

Strike to go ahead at Express Newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted March 26 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at Express Newspapers have voted in favour of strike action after management refused to increase their pay by more than 3 per cent. (more)

Express Newspapers pays McCanns damages
From Press Gazette. Posted March 23 2008, 12.00am
The unprecedented group apology by Express Newspapers to the McCanns signals a “group conspiracy”, according to one former tabloid editor. (more)

Express editor may lose PCC post
From Media Guardian. Posted March 20 2008, 12.12pm
Daily Express editor Peter Hill could lose his seat on the Press Complaints Commission as part of the fallout from Express Newspapers' high court apology to the McCann family. By Stephen Brook (more)

Media Talk podcast: Express Newspapers apologise to the McCann family
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 6.22pm
Matt Wells, Roy Greenslade and Stephen Brook discuss the legal and journalistic implications of Express Newspapers' apology to the McCanns (more)

McCanns welcome Express apology
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 12.18pm
Gerry and Kate McCann have welcomed the £550,000 damages from Express Newspapers, saying that the money would be paid into the Find Madeleine fund. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

McCanns: 'Express overstepped mark'
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 11.22am
Gerry and Kate McCann took action against Express Newspapers because its publications 'overstepped the mark' according to the McCanns' spokesman. By John Plunkett (more)

Express Newspapers apologises to McCanns
From Financial Times. Posted March 19 2008, 10.55am
The two daily newspapers owned by Richard Desmond's private Express Newspapers group published unprecedented front page apologies to the parents of Madeleine McCann, a British child apparently abducted while on holiday in Portugal last May (more)

McCanns accept Express damages and high court apology
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 10.52am
Kate and Gerry McCann have accepted £550,000 in damages and a high court apology today over 'utterly false and defamatory' stories published by Express Newspapers. By Mark Sweney (more)

Express Newspapers forced to apologise to McCann family over Madeleine allegations
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 12.44am
The Daily Express and Daily Star publish unprecedented front page apologies to Gerry and Kate McCann (more)

Express newspapers apologise to parents of Madeleine McCann
From The Independent. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Express and the Daily Star issued front-page apologies to the parents of Madeleine McCann this morning, having agreed to pay "substantial" damages for almost a year of lurid headlines relating to the four-year-old's disappearance. (more)

Express Newspapers titles publish unprecedented apologies to McCanns
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Express and Daily Star have both published the most prominent front page apologies seen in the UK national press since the Daily Mirror's Iraq torture picture scandal of 2004. (more)

Poll: Were the Daily Star and Express right to turn the reader comments off on their apologies to the McCanns?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
Richard Desmond's two daily papers took the unprecedented step of printing front-page apologies for their treatment of the parents of missing Madeline McCann (more)

Secret Deal Settles Dons� Squad�s Dispute with Evening Express
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 13 2008, 8.50pm
Aberdeen FC’s first-team squad as lifted its ban on speaking to its local paper, the Evening Express ...but terms  of the settlement deal are being kept secret. The ban had run for two weeks after the players decided that the newspaper’s coverage of the... (more)

Express titles cut back McCann coverage
From Media Guardian. Posted March 13 2008, 10.34am
Express Newspapers has removed all references to missing toddler Madeleine McCann from its websites' search engines after a legal row. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

JK Rowling hoping to reopen privacy case against Sunday Express
From Press Gazette. Posted March 10 2008, 12.00am
Lawyers acting for Harry Potter author JK Rowling are in the Court of Appeal today seeking to renew a test case privacy fight against the Sunday Express (more)

McCann lawyers warn Express group
From Media Guardian. Posted March 7 2008, 6.55pm
Lawyers acting for the McCanns are considering legal action against Express Newspapers over coverage of their missing daughter. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Sunday Express hits record low
From Media Guardian. Posted March 7 2008, 12.55pm
February ABCs: Sales of the Sunday Express fell by 17% year on year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Express unions to vote on strike
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 10.46am
The NUJ is to ballot its members at Express Newspapers for strike action after pay talks broke down. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Express Newspapers to ballot for industrial action
From Press Gazette. Posted February 22 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at Express Newspapers are to ballot for industrial action over pay. (more)

Protestors target Express offices over 'inflammatory' headlines
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2008, 12.00am
Journalists, anti war activists and religious groups held a protest outside the Daily Express offices today against a series of stories and headlines in the paper which they say encourage "racist stereotyping and contempt". (more)

Premiership accepts Daily Express libel payout
From Press Gazette. Posted February 1 2008, 12.00am
Top football agent, William McKay, today accepted a public apology and undisclosed libel damages at London’s High Court over a Daily Express report claiming he had been subjected to “interrogation” in an inquiry over allegedly irregular... (more)

Express & Star boosts sales with Bhutto news
From Press Gazette. Posted January 2 2008, 12.00am
The Express & Star in Wolverhampton had a post-Christmas sales surge due to its coverage of the Benazir Bhutto assassination. (more)

Readers react to Express & Star's same-day Bhutto edition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 28 2007, 12.00am
"We continue to benefit from being an authentic evening newspaper" - deputy editor (more)

Early Day Motion is sparked by Herald Express story
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 27 2007, 12.00am
Plus: Screenwriting roadshow, ONEManchester - and more regional press news in brief (more)

Ofcom expresses pay TV concerns
From BBC News. Posted December 18 2007, 8.10am
The UK media watchdog, Ofcom, highlights possible concerns over competition within the pay TV sector. (more)

Express Newspapers in NUJ strike vote
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2007, 4.36pm
Journalists at Express Newspapers are balloting for strike action over a 3% 'take it or leave it' pay offer. By Stephen Brook (more)

Express Newspapers staff to ballot for strike action over pay offer
From Press Gazette. Posted December 12 2007, 12.00am
Journalists at Express Newspapers are to ballot for strike action over the company’s refusal to negotiate a three pay cent pay award for all staff, according to the NUJ. (more)

Express to settle up with NPA
From Media Guardian. Posted December 10 2007, 5.19pm
Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers has indicated that it would seek to end its dispute with the NPA by paying its £100,000 bill. By Stephen Brook (more)

Express expelled from publishers' body
From Media Guardian. Posted December 10 2007, 11.29am
Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers has been thrown out of the Newspaper Publishers Association, after a row over unpaid fees. By Stephen Brook (more)

November ABCs: Mail up, Express down
From Press Gazette. Posted December 7 2007, 12.00am
In the mid-market sector, the Daily Mail’s circulation rose by 1.14 per cent year on year in November to 2,327,507. (more)

Catherine Boyle joins the Sunday Express
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 5 2007, 12.00am
Former reporter joins national Sunday title    (more)

Evening Express's early airport edition quenches fans' thirst for news
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
City paper cashes in on football fever as Aberdeen FC take on Atletico Madrid in Spain (more)

Accessibility 2.0: How user-friendly is the Express to the blind and visually impaired
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 20 2007, 12.00am
In the third of eight reviews of national newspaper websites, Journalism.co.uk asked blind and visually impaired volunteers to assess the accessibility of Express.co.uk    (more)

Accessibility 2.0: How user-friendly is the Express to the blind and visually impaired?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 20 2007, 12.00am
In the third of eight reviews of national newspaper websites, Journalism.co.uk asked blind and visually impaired volunteers to assess the accessibility of Express.co.uk    (more)

Express & Star launches sports news website
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 19 2007, 12.00am
Launch of video-based Sporting Star Live site aimed at weekend football fans    (more)

'Worrying threat' tackled by Evening Express
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 15 2007, 12.00am
Paper asks readers to protest at scheme that could close brain unit (more)

Express Newspapers and Telegraph Media Group in West Ferry row
From Media Guardian. Posted November 14 2007, 12.05pm
Express Newspapers and the Telegraph Media Group have traded public blows over the fate of the pension scheme at their joint printing venture West Ferry. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Doubts expressed on Gaelic digital service
From Digital Spy. Posted November 12 2007, 1.47pm
The BBC Trust and Ofcom reveal uncertainties over the value and market impact of a new Gaelic digital service. (more)

Express reporter's terrifying cliff challenge
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
Hannah Russell raises funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust (more)

Former Stockport Express editor dies, aged 86
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 7 2007, 12.00am
Popular 'old school' journalist enjoyed a long career in newspapers (more)

Defamation ruling violated newspaper's freedom of expression, European Court says
From Press Gazette. Posted October 29 2007, 12.00am
Punishing a newspaper for having printed "value judgments" which it could not prove were true was a breach of the publication's right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has declared. (more)

Six-month Express campaign wins thanks from Africa
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 18 2007, 12.00am
Children become the focus of campaign to build new school in Malawi (more)

Last call for Express & Star reunion
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 16 2007, 12.00am
Good turnout expected as former reporting team track down old colleagues (more)

Sky, Five and Express to pay libel damages
From Media Guardian. Posted October 5 2007, 1.00am
BSkyB, Channel 5 and the Daily Express are each to pay 'substantial' damages after losing libel cases in the High Court yesterday. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Damages for Dewsbury man over Express Sharia court claim
From Press Gazette. Posted October 4 2007, 12.00am
A Dewsbury man today received a public apology and substantial libel damages at London’s High Court. (more)

Express faces libel writ over bomb plot articles
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
A London woman is demanding libel damages from Express Newspapers. Aketa Sidyot is demanding damages for defamation over three stories in the Daily Express on 12 August last year. (more)

Death of 'fun and unpredictable' Herald Express stalwart
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 24 2007, 12.00am
"Character" journalist who made a big impression in the south west has died, aged 71 (more)

Former Express & Star journalists sought for reunion
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 5 2007, 12.00am
Have you ever worked for the Wolverhampton-based daily? Then read on... (more)

Reunion planned for Ex-Express & Echo staff
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 31 2007, 12.00am
Editorial staff who worked at paper between 1965 and 1995 will be among those to attend event (more)

C4 programmer expresses current affairs fear
From Digital Spy. Posted August 27 2007, 1.51pm
Channel 4's Julian Bellamy warns that indy consolidation could impact current affairs production. (more)

C4's Bellamy expresses current affairs fear
From Digital Spy. Posted August 27 2007, 1.51pm
Channel 4's Julian Bellamy warns that indy consolidation could impact current affairs production. (more)

Damages for marine wrongly identified as murder accused in Herald Express
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 27 2007, 12.00am
Herald Express makes "unqualified offer of amends" after in-paper apology (more)

Herald Express payout to soldier wrongly named as murder suspect
From Press Gazette. Posted July 26 2007, 12.00am
The Torquay Herald Express has apologised and paid an undisclosed sum in damages and legal costs to an army sergeant wrongly identified as a murder suspect. (more)

PCC criticises the Express over "buried" apology
From Press Gazette. Posted July 3 2007, 12.00am
The Daily Express has been critisised by the Press Complaints Commission for burying an apology to the Mayor of Totnes. (more)

Express pays Brand libel damages
From Media Guardian. Posted June 21 2007, 1.00am
12pm: Russell Brand today accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from Express Newspapers over a claim that a girl was raped during a party at his flat. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Milwaukee Radio Host Expresses Glee Over Death of Rival's Mother
From radio.about.com. Posted May 7 2007, 1.00am
According to themilwaukeechannel.com: "A former alderman and controversial radio talk show host said he's happy the mother of his radio rival is dead. Michael McGee Sr. made the comments during his... (more)

Chris Lillington appointed editor of Daventry Express
From Press Gazette. Posted May 2 2007, 2.33pm
Chris Lillington has been made editor of the Daventry Express. He has been deputy editor on the paper since late 2005. (more)

Lillington confirmed as editor at Daventry Express
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 30 2007, 12.00am
Former deputy is looking forward to developing the product (more)

Channel 4 expresses Freesat interest
From Digital Spy. Posted April 27 2007, 4.09pm
Channel 4 expresses interest in joining the Freesat proposition. (more)

Express snappers boycott Westlife gig after management attempts pic ban
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 18 2007, 12.00am
Editor slams "appalling" move to stop photos being published on the web (more)

Mirror editor expresses 'regret' for printing Middleton pics
From Press Gazette. Posted March 30 2007, 2.07pm
Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace has admitted the paper 'got it wrong' after Kate Middleton complained to the PCC. (more)

Express relaunches online, Star to follow
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 20 2007, 12.47pm
The Daily and Sunday Express have revamped their online offering to get a little closer to the reader and break news 24 hours a dayemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Express swaps broadsheet look for tabloid shape
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 20 2007, 12.00am
Weekly relaunches after in-paper vote showed demand for change (more)

Express FM presenters get fit
From Radio Today. Posted March 16 2007, 10.00am
Portsmouth community radio station Express FM 93.7 are joining forces with Fitness First to help fast food eating presenters Stuart Southwell, Andy Shepherd, Kevin Huffer and Lee Kewell into a much more healthier way of life. They hope the eight week program will help the boys get in shape. (more)

More than 30 staff to go at Express & Star - all volunteers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 15 2007, 12.00am
Cost-saving job cuts are made without need for compulsory redundancies (more)

ITV expresses concern over Sky stake
From Digital Spy. Posted March 7 2007, 7.35am
ITV says that Sky's 17.9% stake may not be in the interests of all shareholders. (more)

Express car ad claims ruled 'misleading'
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2007, 10.26am
An advert in the Daily Express readers' offers section has been criticised as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. (more)

Express & Echo launches web TV with factory fire exclusive
From Press Gazette. Posted February 16 2007, 1.00pm
The Express & Echo in Exeter launched its new TV studio on the day a factory blaze broke out near the paper's offices. (more)

More than 50 staff apply for voluntary redundancy at Express & Star
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 15 2007, 12.00am
Hope that compulsory job losses can be avoided following 30-day consultation (more)

Souness cries foul after Express bungs story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 9 2007, 12.00am
Graeme Souness has kicked off a legal battle for libel damages over a story in the Daily Express. (more)

Express ed vows to resist PCC "political correctness" moves
From Press Gazette. Posted January 23 2007, 12.31pm
12.30pm: Express editor Peter Hill would resist any attempt to change the PCC Code in a way which would impose political correctness. (more)

Thompson expresses "real disappointment" at Government's Licence Fee settlement but welcomes privilege of certain funding
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted January 18 2007, 1.10pm
The BBCs DirectorGeneral today expressed real disappointment at the Governments final licence fee level settlement but said it was a privilege to receive and gave certainty in planning to create the best possible content and services for all audiences. (more)

Journalists at Express Newspapers call off industrial action
From Press Gazette. Posted January 4 2007, 5.33pm
Express journalists have called off industrial action after an agreement was reached to avoid further compulsory redundancies and outsourcing. (more)

Express strike action suspended
From Media Guardian. Posted January 4 2007, 12.00am
6.15pm: Staff at Express Newspapers have called off two-hour industrial action planned for Friday. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Express staff take voluntary redundancy offer
From Media Guardian. Posted December 6 2006, 12.00am
8am: More than 20 staff have applied for voluntary redundancy at Express Newspapers. By John Plunkett. (more)

SBS Broadcasting adds Radio Express Network in Bulgaria
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 6 2006, 10.15am
SBS Broadcasting Sarl announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Radio Express network in Bulgaria. The Radio Express network covers most of Bulgaria, including the two largest cities of Sofia and Plovdiv. The Radio Express network adds nine new cities to SBS’s existing Bulgarian radio operations. The terms of the acquisition are [...] (more)

Express newspaper staff threaten to strike
From Media Guardian. Posted November 2 2006, 12.00am
6.45pm update: Union staff at Express newspapers will ballot for industrial action unless management withdraws its plans for 35 staff redundancies, a union meeting decided tonight. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Strike at Telegraph, as Express staff face City desk closure
From Press Gazette. Posted November 2 2006, 12.00am
The Telegraph's fledgling high-tech multimedia newsroom is to be hit by a walk-out of up to 276 journalists. (more)

Express editorial cuts could see Travel and City close
From Press Gazette. Posted October 30 2006, 10.47am
The Daily Express City desk is to be out-sourced to Press Association as part of a round of cutbacks that will see AT least 10 per cent of journalists across the Sunday and Daily Express and The Star titles. (more)

Express chief to axe business news teams
From The Times. Posted October 30 2006, 12.00am
RICHARD DESMOND has unveiled plans to make one in ten journalists on his national newspapers redundant, closing down entirely the business news sections of the Daily Express and Sunday Express . Mr Desmond, who received �27.... (more)

Express titles to lose up to 35 jobs
From Press Gazette. Posted October 29 2006, 8.05pm
Express Newspapers is to axe up to 35 editorial jobs in a restructuring that will also see freelance and commisisoning budgest cut across the titles. (more)

Express staff await management announcement
From Media Guardian. Posted October 27 2006, 1.00am
1.15pm: Express Newspaper Group staff are bracing themselves for bad news, with a meeting between management and the union scheduled for 5.30pm today. By Steve Busfield. (more)

NUJ attacks Express trainee contracts
From Press Gazette. Posted October 19 2006, 12.00am
NUJ warns journalism students that trainee contracts at Express Newspapers "may not be worth the paper they're written on". (more)

NUJ demands reinstatement of Express trainees
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2006, 1.00am
12.30pm: The NUJ's chapel at Express Newspapers has condemned the dismissal of six trainees at the Daily Express. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Former Express man dies after bike accident
From Press Gazette. Posted September 15 2006, 11.04am
A former Daily Express photographer described as "one of the newspaper's great characters" has died after a cycling accident. (more)

Express & Star gets Aston Villa player revolt scoop
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 12.00am
Sports reporter breaks through official media blackout to expose low morale and cost-cutting allegations at Premier League club (more)

Report finds most US blogging seen as self-expression, not journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 19 2006, 2.45pm
News is most popular topic for only five percent of bloggers (more)

Kenyan MP?s express anger at China Radio International using KBC frequencies
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 13 2006, 5.53pm
Members of the Kenyan Parliament have expressed anger because the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation has allowed china Radio International to broadcast using its frequencies. MPs demanded to know the terms of the contract, fearing that Kenya could be losing its sovereignty to China. The State broadcaster had not been allowed to broadcast in China, the MPs said. Zaddock Syongo [...] (more)

US Official expresses concern over loss of VOA, Radio Liberty broadcast outlets in Russia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 8 2006, 11.41am
A top US broadcasting official is expressing concern over the decision by a number of Russian radio stations to stop broadcasting Voice of America and US-financed Radio Liberty programmes. The communications coordinator, Larry Hart, of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors that oversees such broadcasts, told VOA that the cancellations are “a disturbing trend.” He [...] (more)

Burnley Express targets health minister with hospital campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted June 16 2006, 12.46pm
Burnley Express is sending a "Save Our Hospital" bus festooned with posters to Westminster later this month as a part of a rigorous campaign opposed to cuts at the town's hospital. (more)

Ad sales fall blamed for workforce cuts at Express & Star
From Press Gazette. Posted April 20 2006, 12.00am
Journalists at the Wolverhampton Express & Star are still waiting to enter into consultation after the family-owned business announced it is to make up to 70 staff redundant. (more)

Bates is new Evening Express editor
From Press Gazette. Posted April 13 2006, 12.00am
Deputy editor Damian Bates has been promoted to editor of the Evening Express in Aberdeen. (more)

Wakefield Express’s aid effort ‘shames agencies’
From Press Gazette. Posted January 19 2006, 12.00am
Paper uses £20,000 donated by readers to rebuild Sri Lankan village devastated in the Boxing Day tsunami (more)

PCC rap for Brecon & Radnor Express
From Press Gazette. Posted December 20 2005, 12.25pm
A complaint made against the Brecon & Radnor Express for not reporting a man’s acquittal promptly after covering previous details of the case has been upheld by the Press Complaints Commission. (more)

Express's Rock quits for Observer
From Press Gazette. Posted March 25 2004, 12.00am
Lucy Rock, deputy news editor of the Daily Express, is take up the same role at The Observer. (more)