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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A decent start but the Tories must be bolder
From Daily Mail. Posted June 30 2009, 11.03pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A decent start but the Tories must be bolder... (more)

Brixton prison radio 'a Daily Mail story waiting to happen'
From Media Guardian. Posted June 30 2009, 1.21pm
Notorious inmates kept off Brixton prison's award-winning radio station, governor tells conference also addressed by prisonerThe prison governor behind the taxpayer funded, Sony award-winning Electric Radio Brixton has admitted the project is a "Daily Mail story waiting to happen". (more)

Daily Mail gypsy/NHS poll on The Now Show
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 29 2009, 11.13am
BBC Radio 4’s  The Now Show picked up on the now-notorious Daily Mail ‘gypsy/NHS’ poll in the first episode of its new series. On Saturday June 20 Journalism.co. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Sharia courts and a two-tier legal system
From Daily Mail. Posted June 28 2009, 11.30pm
The revelation that at least 85 sharia courts currently operate in this country challenges the overriding principle of British justice - that everyone regardless of sex, race, religion, or political belief is equal under the law. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Time for a reality check, Mr Thompson
From Daily Mail. Posted June 26 2009, 11.21pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Time for a reality check, Mr Thompson... (more)

Andy Piper: Chasing the Daily Mail for Flickr attribution
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 25 2009, 8.12am
Maybe not an unlikely crime, but its one that could be increasingly common as more newspapers turn to Flickr for content. Andy Piper writes on his blog: “The Daily Mail posted a story on their website about my friend Andy Stanford-Clark, and used a crop from one of my photos to illustrate it. (more)

Royal Mail signs with Capital FM
From Radio Today. Posted June 24 2009, 8.49pm
Capital FM is teaming up with Royal Mail to support the postal service's Simply Drop campaign. (more)

New Mail Online Boss Aims To Improve Local Ad Proposition
From paidContent:UK. Posted June 24 2009, 6.20pm
Richard Titus, the Californian ex Schematic exec who recently ran mobile and interactive music at the BBC, has made some of his first public comments since becoming Associated Northcliffe Digital CEO in April. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Only a proper vote can end this farce
From Daily Mail. Posted June 23 2009, 12.37am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Only a proper vote can end this farce... (more)

Twitterers claim victory over loaded Daily Mail gypsy poll
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 20 2009, 7.59pm
The UK-based Mail Online was forced to shut down one of its online polls yesterday after a concerted campaign by Twitter users and, Journalism.co.uk can reveal, UK-based psychologists, nearly brought their servers to a halt with an overwhelming ‘yes’ vote. (more)

Why the Daily Mail is wheelie wrong
From Media Guardian. Posted June 20 2009, 10.00am
The Mail's campaign against wheelie bins is rubbish. But to refuse the chance to deal with a serious issue would be a wasteBe afraid. Very afraid. The Daily Mail has identified a new public enemy No 1 – the wheelie bin. (more)

Not In My Front Yard: Let the people choose, says Brown, in breakthrough for Daily Mail campaign
From Daily Mail. Posted June 19 2009, 11.47pm
Not In My Front Yard: Let the people choose, says Brown, in breakthrough for Daily Mail campaign... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: So the Iraq War, which began in spin and lies, will end the same way. What an insult to democracy
From Daily Mail. Posted June 16 2009, 1.56am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: So the Iraq War, which began in spin and lies, will end the same way. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: To the loser, the spoils
From Daily Mail. Posted June 15 2009, 12.20am
Neil and Glenys Kinnock have pocketed £12million in wages, perks and allowances over the past 15 years. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Pedalling Intrusion
From Daily Mail. Posted June 14 2009, 11.52pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Pedalling Intrusion... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Halting the march of the bloated BBC
From Daily Mail. Posted June 14 2009, 11.25pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Halting the march of the bloated BBC... (more)

Jon Steafel named sole Daily Mail deputy
From Media Guardian. Posted June 8 2009, 11.59am
Move seen by some staff as hint that Steafel is seen as editor Paul Dacre's eventual successorJon Steafel has been confirmed as sole deputy to Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre following joint deputy editor Alistair Sinclair's retirement. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: MPs must serve the public, not themselves
From Daily Mail. Posted June 8 2009, 3.00am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: MPs must serve the public, not themselves... (more)

Industrial Dispute at Record/Sunday Mail Nearing End?
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 3 2009, 7.34am
An industrial dispute taking place at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail could be nearing its end. This afternoon, at a mass meeting, members of the National Union of Journalists will hear how negotiations are progressing regarding proposed compulsory redundancies and management attempts to... (more)

Daily Mail work-ex prize in journalist competition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 3 2009, 6.20am
Stint with national title and £500 up for grabs... (more)

Daily Mail work-ex prize in journalist competition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 3 2009, 5.20am
Stint with national title and £500 up for grabs... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Brown, D-Day and the meaning of duty
From Daily Mail. Posted June 1 2009, 1.35am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Brown, D-Day and the meaning of duty... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This is no time for a weak government
From Daily Mail. Posted May 29 2009, 10.30pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This is no time for a weak government... (more)

Football boss Gordon Taylor kicks off Mail libel claim
From Press Gazette. Posted May 28 2009, 11.01am
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has launched a claim for libel damages over two stories published in the Daily Mail. (more)

Daily Mail pays out over adoption story
From Media Guardian. Posted May 26 2009, 3.15pm
Paper pays £10,000 each to three women whom it alleged rated their careers and figures more highly than having childrenThe Daily Mail has paid £10,000 libel damages each to three women after it ran a story alleging they rated their careers and figures more highly than having children. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It's not funny money, it had to be earned
From Daily Mail. Posted May 22 2009, 10.43pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It's not funny money, it had to be earned... (more)

DMGT Reckons Mail Online Could Charge For Some Content
From paidContent:UK. Posted May 22 2009, 10.00am
Watching its consumer publishing revenue evaporate, DMGT is the latest publisher forced to consider a paid content model, in this case for its flagship Mail Online. He doesn't have any concrete plans, let alone a viable technology for taking readers' cash, but CEO Martin Morgan tells FT. (more)

Carter Ruck release: Mail on Sunday apologises to MP over Dale story
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 22 2009, 7.46am
Tom Watson MP has published a release from law firm Carter Ruck in full on his blog, after false allegations were made against the politician in a Mail on Sunday article by political blogger Iain Dale. (more)

Daily Mail sales slump as advertising conditions improve
From The Independent. Posted May 21 2009, 11.06am
British newspaper group Daily Mail & General Trust today said advertising conditions had improved in April and May, and full-year results should be in line with market consensus, as a deep gloom over the recession-hit sector begins to lift. (more)

Ian Burrell: Daily Mail haemorrhaging money
From The Independent. Posted May 21 2009, 10.34am
Those who abhor the Daily Mail's peculiar view of the world and who like to characterise it is as the 'Daily Hate' will no doubt be smiling at news of a staggering fall in profits at its parent company the Daily Mail & General Trust. (more)

Earnings: Mail Online Revenue Up 15 Percent As DMGT Slides
From paidContent:UK. Posted May 21 2009, 8.50am
The detail is a mixed bag for Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) & General Trust as it swung to a £239 million pre-tax loss, for the half-year ending in March, from a £23 million profit a year ago. (more)

Daily Mail raises job cuts amid 47% profit fall
From The Times. Posted May 21 2009, 7.43am
Tumbling advertising revenues cut pre-tax profits by almost a half at Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), the publisher of the two national titles and a raft of local papers, in the first half to March 29. (more)

Profits down 47% at Daily Mail owner as recession bites
From Media Guardian. Posted May 21 2009, 6.52am
Profits tumble at Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe as recession takes its toll on revenuesDaily Mail & General Trust has reported a 47% fall in adjusted pre-tax profits to £77m for the six months to 29 March with an 85% fall in operating pr... (more)

Job cuts among Mail on Sunday subs
From Media Guardian. Posted May 20 2009, 12.56pm
DMGT title enters into redundancy consultation with subs as media downturn worsensThe Mail on Sunday is planning to make six subeditors redundant as the media downturn worsens.Subeditors facing redundancy work in the news and features section of the Daily Mail & General Trust Sunday paper. (more)

Waterhouse retires from Mail column
From Media Guardian. Posted May 18 2009, 9.08am
Veteran writer Keith Waterhouse ends 60-year career as journalist and writer of books such as Billy LiarVeteran writer Keith Waterhouse has brought down the curtain on a remarkable 60-year career in journalism by retiring from his twice-weekly column for the Daily Mail. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Martin must go now, without his £100,000
From Daily Mail. Posted May 18 2009, 12.56am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Martin must go now, without his £100,000... (more)

Bring them to justice! The Mail helps to launch campaign to prosecute sleaze MPs
From Daily Mail. Posted May 15 2009, 1.31am
The Daily Mail today backs a move to bring to justice MPs whose flagrant abuse of expenses has shamed Britain. (more)

Bring them to justice! If the authorities won't put sleaze MPs in court, the Mail will - by campaigning for private prosecutions
From Daily Mail. Posted May 15 2009, 1.15am
The Daily Mail today backs a move to bring to justice MPs whose flagrant abuse of expenses has shamed Britain. (more)

If the authorities won't put sleaze MPs in court, the Mail will - with a campaign for private prosecutions
From Daily Mail. Posted May 15 2009, 12.07am
The Daily Mail begins a crusade today to bring to justice MPs whose flagrant abuse of expenses has shamed Britain. (more)

Indy begins move to Daily Mail HQ
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2009, 12.00pm
Independent and Independent on Sunday start move from Docklands to KensingtonThe Independent and Independent on Sunday have begun their move from Docklands to the Daily Mail & General Trust headquarters in Kensington. (more)

Prisoner complains to PCC over Daily Mail brain-eating claim
From Press Gazette. Posted May 14 2009, 11.44am
The Press Complaints Commission has resolved a complaint from a prisoner over allegations in the Daily Mail that the brains of a murder victim were eaten. David Lant and Robert Maudsley were found guilty of torturing and killing a convicted paedophile in Broadmoor Hospital in 1977. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Greedy MPs robbing Parliament of respect
From Daily Mail. Posted May 10 2009, 11.21pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Greedy MPs robbing Parliament of respect... (more)

Kate Winslet sues Daily Mail publisher for libel
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2009, 10.44am
Actress Kate Winslet has begun libel proceedings against the Daily Mail over a story asking whether she should win an Oscar "for the world's most irritating actress". (more)

Tessa Jowell complains to PCC over Mail on Sunday story
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2009, 7.45am
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell says Mail on Sunday claim over candidate selection meeting is 'completely untrue'The Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has filed a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about a Mail on Sunday story alleging that s... (more)

Daily Mail deputy editor retires
From Media Guardian. Posted April 30 2009, 3.27pm
Paul Dacre's most trusted lieutenant Alistair Sinclair to leave after 11 years as deputy editorAlistair Sinclair, the longstanding deputy editor of the Daily Mail, is retiring from the paper after 35 years. (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Taxpayers will be sharing the pain to fund public pensions
From Daily Mail. Posted April 26 2009, 10.54pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Taxpayers will be sharing the pain to fund public pensions... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Now for the true test of Mr Cameron's courage
From Daily Mail. Posted April 24 2009, 12.58am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Now for the true test of Mr Cameron's courage... (more)

More from Dacre: The Daily Mail editor on Max Mosley and ‘Flat Earth News’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2009, 4.17pm
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has made his thoughts about Justice Eady, the Human Rights Act and the Max Mosley privacy case against the News of the World pretty clear since giving his Society of Editors speech last year, but today he was given the ch... (more)

Alistair in Wonderland: Top Mail writers give their verdicts - now have YOUR say
From Daily Mail. Posted April 22 2009, 2.33pm
What did YOU make of Darling's budget? Here leading Daily Mail writers give their instant verdicts - we'll be adding more throughout the afternoon. You can have your say by clicking on the comments box below. (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail to Miss Scottish Press Awards
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 22 2009, 8.20am
The Scottish Press Awards, taking place tomorrow evening, are expected to have one notable absentee: representation from the Daily Record and Sunday Mail. Journalists from the two papers in the running for an award are understood to be boycotting the ceremony. Says the National Union of... (more)

Award for Mail writer Max Hastings
From Daily Mail. Posted April 22 2009, 2.10am
He has been given the Edgar Wallace Award - which recognises writing and reporting of ‘the highest quality’ - by the London Press Club. (more)

Daily Record/Sunday Mail Strike Action to Escalate Yet Again
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 20 2009, 8.05am
Strike action among journalists at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers is to escalate yet again, to last three days, starting a minute after midnight on Friday morning. It follows a 48-hour walkout on Friday and Saturday by members of the National Union of Journalists, which itself... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: These greedy bankers have learnt nothing
From Daily Mail. Posted April 15 2009, 1.10am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: These greedy bankers have learnt nothing... (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail strikers pass vote against executives
From Media Guardian. Posted April 14 2009, 11.37am
NUJ members at Daily Record and Sunday Mail pass motion of no confidence in two Trinity Mirror managersStriking journalists on two of Scotland's biggest papers, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, have passed a motion of no confidence in two senior Tri... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Time to come clean on these dirty tricks
From Daily Mail. Posted April 13 2009, 11.46pm
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Time to come clean on these dirty tricks... (more)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Vile smears expose Blair's true legacy
From Daily Mail. Posted April 13 2009, 1.05am
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Vile smears expose Blair's true legacy... (more)

Adapt or see your papers die, Daily Record and Sunday Mail strikers told
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2009, 2.01pm
Mark Hollinshead of Trinity Mirror issues warning as Scottish papers face 24 compulsory redundanciesTrinity Mirror executive Mark Hollinshead has told striking Daily Record and Sunday Mail journalists that they must "adapt" or the paper will "not remain viable". (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail face 24 compulsory redundancies
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2009, 10.40am
Trinity Mirror says 24 staff at its Scottish nationals, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, are at risk of compulsory redundancyTrinity Mirror's decision to select 24 journalists for compulsory redundancy on two of Scotland's biggest papers, the Daily ... (more)

Daily Mail Taps BBC's Titus As Online CEO, Kangaroo's Kortekaas Is Replacement
From paidContent:UK. Posted April 8 2009, 1.20pm
Richard Titus, the BBC's future media and technology (FM&T) controller for audio, music and mobile, is leaving the corporation after two years for the vacant CEO post at Associated Northcliffe Digital, we have confirmed. (more)

Nottingham Evening Post and Hull Daily Mail lead Regional Press Awards shortlist
From Media Guardian. Posted April 7 2009, 3.27pm
DMGT's Hull Daily Mail and Nottingham Evening Post each have nine nominations for the 2009 Regional Press AwardsTwo Daily Mail & General Trust regional newspapers, the Hull Daily Mail and the Nottingham Evening Post, topped the nominations for the 2009 Regional Press Awards with nine apiece. (more)

Our magnificent seven: Mail newspapers win accolades at British Press Awards
From Daily Mail. Posted April 2 2009, 6.13am
The Daily Mail and our sister paper the Mail on Sunday scooped a magnificent SEVEN top accolades at this year's prestigious British Press Awards. (more)

TV Dragons 'Would Reject' Royal Mail Sell-Off
From Sky News. Posted April 1 2009, 10.30am
Plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail are so poor, a cross-party committee of MPs has said, they would even be rejected on TV's Dragon Den. (more)

Vogue editor loses Daily Mail column
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2009, 2.30pm
The Daily Mail has dropped Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman's weekly fashion column after budget cuts.Shulman's hiring from the Daily Telegraph in 2006 was regarded as a great coup by the Daily Mail and the paper promoted her as its voice of fashion on Saturdays. (more)

Smiths and Menzies in Mail delivery deal
From Financial Times. Posted March 25 2009, 2.00am
Smiths News and John Menzies have won lucrative new contracts to supply the Mail group of newspapers and magazines such as Vogue across the UK, cementing their... (more)

Smiths and Menzies in Mail delivery deal
From Financial Times. Posted March 24 2009, 7.34pm
Smiths News and John Menzies have won lucrative new contracts to supply the Mail group of newspapers and magazines such as Vogue across the UK, cementing their dominance of the news distribution market... (more)

Pay Freeze Reported at Mail Group
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 24 2009, 8.41am
Staff at the Scottish Daily Mail and Scottish Mail on Sunday are said to have had a year-long pay freeze imposed upon since the beginning of the month. According to a report in MediaGuardian (here), an email was sent to all staff saying the "very difficult economic conditions"... (more)

Daily Mail group doubles job cuts at regional arm
From The Independent. Posted March 24 2009, 12.00am
The publisher of the Daily Mail has axed 1,000 staff from its regional newspaper business – twice the number of cuts it announced just four months ago – as the division continues to suffer from plunging advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail group doubles job cuts at regional arm
From The Independent. Posted March 24 2009, 12.00am
The publisher of the Daily Mail has axed 1,000 staff from its regional newspaper business – twice the number of cuts it announced just four months ago – as the division continues to suffer from plunging advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail signals that the worst may be over
From The Times. Posted March 23 2009, 11.41pm
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) said that its recession-hit local newspapers were showing the first signs of recovery, even as the company announced that it would shed another 500 staff across its regional titles. (more)

Daily Mail group cuts 1,000 regional jobs
From The Independent. Posted March 23 2009, 9.33am
The Daily Mail and General Trust today became the latest media company to announce major cutbacks in the regional press. (more)

Daily Mail publisher to cut 1000 regional newspaper jobs
From Daily Telegraph. Posted March 23 2009, 8.56am
The Daily Mail and General Trust has doubled the number of job cuts to 1000 at its regional newspaper business Northcliffe Media after advertising fell by more than a third this year. (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust ad revenue plunges
From Media Guardian. Posted March 23 2009, 8.04am
Daily Mail & General Trust's advertising revenue for the first quarter has fallen by 24% across its national newspaper division and 37% across its regional titles. (more)

Daily Mail to axe 1,000 jobs on revenue slump
From The Times. Posted March 23 2009, 7.52am
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), the newspaper publisher, is to make 1,000 people redundant from its local paper operations, which have been badly hit by the advertising downturn. (more)

Daily Mail group cuts 1,000 jobs
From BBC News. Posted March 23 2009, 7.42am
The Daily Mail is to cut 1,000 jobs at its regional arm Northcliffe Media as the advertising slump continues to hurt newspapers. (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail journalists in strike ballot
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2009, 9.56am
Trinity Mirror is facing a possible walkout by nearly all the journalists on its Scottish national titles over plans to cut 70 editorial jobs. (more)

Print Round-Up: Sport Media Group; Mail Online; Haymarket; Bauer; Newsquest; Tindle
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 18 2009, 10.30pm
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Print Round-Up: Sport Media Group; Mail Online; Haymarket; Bauer; Newsquest; Tindle
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 18 2009, 7.00pm
—Sport Media Group: First it breached one of its banking covenants, then it put itself up for sale, and now Sport Media Group is looking to get rid of up to 25 jobs in a bid to save £750,000. (more)

McIvor Adds Mail to Spoof Front Pages Portfolio
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 13 2009, 9.01am
The spoof newspaper front page business of a former Scottish Sun chief sub-editor is steadily picking up permissions from the best-known titles in the country to use their mastheads. James McIvor produces spoof newspaper front pages as, for instance, anniversary and leaving gifts. And in the... (more)

Harvey the Latest Appointment at Merged Record and Sunday Mail Production
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 6 2009, 8.11am
More appointments at the newly-merged production of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail: The current features editor at the Daily Record, Melanie Harvey, is to become Head of Advance Content - essentially features. allmediascotland.com undrestands she is to have one deputy and three assistants,... (more)

Lines Appointed Head of 'Live Content' at Merged Record and Sunday Mail Production
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 5 2009, 9.01am
As part of a merging of the productions of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers, current Daily Record news editor, Andy Lines, has been appointed 'Head of Live Content' for both titles - with Sunday Mail news editor, Brendan McGinty, and Kevin Mansi, deputy news editor at the... (more)

Broadband Content Bits: Johnston Press-Brightcove; German IPTV; Sky.com; Ebay; Metacafe; Mail Online
From paidContent:UK. Posted February 28 2009, 8.38am
—Johnston Press: The latest newspaper group to improve its video content is Johnston Press which is rolling out ad-supported video across its 323 websites in partnership with video platform Brightcove. (more)

PCC: Mail on Sunday breached Daniel Craig's privacy
From Press Gazette. Posted February 27 2009, 8.34am
The PCC has ruled that the Mail on Sunday breached the editors' code by reporting on the location of James Bond star Daniel Craig's new London home. (more)

Record/Sunday Mail Announces First of Senior Management Reshuffle
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 26 2009, 8.30am
Proposed merging of the production of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail has led to Jim Traynor being appointed executive sports editor of both titles, with the Record's deputy sports editor, Austin Barrett, being made sports editor and Sunday Mail sports editor, George Cheyne, his deputy. ... (more)

Victory in the bag! After Mail campaign to slash number of plastic carriers, stores hand out 3.5bn fewer a year
From Daily Mail. Posted February 26 2009, 1.12am
The 26 per cent reduction from 13.4billion in 2006 to 9.9billion is a major success for the Daily Mail's Banish The Bags campaign, which was backed by millions of readers. (more)

Guardian mobile; Daily Mail targets US audience on Kindle
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 25 2009, 4.44pm
Guardian.co.uk will be available as a new mobile site from March, a release from the publisher has confirmed. Specific versions of m.guardian.co.uk will be available for iPhone and Blackberry handsets will be released. (more)

Daily Mail Keen On Kindle, In Both US And UK
From paidContent:UK. Posted February 25 2009, 11.56am
Does the Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) know something we don't? Mail Online MD James Bromley tells NMA he's talking with Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) to launch the British paper on to the US-only device "and the UK version" "in the near future". What "UK version"? Despite Kindle 2. (more)

Royal Mail sale opposed by half of small businesses
From The Times. Posted February 25 2009, 11.34am
Small businesses are today adding to the pressure on the Government over the sale of a stake in Royal Mail, with nearly half saying that they want the postal group to remain in public ownership. (more)

Seventy Posts to go as Daily Record and Sunday Mail Merge Production
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 24 2009, 9.21am
As reported as breaking news yesterday afternoon, 70 posts are to go at Trinity Mirror in Glasgow after confirmation that the editorial operations of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers are to be integrated into a single, multi-media, operation. Bruce Waddell, currently in charge of... (more)

Job Losses as Record and Sunday Mail Merge Production
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 23 2009, 6.01pm
BREAKING NEWS (3pm): Seventy posts are to go at Trinity Mirror in Glasgow after confirmation that the editorial operations of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers are to be integrated into a single, multi-media, operation. Bruce Waddell, currently in charge of the Record, is to become... (more)

Job Losses as Record and Sunday Mail merge
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 23 2009, 4.51pm
BREAKING NEWS (3pm): 70 posts are to go at Trinity Mirror in Glasgow after confirmation that the editorial operations of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail are to be integrated into a single, multi-media, operation. Bruce Waddell, currently in charge of the Record, is to become... (more)

70 jobs go as Record and Sunday Mail merge editorial
From Press Gazette. Posted February 23 2009, 2.54pm
The Daily Record and Sunday Mail are merging editorial teams with the loss of 70 jobs, parent company Trinity Mirror announced today. (more)

The Mail and sex
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2009, 12.01am
Polly Toynbee (Comment, 17 February) twice alleges that the Mail has launched a campaign against sex education. Before another myth is created about the Mail, could we set out the facts. The Mail last week wrote two leaders on teenage pregnancy. Neither mentioned sex education. (more)

Benedict Brogan is latest to swap Mail for Telegraph
From Press Gazette. Posted February 13 2009, 12.53pm
Daily Mail political editor Benedict Brogan is returning to The Daily Telegraph - continuing the great exchange of staff between the two papers. (more)

Daily Mail sorry for adoption feature
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2009, 4.27pm
The Daily Mail has today apologised to four women for falsely implying they chose adoption over natural childbirth to protect their looks and careers in an article late last year. (more)

Daily Mail owner suffers big fall in advertising revenues
From Daily Telegraph. Posted February 12 2009, 11.47am
Daily Mail ? General Trust DMGT had a painful January at its newspaper business seeing a 40pc decline in advertising revenues at its regional titles and a 23pc drop at its national arm. (more)

Earnings: Now Even Online Sales Falling At Daily Mail Publisher; More Cuts
From paidContent:UK. Posted February 11 2009, 11.48am
Have the wheels finally come off newspapers' big online dream? In the last three months of 2008, DMGT says online sales in its Mail Online publisher Associated Newspapers were down three percent from the previous year. That's a shocker as we've got used to seeing quarter-on-quarter online gains. (more)

Snowdon to be Daily Mail sports editor
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2009, 10.53am
Scotland on Sunday editor Les Snowdon is to leave the paper and joining the Daily Mail as sports editor.Snowdon, a former sports editor and editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Times, confirmed to MediaGuardian.co.uk that he was leaving the weekly title after nearly three years at the helm. (more)

Currybet.net: Mail Online comment rating is powerful tool
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 6 2009, 9.06am
Mail Online’s introduction of a rating system for comments left on articles in December gives the paper an insight into the audience’s depth of feeling for an issue, Belam writes. Full story at this link… Similar Posts: ReadWriteWeb: NYTimes launches article API FT. (more)

Snowdon Headed for Daily Mail Sports Editorship
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 6 2009, 8.51am
As reported as breaking news yesterday lunchtime, the editor of Scotland on Sunday newspaper is leaving, to become sports editor of the Daily Mail. Les Snowdon is leaving the Sunday title, after just under two-and-a-half years in charge. Previously, he was editor of The Sunday Times Scotland,... (more)

Snowdon Headed for Daily Mail Sports Editorship
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted February 5 2009, 1.41pm
Breaking news, 12.50pm: The editor of Scotland on Sunday newspaper is leaving, to become sports editor of the Daily Mail. Les Snowdon is leaving the Sunday title, after just under two-and-a-half years in charge. Previously, he was editor of The Sunday Times Scotland, where, between and 1999... (more)

Daily Mail spiked Northern Rock story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 4 2009, 3.10pm
The Daily Mail agreed not to publish a 'highly damaging' story about beleaguered bank Northern Rock that could have derailed Government attempts to save it, the paper's City editor has revealed. (more)

Daily Mail pays out after alleging cardinal's former spokesman was hypocrite
From Media Guardian. Posted January 29 2009, 6.16pm
A former spokesman for the Catholic church has won £30,000 libel damages today at the high court after claiming he was "unfairly trashed" by an article in the Daily Mail accusing him of being a hypocrite over abortion. (more)

Nieman Journalism Lab: Globe and Mail on setting up a news wiki
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 29 2009, 4.32pm
Matthew Ingram, communities editor at the Globe and Mail in Canada, discusses the highs and lows of setting up a Public Policy Wiki on the paper’s website. (more)

New step up for Western Mail editor
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 29 2009, 10.10am
Alan Edmunds to take on publishing director role... (more)

New step up for Western Mail editor
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 29 2009, 6.40am
Alan Edmunds to take on publishing director role... (more)

Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2009, 12.01am
Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. (more)

Lord Rothermere used some of Daily Mail & General Trust shares as security for loan
From Media Guardian. Posted January 23 2009, 10.38am
Daily Mail & General Trust chairman Lord Rothermere used some of his shares in the company as security for a loan, DMGT said last night.DMGT said the proprietor's family investment vehicle Rothermere Continuation Limited (RCL) had used more than 8m shares for a loan in December 2006. (more)

December ABCe: Mail regains third place with 19.7m
From Press Gazette. Posted January 22 2009, 12.19pm
The jostling for position between the Mail and the Times in the national newspaper web traffic rankings continued in December, with Mail Online regaining third place, according to ABCe. (more)

Fifth of Daily Mail Taken up by Ads
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted January 22 2009, 8.51am
A snapshot of advertising in the Scottish Daily Mail has found that a fifth of the paper was taken up with adverts. The review, of last Tuesday’s edition of the paper, found three full pages for Tesco supermarket (as in the case of most other newspapers that day) plus nine in-house... (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust signals London Evening Standard sale will go ahead
From Media Guardian. Posted January 20 2009, 10.47am
Daily Mail & General Trust today gave the clearest indication yet that it will offload the loss-making London Evening Standard, with a senior executive stating that a sale would not be "hugely significant" for the diversified company because it must ... (more)

Industry Moves: Mail On Sunday; Telegraph Media Group; Reed Midem Five/Channel 4
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 14 2009, 1.50pm
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Industry Moves: Mail On Sunday; Telegraph Media Group; Reed Midem Five/Channel 4
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 14 2009, 7.51am
—Mail on Sunday: Associated Newspapers has hired former Bauer Media executive Marcus Rich as MD of the Mail on Sunday and deputy MD of Mail Newspapers which merged sales staff across the two titles in October. (more)

Media Monkey: How the Mail saw the light
From Media Guardian. Posted January 13 2009, 2.02pm
Media Monkey: The inspiration for the Daily Mail's old-fashioned lightbulb offer came from an unlikely source... (more)

Ex-Bauer executive Marcus Rich named Mail on Sunday managing director
From Media Guardian. Posted January 13 2009, 1.53pm
Former Bauer executive Marcus Rich has replaced Stephen Miron as managing director of the Mail on Sunday. (more)

(Probably Not) The Daily Mail: Fake Daily Mail Twitter account renamed as DMGT applies legal pressure
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 13 2009, 8.39am
Creator of fake @dailymail_uk Twitter account has username changed by Twitter following legal pressure from the newspaper publisher. (more)

Twitter Shuts Down Daily Mail Twitter Parody Under DMGT Legal Pressure
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 13 2009, 8.00am
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Twitter Shuts Down Daily Mail Twitter Parody Under DMGT Legal Pressure
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 12 2009, 2.31pm
By Jemima Kiss: Further proof, if we needed it, that the Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) has no sense of humour. (more)

We know the Daily Mail has no sense of humour. But Twitter?
From Media Guardian. Posted January 12 2009, 1.55pm
Further proof, if we needed it, that the Daily Mail has no sense of humour. Some wag created the inevitable spoof account for the Mail on Twitter, which resulted in various diverting tweets including:"God bless Prince Harry! He's only saying what we're all thinking... (more)

NevilleHobson.com: Mail on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph don’t get Twitter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 6 2009, 11.09am
Neville Hobson flags up the Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sundays's reporting of Twitter. (more)

November ABCes: Guardian stays top with 26m unique users and slight drops for Mail and Telegraph
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 23 2008, 12.00am
Full breakdown of November unique user/browser figures for the audited newspaper sites... (more)

Police terror boss condemns 'spiteful' Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted December 22 2008, 8.59am
Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Bob Quick has accused the Mail on Sunday of 'a very spiteful act' after it revealed that a wedding hire firm was being run from his home. (more)

£3billion Royal Mail selloff could be agreed today
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 16 2008, 9.59am
A selloff of around a third of the Royal Mail could be agreed today insiders have told The Daily Telegraph. (more)

Independent move to Daily Mail offices may be delayed
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2008, 4.08pm
Independent News & Media's plan to co-locate its London-based titles with Associated Newspapers in Kensington may be delayed. (more)

Daily Mail pays damages to Oliver star over divorce story
From Press Gazette. Posted December 9 2008, 10.29am
The Daily Mail has agreed to pay 'substantial' but undisclosed damages to Mark Lester, the former child star of the 1968 film Oliver, after it published a story about his divorce. (more)

Madonna seeks £5m from Mail on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted December 9 2008, 2.24am
Claim, if accepted, will be biggest payout in a privacy case in the UK, dwarfing £60,000 awarded to Max Mosley... (more)

Madonna sues Mail on Sunday for printing wedding pics
From Press Gazette. Posted December 8 2008, 4.23pm
Pop star Madonna is claiming damages from the Mail on Sunday over the publication of private photographs of her wedding to film director Guy Ritchie, a High Court judge was told today. (more)

BrandRepublic (via PopBitch): Daily Mail and BBC Local conspiracy theory
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 4 2008, 5.50pm
"It isn't like the Daily Mail needs an excuse to bash the BBC, but was there more at play in the recent 'Sachsgate' affair than meets the eye?" asks Gordon Macmillan, following up on today's PopBitch item. (more)

Media Monkey: Sun sets, sun rises, Mail bashes BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2008, 10.53am
Media Monkey: Another day, another Daily Mail BBC outrage story... (more)

Nigella Lawson criticises Daily Mail 'dingbats' over deception claims
From Media Guardian. Posted December 3 2008, 4.18pm
TV chef Nigella Lawson has hit back at the 'dingbats' at the Daily Mail who accused her of deceiving viewers in BBC2 series Nigella Express. (more)

Independent moves in with Mail to cut costs
From Media Guardian. Posted November 29 2008, 12.05am
Relocation from London Docklands to Associated Newspapers' headquarters in Kensington to try to cut costs... (more)

Indy gets cosy with Daily Mail to cut costs
From Financial Times. Posted November 28 2008, 8.48pm
The Independent newspaper has taken the radical step of moving into the same office building as rival publication the Daily Mail, in a drive to cut costs... (more)

Independent moves to Daily Mail headquarters to save costs
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 28 2008, 3.56pm
The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers are moving from Canary Wharf to offices in the headquarters of Associated Newspapers publisher of the Daily Mail. (more)

A beginner's guide for Independent journalists relocating to the headquarters of the Daily Mail and General Trust
From Media Guardian. Posted November 28 2008, 1.43pm
A beginner's guide for Independent journalists relocating to the headquarters of the Daily Mail & General Trust... (more)

Merger with Daily Mail publisher 'Will safeguard future of Independent titles'
From Press Gazette. Posted November 28 2008, 12.22pm
The Independent titles are moving from their offices in Docklands, East London, to share premises with the publishers of the Daily Mail. (more)

Daily Mail rebuffs disclosure bid in 'Ugly' libel case
From Press Gazette. Posted November 24 2008, 11.56am
A High Court judge has rejected a legal bid to force the Daily Mail to hand over notes of interviews relating to stories about an author and judge who is being sued by her mother for libel. (more)

400 jobs go as Daily Mail owner joins media hunt for cuts
From Media Guardian. Posted November 21 2008, 12.20am
Daily Mail & General Trust became the latest media company to cut jobs yesterday as the sector battles to contain a savage decline in advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail Independent in talks to merge back offices
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 20 2008, 7.25pm
Daily Mail ? General Trust is in talks with Independent News ? Media to combine the back offices of their Londonbased newspapers. (more)

Daily Mail owner to save £100m
From The Independent. Posted November 20 2008, 2.39pm
The owner of the Daily Mail announced plans today to save £100m as advertising markets suffer and costs rise. (more)

Daily Mail owner cuts 400 jobs as profits fall
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 20 2008, 12.52pm
Daily Mail ? General Trust's Associated and Northcliffe newspaper divisions have cut 400 jobs in the past two months as part of a £100m costcutting drive. (more)

Mail Online: Former Hartlepool Mail editor struggles to find work after 30 years in journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 19 2008, 1.10pm
Harry Blackwood, former editor of the Hartlepool Mail, describes the difficulty of finding new work with only 30 years of journalism experience, but no 'professional qualification'. (more)

Party Arranged for Scottish Daily Mail Departing Duo
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted November 19 2008, 8.30am
Colleagues and old friends of Jim Hendry and Marge Davidson are being invited to help them bid a fond farewell to newspapers as both retire from ‘active service’ at the Scottish Daily Mail. Both have been at the Mail for 14 years, Jim in his post as deputy sports editor and... (more)

High fives as Mail scoops top Yorkshire prize again
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 15 2008, 11.30am
Four awards for Northcliffe daily with Harrogate Advertiser named best weekly... (more)

High fives as Mail scoops top Yorkshire prize again
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 14 2008, 11.10am
Four awards for Northcliffe daily with Harrogate Advertiser named best weekly... (more)

What can the Daily Mail and General Trust do to escape its London free newspaper war nightmare?
From Media Guardian. Posted November 13 2008, 2.54pm
The Evening Standard is caught in the eye of a perfect storm, with newspaper sales falling, the economy in recession and London's free newspaper war raging... (more)

Daily Mail 'to cut 300 jobs'
From The Independent. Posted November 12 2008, 5.57pm
The Daily Mail and General Trust is to cut as many as 300 staff on its London papers, including the Daily Mail, reports suggest. (more)

Letters: The Mail v Mr Justice Eady
From Media Guardian. Posted November 12 2008, 12.04am
Letters: Paul Dacre's rant (The threat to our press, Media, November 10) might ring truer if the tabloids he represents really were plucky Davids battling corrupt Goliaths... (more)

Lawyers' riposte to Mail editor: this act protects everybody
From Media Guardian. Posted November 11 2008, 12.07am
Senior lawyers hit back yesterday at the editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, after he railed against the "wretched" Human Rights Act and a high court judge whose judgments he described as "arrogant and amoral". (more)

SoE08: Mail Online’s Martin Clarke on newspaper web metrics
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 10 2008, 10.34pm
Following his comments to the Society of Editors (SoE) conference on the meaningless of monthly unique users stats for newspaper website advertisers, Martin Clarke, editorial director of Mail Online, spoke with Journalism.co. (more)

Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre criticises BBC growth and privacy rulings
From Media Guardian. Posted November 10 2008, 7.34am
The Daily Mail editor-in-chief, Paul Dacre, used a rare public speech last night to attack BBC expansion and the rulings of a leading high court judge, which he claimed were introducing privacy laws via the back door. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Proof that Daily Mail is feared by the establishment
From Media Guardian. Posted November 10 2008, 7.22am
In the Mail on Sunday's story about Prince William using an RAF helicopter to attend a party was a fascinating detail. It highlighted establishment nervousness about the influence exercised by the Daily Mail. (more)

Chris Anderson exits Mail on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted November 10 2008, 6.59am
The Mail on Sunday's associate editor for news and sport, Chris Anderson, has left the paper.A spokesman for the Daily Mail & General Trust title confirmed Anderson's departure to MediaGuardian.co.uk. (more)

SoE08: Monthly unique user stats are meaningless to advertisers, says Mail Online MD
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 10 2008, 12.00am
Speaking at the Society of Editors conference, Martin Clarke said traffic stats should be broken down daily and by user engagement... (more)

October ABCs: Daily Mail hit by tough market
From Media Guardian. Posted November 7 2008, 1.02pm
The Daily Mail recorded a 7.21% year-on-year fall circulation, second only to the Daily Star in a bleak month for most popular and mid-market daily titles. (more)

FreelanceUK.com (via Mail on Sunday): Toby Young impersonator tries to scam free jewellery
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 4 2008, 1.22pm
An impersonator pretending to be â... (more)

Daily Mail to pay out over Zinedine Zidane headbutt stories
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2008, 3.43pm
The Daily Mail is to pay "substantial" damages to Italian footballer Marco Materazzi for alleging that it was "vile racist abuse" that had provoked French captain Zinedine Zidane to headbutt him in the 2006 World Cup final. (more)

Roy Greenslade: INM denies that Mail will buy The Independent
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2008, 9.22am
Independent News & Media has denied that it is in discussions with the Daily Mail & General Trust to sell The Independent and its Sunday sister title.An INM spokesman quoted in the Irish Times said: "Any discussions with UK publishers were solely in connection with shared services. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Daily Mail group to acquire Independent? Surely not
From Media Guardian. Posted November 2 2008, 10.49am
As we know, when the Daily Mail runs headlines in question form, as above, the answer is invariably "no". That, however, is the claim in the most eye-opening media story in this morning's newspapers, Mail considers bid for Independent. (more)

Daily Mail leads Middle England against Ross, Brand and the BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted October 29 2008, 1.22pm
Reading the papers day by day since the Russell-Brand-Jonathan-Ross-Andrew-Sachs story broke it is hard not to be struck by the leading role played by the Daily Mail in articulating public anxiety about the episode. (more)

Russell Brand highlights Mail Hitler links in apology to Fawlty Towers star
From Media Guardian. Posted October 27 2008, 11.46am
Russell Brand has highlighted Associated Newspapers' flirtation with fascism in the 1930s after a Mail on Sunday story led to him apologising for making prank calls to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs. (more)

Oliver star Mark Lester sues Daily Mail over divorce story
From Press Gazette. Posted October 23 2008, 11.44am
Former child actor Mark Lester - who starred in the 1968 film version of the musical Oliver - is seeking damages of £150,000 from Associated Newspapers alleging libel and invasion of privacy over a story about his divorce. (more)

Daily Mail plans to move subeditors to nine-day fortnight
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2008, 6.46am
The Daily Mail is planning to move subeditors from a four-day week to a nine-day fortnight.Charles Garside, the Daily Mail assistant editor, informed subeditors in a letter of the planned changes, as well as seeking their approval and requesting feedback. (more)

Roy Greenslade: David Duchovny to sue Mail on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted October 21 2008, 3.48pm
The actor David Duchovny is to sue the Mail on Sunday over a story which alleged that he was having an affair with a tennis coach, Edit Pakay. Duchovny's attorney Larry Stein says Duchovny "never had a romantic or sexual relationship" with the star. (Via People. (more)

Daily Mail MD Guy Zitter given expanded role as Mail Newspapers MD
From Media Guardian. Posted October 17 2008, 3.59pm
Guy Zitter, the managing director of the Daily Mail, has been given an expanded role to include overseeing the Mail on Sunday and Mail Digital. (more)

Daily Mail pays libel damages over water story
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2008, 12.00am
A Hampshire estate owner has accepted damages at London's High Court over a Daily Mail story that claimed he cut off the water supply to local villagers. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Telegraph and Mail share each other's website quotes
From Media Guardian. Posted October 1 2008, 2.02pm
In a couple of postings last week - notably here - I dealt with the accusations made by journalists on almost every national newspaper about other papers stealing their content to enhance their website news coverage. (more)

Birmingham Post and Mail strike called off after Trinity Mirror rules out compulsory job cuts
From Press Gazette. Posted September 30 2008, 12.00am
Strike action has been called off at the Birmingham Post and Mail after owner Trinity Mirror assured the National Union of Journalists there would be no compulsory redundancies. (more)

Print jobs under threat after Mail owner issues profits warning
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2008, 11.08pm
Property advertising especially has been badly hit, almost halving in the past two months... (more)

Daily Mail warns on profits as ad sales slide
From The Times. Posted September 25 2008, 3.41pm
Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) today gave warning that its full-year results would be at the lower end of market expectations as the advertising downturn at its national and regional newspaper titles took its toll. (more)

Advertising and circulation under pressure at Daily Mail publisher DMGT
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 25 2008, 9.30am
Media group Daily Mail and General Trust warns that circulation and advertising revenues are under pressure at its newspapers despite strong growth at its businesstobusiness titles. (more)

Advertising slump hits Daily Mail owner
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 25 2008, 9.30am
The publisher Daily Mail and General Trust has seen advertising revenue slump dramatically at its regional arm Northcliffe. (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust hit by regional ad slump
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2008, 7.02am
Worsening ad conditions have led to a 24% year-on-year ad revenue fall at Daily Mail & General Trust's regional operation Northcliffe Media in September. (more)

Daily Mail publisher will report lower than expected profits despite revenue increase
From Press Gazette. Posted September 25 2008, 12.00am
Daily Mail and General Trust has reported an increase in overall revenue but will report lower than expected profits at its year-end later this month. (more)

Daily Mail feels economic pinch
From The Scotsman. Posted September 25 2008, 12.00am
THE publisher of the Daily Mail said today that its business is being affected by worsening economic conditions. (more)

Daily Mail publisher profits dip despite revenue rise
From Press Gazette. Posted September 25 2008, 12.00am
Daily Mail and General Trust has reported an increase in overall revenue but will report lower than expected profits at its year-end later this month. (more)

MediaGuardian: Telegraph journalist says articles are copied from Daily Mail and Metro
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 24 2008, 3.45pm
Roy Greenslade writes about the response to a letter by an anonymous Telegraph journalist that he published last week. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Daily Telegraph journalists reveal copying of Daily Mail web content
From Media Guardian. Posted September 24 2008, 1.33pm
My postings last week, A Telegraph journalist writes and My response to the Telegraph journalist, appear to have stimulated a lively debate, both within the Telegraph office and in other newspaper newsrooms... (more)

Daily Mail publisher to innoculate staff against bird flu
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2008, 12.00am
Daily Mail and General Trust is to offer staff medication as part of a group-wide plan to help them survive a devastating and potentially fatal global bird flu pandemic. (more)

Two-day strike set for Birmingham Post and Mail after NUJ vote
From Press Gazette. Posted September 19 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror’s Midlands titles will be hit by a two-day strike over redundancies next month after staff voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust restructures
From Media Guardian. Posted September 18 2008, 12.33pm
Daily Mail & General Trust, owner of the Daily Mail and more than 100 regional titles, is to combine its national and regional operations. (more)

Daily Mail recruits Martin Samuel from the Times
From Media Guardian. Posted September 17 2008, 10.54am
The Daily Mail has hired chief football correspondent Martin Samuel from the Times. (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail to be Hit by 'Work to Rule'
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted September 5 2008, 8.30am
Journalists at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail are, from next Friday, to work only what is required of them by contract - ignoring any pleas to work through their breaks, or put in extra hours, because of any under-staffing. It follows a mass meeting of National Union of Journalists members,... (more)

Campaign against Julie Moult 'smacks of bullying', says Mail Online
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 4 2008, 11.00pm
Bloggers' campaign against journalist is 'unfair', says editorial director... (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail Facing Industrial Action
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted September 4 2008, 8.03am
A mass meeting of members of the National Union of Journalists is today deciding what form of industrial action to take against the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers. It follows a vote taken a fortnight ago among NUJ members at the titles and the breakdown of talks yesterday between... (more)

Daily Mail tries to lure users with free international texts
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 27 2008, 12.35pm
Following the launch of their MailTXT texting service earlier this year, the Daily Mail has now announced that new users will get 50 free international SMS messages to any phone when they sign up. (more)

NRS: Mail on Sunday bucks downward readership trend
From Media Guardian. Posted August 22 2008, 11.50am
Every Sunday national newspaper, except the Mail on Sunday, lost readers over the past year, the latest National Readership Survey has found. (more)

Stephen Miron moves from Mail Online to Global Radio
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 18 2008, 11.00pm
Miron becomes chief executive of radio for Global... (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail staff to vote on industrial action
From Media Guardian. Posted August 14 2008, 8.08am
The NUJ is to ballot members at the Trinity Mirror's Scottish national titles on possible industrial action over staffing levels. (more)

Daily Mail reprises possibly the greatest pull quote in tabloid history
From Press Gazette. Posted August 7 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Mail today took the opportunity to reprise perhaps the greatest pull-quote in tabloid history. (more)

Daily Mail sports writer Paul Hayward joins The Guardian
From Press Gazette. Posted August 7 2008, 12.00am
Guardian News & Media has appointed the Daily Mail's chief sports writer Paul Hayward to work as a senior sports writer across The Guardian, The Observer and Guardian.co.uk. (more)

MediaGuardian: Daily Mail removes web articles over anti-Polish complaints
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 5 2008, 10.49am
The Daily Mail has reached an agreement with the Federation of Poles in Great Britain (FPGB) to remove articles from its website. The FPGB accused the Mail of publishing articles that caused "negative emotions and tensions between the new EU immigrants and local communities". (more)

Daily Mail publishes letter from Polish community spokesman
From Media Guardian. Posted August 5 2008, 9.53am
The Daily Mail has published a letter about how the UK Polish community feels persecuted by British media coverage. (more)

Media: Daily Mail makes up with Poles over negative coverage
From Media Guardian. Posted August 4 2008, 11.03pm
Defamatory articles removed from website following negotiations brokered by Press Complaints Commission... (more)

Daily Mail makes up with Poles over negative coverage
From Media Guardian. Posted August 4 2008, 11.03pm
Defamatory articles have been removed from the paper's website following negotiations brokered by the Press Complaints Commission. (more)

Daily Mail agrees peace deal with Polish Federation of Great Britain
From Media Guardian. Posted August 4 2008, 4.41pm
The Daily Mail has reached a peace deal with Britain's Polish community over its coverage of the ethnic minority. (more)

Post & Mail pay libel damages over male lap dance story
From Press Gazette. Posted July 31 2008, 12.00am
The former owner of a male lap dance club in Birmingham has accepted substantial damages at London’s High Court to end a libel action launched against the Birmingham Post & Mail. (more)

Olympic countdown coverage as Mail salutes Midlands athletes
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 28 2008, 6.50am
Birmingham daily is 'full steam ahead' with profiles, features and training updates... (more)

ABCe figures: Guardian breaks 20m barrier, Mail Online falls to fourth
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 23 2008, 11.00pm
Guardian.co. (more)

Daily Mail advertising revenues plunge 5%
From The Times. Posted July 23 2008, 8.36am
Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), the newspaper and information publisher, today reported total advertising revenue at its Associated Newspapers arm fell by 3 per cent in the third quarter as deteriorating trading conditions spread from its regional to national titles. (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust revenues up 5% despite ad dip
From Media Guardian. Posted July 23 2008, 8.32am
Daily Mail & General Trust has reported revenue grew 5% year-on-year during the third quarter to June 30 despite falling ad revenues. (more)

Kylie Minogue ex in Mail and Sun privacy complaint
From Press Gazette. Posted July 16 2008, 12.00am
French actor Olivier Martinez has complained to The Sun and the Daily Mail claiming breach of privacy, after they published pictures of him having a meal with former lover Kylie Minogue and her parents in a Paris restaurant. (more)

Editor&Publisher: Daily Mail to have print run in New York
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 11 2008, 4.04pm
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday have signed a four-year deal, which will see the papers printed in New York. The initial run, starting in September, will be of the papers' home editions, but New York-specific content will be added in due course. (more)

Royal Mail junks council freesheet
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 9 2008, 6.40am
Readers brand £400,000-a-year paper a waste of money... (more)

Wayne Rooney uncle accepts damages from BBC Breakfast over discussion of Mail article
From Press Gazette. Posted July 7 2008, 12.00am
One of Wayne Rooney’s uncles today accepted undisclosed libel damages and a public apology from the BBC over a BBC Breakfast discussion broadcast about a newspaper article indicating he had been involved in violence at Coleen McLoughlin’s... (more)

Warning for Mail staff after laptop theft
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2008, 11.08pm
Journalists at Associated Newspapers receive letters warning them to contact banks over possible identity theft... (more)

Daily Mail publisher is red-faced after laptop with personal data is stolen
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2008, 2.25pm
Associated Newspapers has admitted that a laptop containing financial details of thousands of staff, suppliers and contributors has been stolen. (more)

Thomson executive joins Daily Mail publisher
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 3 2008, 12.01am
DMGT, publisher of the Daily Mail, has recruited Thomson Reuters executive Suresh Kavan to run its business information publishing division, replacing Martin Morgan, who is to become group chief executive. (more)

Irish Mail is still leaning on parent
From Press Gazette. Posted June 25 2008, 12.00am
The Irish editions of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday have made a profit for the first time, but publisher Associated Newspapers is still nursing total losses of more than £50m from its costly expansion into Ireland seven years ago. (more)

McFly album Radio:ACTIVE to be given away free with Mail on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted June 24 2008, 4.58pm
McFly are to become the latest music act to give their new album away for free after signing a deal with the Mail on Sunday. (more)

South Africa’s Mail & Guardian newspaper unveils new all singing, all dancing website
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 19 2008, 2.23pm
South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper has substantially revamped its website, in the process introducing a series of new features to improve usability. (more)

ABCe: Mail takes lead but Guardian has more UK users
From Press Gazette. Posted June 19 2008, 12.00am
Mail Online has become the country’s most visited newspaper website in May, beating Telegraph.co.uk and Guardian.co.uk into second and third place. (more)

Daily Mail editor promises new look at personal privacy rules for journalists
From Media Guardian. Posted June 16 2008, 11.02pm
Editor of the Daily Mail to clarify rules that prevent journalists accessing personal information by subterfuge... (more)

Dennis Rice: Mail on Sunday's investigations editor resigns
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 4.06pm
The Mail on Sunday's investigations editor, Dennis Rice, has resigned from the paper to take up a new freelance role. (more)

Hundreds of music fans protest at Daily Mail offices
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
Hundreds of fans of the rock band My Chemical Romance held protests in London on Saturday to protest over Daily Mail stories which have described the band’s fans a "suicide cult". (more)

Hundreds of music fans protest over Daily Mail coverage
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
Hundreds of fans of the rock band My Chemical Romance held protests in London on Saturday to protest over Daily Mail stories which have described the band’s fans a "suicide cult". (more)

Junk mail scams 'using lawyers'
From BBC News. Posted May 31 2008, 6.59am
Gangs targeting vulnerable people with bogus offers are using solicitors to stay ahead of the law, the BBC learns. (more)

Daily Mail and General Trust warns of advertising collapse at regional newspapers
From The Times. Posted May 22 2008, 10.43am
Daily Mail and General Trust, the newspaper and information publisher, warned this morning that revenues at its regional newspapers were tumbling after a weak Easter period. (more)

Daily Mail and General Trust's profits rise 7%
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2008, 7.19am
Daily Mail and General Trust said its national newspapers were 'holding up extremely well' but that the regional market was difficult. (more)

Daily Mail group profits up as Northcliffe regionals struggle
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday are "holding up well" despite worsening conditions in the UK economy, with the relaunched Mail Online trebling its revenues in the past year, but Northcliffe Media was experiencing "tougher trading conditions",... (more)

Daily Mail & GT
From The Scotsman. Posted May 21 2008, 12.00am
417p -21. (more)

Daily Mail was ‘late online’ admits chief exec, as new site moves out of beta
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 20 2008, 2.10pm
A redesigned Daily Mail website - rebranded as Mail Online - is to be officially launched after a period of beta testing. The old site will be shut down over the next couple of days as the new design is brought in, an announcement on the site said yesterday. (more)

Rothermere: 'I would not intervene if Mail wanted to legalise cannabis'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 20 2008, 12.00am
Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere today told the House of Lords that editor Paul Dacre could support the legalisation of cannabis in his paper and he would still not intervene in editorial matters. (more)

Daily Mail will expand internationally online, says DMGT chairman
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 19 2008, 11.00pm
The Mail is looking into launching sites in India and beyond, Lord Rothermere, chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), tells Lords Committee... (more)

Readers up at the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Record
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 11.35am
The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Record were the only national newspapers to increase their readership over the past year, according to NRS figures. (more)

Euro triathlon gold glory for Mail reporter
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 15 2008, 9.20am
Emma-Kate cracks two personal best times as she romps to victory in Lisbon... (more)

Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant accept £58k from Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
Former celebrity couple, Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant and Liz’s new husband, Arun Nayar, today accepted a public apology and £58,000 damages at London’s High Court after covert photographs taken of them holidaying together at a secluded resort... (more)

Former Mail and Times reporter dies aged 86
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 6.00am
Molly White was a fan of horses, flying and writing... (more)

Vicky Frost interviews Daily Mail foreign correspondent Ann Leslie
From Media Guardian. Posted May 4 2008, 11.09pm
The distinguished Daily Mail foreign correspondent Ann Leslie tells Vicky Frost about the hurdles she has had to overcome as a female reporter - and why an enormous handbag is such an essential tool... (more)

Daily Mail hires Daily Telegraph's Jan Moir
From Media Guardian. Posted April 30 2008, 6.25am
Daily Telegraph star interviewer Jan Moir is set to jump ship to the Daily Mail. (more)

Currybet.net: Martin Belam on what’s good about the Daily Mail beta
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 29 2008, 6.49am
More presence for Femail content and a carousel of 'funny' news stories on the Daily Mail's beta website rate highly with Belam. (more)

Scottish Daily Mail Ups Cover Price
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 23 2008, 8.23am
The  Scottish Daily Mail has increased its cover price by 5p, to 45p, to make it 10p more expensive than its middle market rival, the Scottish Daily Express. The price rise took place on Monday and, south of the border, the paper told readers the price hike was due to higher fuel... (more)

Daily Mail reporter moves to The National
From Biz Asia. Posted April 22 2008, 7.20pm
Daily Mail reporter Tahira Yaqoob has left to join the new English language broadsheet The National as senior news and feature writer. Yaqoob had been with the Daily Mail for six-and-a-half years. (more)

Daily Mail raises cover price to 50p
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 9.06am
The Daily Mail increased its price to 50p today - prompting rival title the Daily Express to accuse it of 'staggering hypocrisy'. (more)

Daily Mail launches website redesign in beta
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 15 2008, 11.00pm
Ongoing trial version of redesign site asks for user feedback... (more)

'Privatise Royal Mail and parts of BBC'
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 15 2008, 12.01am
Royal Mail and parts of the BBC should be privatised to boost public finances, according to a report released today. (more)

Daily Mail group claims it now reaches 45 per cent of the British population
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
New research shows that Associated Newspapers' print and online titles have a combined reach of 45 per cent of the British population, the company's digital division claimed today. (more)

Aldershot Mail publishes Nepali edition
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
The Aldershot Mail has found a new way to connect with the largest ethnic minority group in its circulation area: a bi-lingual edition in Nepali and English. (more)

Lisa Marie Presley sues Daily Mail over weight-gain story
From Press Gazette. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley is heading for a High Court showdown with Associated Newspapers over a story illustrated with an unflattering photograph. (more)

PO closure campaign gets 7,000 signatures from Mail readers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 7 2008, 5.40am
Human interest stories boost power of newspaper campaign as petition is delivered to Downing Street... (more)

Nicolas Cage in settlement over Daily Mail serialisation
From Press Gazette. Posted April 4 2008, 12.00am
Film stars Nicolas Cage and Kathleen Turner today settled their libel dispute over a Daily Mail serialisation of the actress's autobiography, which claims Cage he had twice been arrested for drunk driving and had stolen a dog. (more)

Hull Daily Mail deputy Mel Cook named as new Scunthorpe Telegraph Editor
From Press Gazette. Posted April 3 2008, 12.00am
Mel Cook, deputy editor of Northcliffe's Hull Daily Mail, has been appointed editor of the Scunthorpe Telegraph. (more)

Daily Mail hires Sunday Mirror exec to edit Femail
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 10.34am
The Daily Mail has hired the Sunday Mirror's Nicky Dawson to edit its Femail section - but she won't have overall control. (more)

Daily Mail left with £4 million libel bill after battle with world's 12th richest man
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
The world’s 12th richest man, Sheldon Adelson, today accepted a formal apology and “very substantial” damages at London’s High Court after the Daily Mail accused him of “cut-throat, ruthless and despicable business practices”, including... (more)

Polish federation accuses Daily Mail of defamation
From Media Guardian. Posted March 15 2008, 12.02am
The Federation of Poles in Great Britain has accused the Daily Mail of defaming UK-based Polish residents... (more)

UK Poles attack Daily Mail 'bias'
From Media Guardian. Posted March 14 2008, 7.13am
The Federation of Poles in Great Britain has 'reluctantly' filed a complaint to the PCC accusing the Daily Mail of defaming Polish residents in the UK. (more)

Daily Mail editor to chair Editors' Code of Practice committee
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 4 2008, 10.25am
Paul Dacre to replace Les Hinton, who resigned after being appointed chief exec of Dow Jones in New York... (more)

Nothing fishy about Angler’s Mail scoop
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
IPC’s weekly fishing title, Angler’s Mail, landed an international media scoop when it published exclusive pictures of the first snakehead fish to be caught in the UK. (more)

How the Daily Mail seized the moment to go into battle
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 12.11am
The Daily Mail has hijacked the campaign to ban plastic bags and will chalk up any resulting ban as a victory... (more)

Daily Mail joins environmental crusade
From Media Guardian. Posted February 27 2008, 1.30pm
The Daily Mail has put its considerable weight behind the campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags by launching its own crusade. (more)

National press ABCe figures: Record traffic as Mail closes gap on Guardian
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2008, 12.00am
Four national newspapers generated record traffic on their websites in January and Mail Online continued to close the gap on Guardian.co.uk, new figures from ABCe show. (more)

Catholic spokesman denies hypocrisy in Daily Mail libel trial
From Press Gazette. Posted February 20 2008, 12.00am
The former spokesman for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales today denied that his behaviour over the issue of abortion was a "classic example of hypocrisy". (more)

Archbishop's aide tells jury 'my blood froze' over Mail story
From Media Guardian. Posted February 18 2008, 6.03pm
A former top aide of the Archbishop of Westminster told a jury today how his 'blood froze' when he read a Daily Mail article about his ex-girlfriend having an abortion. (more)

January ABCs: Mail on Sunday relaunch rewarded with sales rise
From Press Gazette. Posted February 8 2008, 12.00am
The UK's national Sunday newspapers dropped 4.39 per cent overall drop in December - only three newspapers increased their average sales year-on-year and two dropped by more than 12 per cent. (more)

Cliff Richard interview among career highlights for Mail hack
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 5 2008, 12.25am
North-west news man finishes work with nostalgic trip down memory lane... (more)

Dogged Mail stays ahead of the pack
From Media Guardian. Posted February 3 2008, 12.06am
Peter Preston: Now the tabloids ignore the Commons, the broadsheets leave Parliamentary coverage to jokesmiths and the broadcasters confine it to ghettos... (more)

Hull Daily Mail launches website written by the community
From Press Gazette. Posted January 30 2008, 12.00am
The Hull Daily Mail has today launched a unique site written almost entirely by readers in an experiment that could be rolled out to other Northcliffe centres. (more)

Alastair Campbell uses Lords appearance to attack Daily Mail and deny bullying
From Press Gazette. Posted January 30 2008, 12.00am
Former Downing Street press secretary Alastair Campbell today claimed the editor of the Daily Mail is "evil" and denied that he had "bullied and bribed" journalists. (more)

Birmingham Mail launches it own website to extend newspaper's brand
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 29 2008, 10.05am
Launch is the latest stage of a major overhaul of the websites of Trinity Mirror's regional titles... (more)

Interview: Steve Dyson, editor Birmingham Mail 'We're planning local community websites'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
As his newspaper launches its new website, the Mail editor talks to Journalism.co. (more)

Birmingham Mail website launched
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
Standalone site comes out from under the IC umbrella of local websites   ... (more)

New Birmingham Mail website includes video, blogs and interactive features
From Press Gazette. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
The Birmingham Mail has relaunched its website to include more unique material, video, blogs and interactive content. (more)

Sun and Mail on Sunday toast giveaway success
From Press Gazette. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
?The Sun sold nearly four million copies on Saturday – its highest sale since 2005 – thanks to a promotional giveaway of energy-saving light bulbs. (more)

St Brides memorial service for Mail executive
From Press Gazette. Posted January 16 2008, 12.00am
A memorial service for the life of former Mail and Standard executive Alan Jenkins is to be held at St Bride's Church Fleet street, on Thursday 24 January at 11.30 am. (more)

Daily Mail pays out over 'date rape' claim about pilot
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
A pilot who today accepted accepted a public apology and "substantial" damages from the Daily Mail has charged that the lack of Legal Aid for libel claiments allows the press to publish "half-truths and outright lies"... (more)

Daily Mail editor picks up 21% rise
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2008, 11.43pm
The editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, was paid nearly £1. (more)

Verity appointed Mail on Sunday executive editor
From Media Guardian. Posted January 9 2008, 11.22am
Ted Verity, the editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers' Irish titles, is returning to London after three years and will be replaced by Paul Field. (more)

North West Evening Mail staff concerns over new edtor
From Press Gazette. Posted January 9 2008, 12.00am
Staff at the North West Evening Mail have expressed concern over their incoming editor after it emerged he was given a vote of no confidence from staff at his former newspaper. (more)

North West Evening Mail names its new editor
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 3 2008, 12.00am
Move gives weeklies man his big chance to edit a regional daily... (more)

PCC raps Sunday Mail for 'rare example of bad practice'
From Press Gazette. Posted January 3 2008, 12.00am
The Sunday Mail has been found guilty of a "rare example of bad practice" by the Press Complaints Commission after it repeated allegations first made in 2003 which were the subject of a PCC complaint. (more)

Daily Mail owner to leave FTSE100
From Media Guardian. Posted December 13 2007, 11.21am
The Daily Mail & General Trust is to drop out of the FTSE100 index after shares fell to a four-year low. (more)

The Mail gets it right, with one point missing
From Media Guardian. Posted December 8 2007, 12.13am
Ben Glodacre: The Daily Mail, as you know, is engaged in a philosophical project of mythic proportions: for many years now it has diligently been sifting through all the inanimate objects in the world, soberly dividing them into the ones which either cause - or cure - cancer. (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)

Emma-Kate swaps the Mail for the trail as she pounds across Oz
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 30 2007, 12.00am
Leave from work gives reporter the chance to compete with the world's best... (more)

Read all about it! The Daily Mail school
From Media Guardian. Posted November 24 2007, 12.35am
The chairman of the Daily Mail is in talks with a senior government education adviser to sponsor an academy close to the paper's head office in Kensington, west London... (more)

Accessibility 2.0: How user-friendly is the Daily Mail to the blind and visually impaired?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 23 2007, 12.00am
In the last of eight reviews of national newspaper websites, Journalism.co.uk asked blind and visually impaired volunteers to assess the accessibility of Dailymail.co. (more)

Daily Mail group takes hammering
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 22 2007, 12.01am
Daily Mail & General Trust shares tumbled 9pc after the newspaper warned that it would be hit if the UK economy weakens, despite reporting an 11pc jump in annual underlying pre-tax profits to £288m. (more)

DMG boost to Daily Mail profits
From BBC News. Posted November 21 2007, 12.29pm
Daily Mail & General Trust reports a 11% rise in annual profits thanks to its information division. (more)

Ads rise pushes Daily Mail group profit up
From The Scotsman. Posted November 21 2007, 12.02pm
THE owner of the Daily Mail has seen profits surge following a rise in advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail looks beyond print for new chief
From The Times. Posted November 18 2007, 12.00am
THE Daily Mail newspaper group has underlined the growing importance of its business outside print by choosing the head of its information division as the next chief executive. (more)

Hull Daily Mail targets female audience to boost sales
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 14 2007, 12.00am
Early success records a 2. (more)

Wright defends Mail on Sunday’s covermounts
From Press Gazette. Posted November 13 2007, 12.00am
Editor of the Mail on Sunday Peter Wright defended his newspapers’ use of covermounts and other promotions to boost circulation. (more)

PCC upholds complaint against Scottish Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against the Scottish Mail on Sunday over accuracy. (more)

Brown asks Mail editor to look at government secrecy rules
From Media Guardian. Posted October 25 2007, 12.43pm
Gordon Brown has asked Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre and other senior newspaper industry figures to look into relaxing rules on access to government documents. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Evening Mail gets child abuse mum named
From Press Gazette. Posted October 19 2007, 12.00am
A legal bid to give anonymity to a woman charged with neglecting her child was defeated when a newspaper objected. (more)

Royal Mail and union reach deal
From BBC News. Posted October 12 2007, 10.02pm
Postal workers and Royal Mail bosses reach a deal and end strike action, the BBC learns. (more)

Teacher sues Mail on Sunday over suicide story
From Press Gazette. Posted October 8 2007, 12.00am
A Wirral teacher has launched a legal battle for libel damages over a story in the Mail on Sunday. (more)

Post & Mail to relocate to Fort Dunlop factory
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 4 2007, 12.00am
Out of town move will open door for "new ways of working demanded by digital revolution"... (more)

Brum Mail moves to former tyre warehouse
From Press Gazette. Posted October 3 2007, 12.00am
The Birmingham Post and Mail from then city centre to an out of town location at a former tyre warehouse. (more)

Daily Mail group plays down ad slide fears
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 28 2007, 12.01am
The Daily Mail and General Trust has become the latest media company to play down fears that turmoil in the financial markets will hit advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail sees ad revenues rise
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 27 2007, 9.15am
The Daily Mail and General Trust has become the latest company to brush off fears that turmoil in the financial markets will hit its advertising revenues. (more)

Daily Mail group buys US exhibition outfit for £77m
From Media Guardian. Posted September 26 2007, 1.00am
Daily Mail & General Trust has agreed to buy full control of George Little Management, the largest privately owned tradeshow company in the United States. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Daily Mail sued over 'Muslim Call' story
From Press Gazette. Posted September 26 2007, 12.00am
A woman who claims she was libelled in a Daily Mail story has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £100,000. (more)

World at War DVD giveaway nets Mail 2.8m circulation boost
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2007, 1.00am
The Daily Mail's World at War DVD giveaway gave it an 'unprecedented' circulation boost of 2.8 million copies, the paper has claimed. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Daily Mail & General Trust to buy George Little Management
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2007, 1.00am
Daily Mail & General Trust has agreed to buy full control of George Little Management. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Ashley Cole seeks £300k from Mail over Des Kelly story
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2007, 12.00am
Soccer star Ashley Cole has kicked off a legal battle over a story in the Daily Mail, which he says was defamatory. (more)

Bradford businessmen sue Mail on Sunday for £300k
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2007, 12.00am
Two businessmen brothers and their company are headed for a High Court showdown with the Mail on Sunday after demanding libel damages of more than £300,000. (more)

South Africa's Mail and Guardian launches Comment-is-Free-style editorial blog
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 30 2007, 1.52pm
Thought Leaders blog introduced to accompany the paper's blogging platform and aggregation services  ... (more)

Where has all that Daily Mail web traffic come from?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 29 2007, 4.07pm
Nielson/NetRatings places it as top UK newspaper for US users  ... (more)

UK remains commercial focus for Mail Online, despite huge international traffic
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 29 2007, 4.07pm
Nielson/NetRatings places it as top UK newspaper for US users  ... (more)

UK remains commercial focus for Mail Online, despite huge international traffic, director claims
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 29 2007, 4.07pm
Nielson/NetRatings places it as top UK newspaper for US users  ... (more)

Sub-editor is remembered with new Mail award
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2007, 12.00am
Geoff Fielding Memorial Trophy will honour staff who make an outstanding contribution... (more)

Daily Mail pays £45,000 to Sikh police officer
From Biz Asia. Posted August 24 2007, 1.01pm
A Sikh police officer is to get more than £45,000 in legal costs from the Daily Mail. The Mail will pay the money to Gurpal Virdi after it agreed to print an apology for a story about him published in April last year. (more)

Daily Mail to pay £45,000 legal costs
From Media Guardian. Posted August 23 2007, 1.00am
The Daily Mail has agreed to pay £45,000 plus VAT in legal costs after mediation over a libel action brought by a Sikh police officer. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Prince album giveaway helps Mail on Sunday top the chart
From Press Gazette. Posted August 14 2007, 12.00am
Gordon Brown’s ascension to Number 10 and nationwide flooding ensured that July was an unusually busy month for news – and there appeared to be a corresponding boost in national newspaper sales. (more)

Prince effect boosts Mail on Sunday sale
From Press Gazette. Posted August 10 2007, 12.00am
Six national newspaper titles put on sales year-on-year in July – one of the most positive ABC performances for several months. (more)

July ABCs: Prince effect boosts Mail on Sunday sale
From Press Gazette. Posted August 10 2007, 12.00am
Six national newspaper titles put on sales year-on-year in July – one of the most positive ABC performances for several months. (more)

Mercury axes website hate mail aimed at McCanns
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 26 2007, 12.00am
Editor reveals hundreds of comments are posted each week which cannot be used... (more)

Man falsely identified as "criminal mastermind" by Daily Mail in line for "substantial damages"
From Press Gazette. Posted July 26 2007, 12.00am
A man falsely identified by the Daily Mail as the mastermind of a criminal gang behind a £53 million robbery has won an apology and is expected to receive "substantial damages". (more)

Water level rise puts Oxford Mail HQ in jeopardy
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 25 2007, 12.00am
But paper will be published as staff are told: keep away from flood-hit base... (more)

Potential Mail buyers targeted by trade union's pre-emptive strike
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 24 2007, 12.00am
Private equity firms are warned against "savage cost cuts" and possible move to overnight production... (more)

Hull Daily Mail presents multimedia dossier in flood relief bid
From Press Gazette. Posted July 12 2007, 12.00am
The Hull Daily Mail has presented a multimedia dossier highlighting its coverage of the floods crisis to a government minister supporting calls for millions of pounds of relief and reconstruction in East Yorkshire. (more)

HMV 'joins forces' with Mail on Sunday over Prince giveaway
From Media Guardian. Posted July 9 2007, 1.00am
Music retailer HMV has about-faced on its opposition to a newspaper's giveaway of the new Prince album. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Daily Mail & General trust buys Trinity Mirror regional titles
From Media Guardian. Posted July 6 2007, 1.00am
10am update: Daily Mail & General Trust has bought 25 Trinity Mirror regional weekly newspapers for £64.15m. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Chinese front page as Mail marks trade partnership
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 27 2007, 12.00am
Special slip edition is published with headline and article translated into Mandarin... (more)

Tributes paid to Mail legend Wooldridge
From Press Gazette. Posted June 26 2007, 12.00am
Lord Archer, Ron Atkinson and Sir Stirling Moss were among the names to pay tribute to former Daily Mail sports journalist Ian Wooldridge at a thanksgiving ceremony at Wellington Barracks in London on Tuesday. (more)

Daily Mail journalist turned playwright dies in New York
From Press Gazette. Posted June 19 2007, 12.00am
Former Daily Mail journalist Richard Lay died in New York over the weekend. (more)

Video: the joy of the Mail on Sunday
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 15 2007, 10.06am
Oh to be a Mail reader, what tranquillity it brings to the braying horde - or so this promo video suggestsemail this article   digg this   del.icio. (more)

Work begins on new headquarters for Western Mail & Echo
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 14 2007, 12.00am
£17m office will be home to more than 500 staff from next summer... (more)

MP wins Mail on Sunday libel claim
From Press Gazette. Posted June 14 2007, 12.00am
Labour MP Martyn Jones today won £5,000 libel damages from the Mail on Sunday over a claim that he subjected a young Westminster security guard to a foul-mouthed outburst when asked for his pass. (more)

MPs sues Mail on Sunday over 'foul-mouthed outburst' claims
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2007, 12.00am
A Labour MP is suing the Mail on Sunday over a claim that he subjected a security guard to a foul-mouthed outburst. (more)

MP sues Mail on Sunday over 'foul-mouthed outburst' claims
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2007, 12.00am
A Labour MP is suing the Mail on Sunday over a claim that he subjected a security guard to a foul-mouthed outburst. (more)

Mike Hollingsworth's Daily Mail libel payout limited
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2007, 1.00am
4.45pm: Mike Hollingsworth has failed in his attempt to gain another £25,000 in damages from Associated Newspapers. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Jon Snow accepts apology from Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2007, 12.00am
Jon Snow has said he took “the speediest action possible” in accepting an apology from the Mail on Sunday, after the newspaper falsely alleged he had an affair with a woman and smoked cannabis with her. (more)

Mike Hollingsworth wins Daily Mail libel case
From Media Guardian. Posted May 25 2007, 1.00am
3.15pm update: TV agent Mike Hollingsworth was today awarded £50,000 in damages plus costs after winning his libel case over a Daily Mail article. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Hollingsworth wins £50k damages in Mail libel case
From Media Guardian. Posted May 25 2007, 1.00am
4.45pm: TV agent Mike Hollingsworth was today awarded £50,000 damages plus costs after winning his libel case over a Daily Mail article. (more)

Daily Mail libel case over claim TV exec hit DJ
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2007, 9.05am
Former TV executive Mike Hollingsworth has begun a High Court libel battle against the Daily Mail, over claims he hit his former girlfriend. (more)

Prince Charles wins return of journals from Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted May 21 2007, 1.10pm
The Prince of Wales today won the return of his private travel journals, which were leaked to the Mail on Sunday. (more)

Coleen sues Daily Mail for up to £200k
From Press Gazette. Posted May 21 2007, 10.30am
Queen of the wags Coleen Mcloughlin is headed for a High Court showdown with Associated Newspapers in a row over a Daily Mail story. (more)

Daily Mail story was 'part of a vendetta'
From Media Guardian. Posted May 21 2007, 1.00am
A Daily Mail story was part of a journalist's 'personal vendetta' against a TV agent, a court heard today. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Newsnight producer gets cash and apology over Daily Mail stalker claim
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2007, 10.57am
The Daily Mail today apologised and agreed to pay “substantial damages” to a Newsnight producer it said was accused of being a stalker. (more)

BP chief loses privacy battle against Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2007, 2.52pm
BP chief executive Lord Browne has lost his legal battle to prevent publication of details about his relationship with another man. (more)

India Today & Daily Mail team up for project
From Biz Asia. Posted March 28 2007, 12.56am
India Today Group has made no secret of its desire to be a significant player in the newspaper space. Now, the Aroon Purie-managed group has taken its first big step to expand into newspapers. (more)

Daily Mail faces cop's claim for libel damages
From Press Gazette. Posted March 23 2007, 12.54pm
A police officer has launched a legal battle for libel damages over a story in the Daily Mail. (more)

Veteran Mail sports writer Ian Wooldridge has died
From Press Gazette. Posted March 5 2007, 7.00am
Sports journalist and Press Gazette newspaper hall of fame inductee Ian Wooldridge has died from cancer, aged 75. (more)

Court sides with Mail after being told it can't reimpose teen's ID ban
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 2 2007, 12.00am
Paper wins "protracted battle" with magistrates to name a teenage yob... (more)

Sudden death of long-serving Evening Mail man Dennis
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 22 2007, 12.00am
Tributes are paid to "much loved" photographer who began his career as a compositor... (more)

PCC raps News of the World but spares Mail over affair story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 14 2007, 3.03pm
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled the News of the World breached a woman's privacy by reporting "intimate" details of her affair – but has cleared the Daily Mail of any wrong-doing over its reporting of the same story. (more)

BBC raps Mail on Sunday's Natasha Kaplinsky feature
From Media Guardian. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
8am: The BBC has complained about a Mail on Sunday feature on 'the Nazi slaughter of Natasha Kaplinsky's family'. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Keira Knightley to sue Daily Mail over eating disorder claims
From Press Gazette. Posted January 22 2007, 3.59pm
4pm: Actress Keira Knightley is suing the Daily Mail over claims she misled the public about whether she suffered from an eating disorder. (more)

Daily Mail writer sues Telegraph over "vendetta" claim
From Press Gazette. Posted January 22 2007, 11.34am
11.30am: Journalist and councillor Glenys Roberts has won an apology and damages from the Daily Telegraph. (more)

Daily Mail writer wins libel claim against former employer, the Daily Telegraph
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2007, 12.00am
1pm: Daily Mail journalist Glenys Roberts has won a libel claim against the paper she once wrote for, the Daily Telegraph. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre earned over £1m in 2005
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2007, 12.00am
10.30am: Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is still officially the best-paid editor in Fleet Street. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Daily Mail news ed defects to the Telegraph
From Press Gazette. Posted January 3 2007, 3.00pm
The Daily Telegraph has poached Daily Mail news editor Chris Evans to do the same job. (more)

Trinity Mirror review: Birmingham Mail and Racing Post up for sale
From Press Gazette. Posted December 14 2006, 10.47am
Trinity Mirror is to keep its national newspaper division along with key regional newspapers in Scotland the North of England and Wales. (more)

Daily Mail Trust profits up to £260 million
From The Scotsman. Posted November 23 2006, 11.51am
THE Daily Mail and General Trust, which publishes the Daily Mail and the London Evening Standard, today announced that annual pre-tax profits had risen nine per cent to £260 million, adding that it had seen "a gentle recovery" in some national newspaper... (more)

Barry paper urges readers to make rebel postie a Royal Mail winner
From Press Gazette. Posted November 16 2006, 12.00am
The Barry & District News has launched a campaign to help a rebel postman win a prestigious Royal Mail award. (more)

Shocked Hull Daily Mail staff walk out on 'racist' comedian
From Press Gazette. Posted November 2 2006, 12.00am
Journalists at the Hull Daily Mail walked out of an annual business briefing in disgust after a comedian the company had hired for the event began telling "racist" jokes. (more)

Heather to sue over Mail and Standard divorce petition stories
From Press Gazette. Posted October 24 2006, 2.47pm
2.45pm: Heather Mills McCartney is to sue two newspapers over statements surrounding her divorce from Sir Paul. (more)

Telegraph looks to poach Mail associate editor
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
4.15pm: The Daily Telegraph has launched another poaching raid on the Daily Mail, targeting its associate editor, Tony Gallagher. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Burton Mail trials morning publishing
From Press Gazette. Posted September 21 2006, 12.00am
The Burton Mail has begun a monthlong trial of morning publishing every day. It follows a month's experiment of morning publication on a Thursday, which resulted in a "significant" sales rise on the day. (more)

Daily Mail push to name false rape allegation woman
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2006, 12.00am
The Daily Mail this week said “means must be found” to remove the anonymity of a woman whose false rape accusation led to a man being wrongly imprisoned for more than three years. (more)

Brum Mail boss refuses to rule out morning publishing
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2006, 12.00am
Staff have signed a petition to keep the Birmingham Mail as an evening newspaper. (more)

Red tops and Oz Mail first to break Blair departure claims
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2006, 12.00am
The Sun and Mirror led the political news agenda this week with scoops about Tony Blair's expected departure. (more)

Red tops and Oz Mail first to break Blair departure
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2006, 12.00am
The Sun and Mirror led the political news agenda this week with scoops about Tony Blair's expected departure. (more)

Brum Mail increases readership following relaunch
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 6.09pm
The Birmingham Mail has increased its readership, but lost paying readers following its £1m relaunch, according to a survey by GfK NOP Media. (more)

Brum Mail rushes out terror plot special
From Press Gazette. Posted August 10 2006, 3.39pm
The Birmingham Mail showed the advantages of publishing on the day editions as news broke this morning of the terrorist plot to explode up to ten planes leaving British airports. (more)

Daily Mail republishes "murderers" front page
From Press Gazette. Posted July 27 2006, 10.43am
The Daily Mail has reprinted the “Murderers” front page it published nine years ago following new evidence on the Stephen Lawrence murder case emerging in a BBC documentary last night. (more)

Daily Mail issues apology to Edmonds
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 2.20pm
The Daily Mail has issued an apology to Noel Edmonds for an article it published in March that claimed he had behaved unprofessionally and unreasonably over the course of his career. (more)

Government delays mail share plan
From BBC News. Posted July 20 2006, 6.56am
The government postpones a decision on whether Royal Mail should give a stake of up to 20% in the firm to its employees, the BBC learns. (more)

Sunderland quits Mail for Observer
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2006, 10.33am
The Observer has hired Ruth Sunderland from the Daily Mail to be its new business editor. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Elton fails in bid to block Mail printing bald pictures
From Press Gazette. Posted June 29 2006, 12.53am
The Daily Mail has published unflattering pictures of pop singer Sir Elton John’s apparently bald head scoring a victory in the battle between press freedom and celebrity privacy. (more)

London Mayor says Mail papers are ‘broadly racist’
From Press Gazette. Posted June 22 2006, 12.41am
Ken Livingstone has attacked the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday’s reporting of asylum seekers and refugees, as poisonous and “broadly racist”. (more)

Have you sent mail to me in the past 12 hours?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 8 2006, 9.47am
Due to a technical problem not under the control of Radio Netherlands, a message with a large file attachment (12 Mb) kept arriving in my mailbox every hour or so since yesterday around 1600 UTC. This was not spam, but a problem at the sender's ISP. (more)

Royal Mail report places B2B magazines above internet
From Brand Republic. Posted May 26 2006, 7.05am
LONDON – Royal Mail say industry decision makers believe the future lies in printed B2B magazines, despite the growth in online publishing. (more)

Daily Mail owner's £100 million online buying spree
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2006, 1.55pm
Daily Mail and General Trust’s two-year online buying spree burst through the £100 million barrier this week as it spent £46.5 million on dating and car sales websites. (more)

Scots Daily Mail forces Costner naming
From Press Gazette. Posted May 4 2006, 12.00am
Media pressure from the Scottish Daily Mail led to Kevin Costner being revealed as the Hollywood star who allegedly performed a “disgusting” sex act in front of a Scots hotel masseuse. (more)

Stone accepts damages over Mail article
From The Independent. Posted April 27 2006, 11.50am
Actress Sharon Stone today accepted substantial undisclosed damages over a claim that she left her son asleep in a car while she enjoyed a late night dinner at The Ivy restaurant. (more)

Utley move to Mail is not just for the money
From Press Gazette. Posted April 27 2006, 12.00am
Leader writer and columnist is poached by Paul Dacre after 10 years at the Telegraph... (more)

Scotland escapes Mail price rise
From Press Gazette. Posted April 27 2006, 12.00am
The Daily Mail upped its price this week — but not in Scotland. (more)

Sands returns with Indy column and Mail role
From Press Gazette. Posted April 10 2006, 3.38pm
Sacked Sunday Telegraph editor Sarah Sands has returned to the journalistic fray with a job at the Daily Mail. (more)

Prince Charles versus Mail on Sunday journals privacy row goes to trial
From Press Gazette. Posted March 17 2006, 10.26am
The Mail on Sunday’s bid to publish seven of Prince Charles’ “private” journals is to go forward to a full trial. (more)

Birmingham Mail columnist arrested
From Press Gazette. Posted March 6 2006, 9.39am
Devon and Cornwall Police has arrested Birmingham Mail columnist Maureen Messent, who had confessed to the mercy killing of her great aunt. (more)

Daily Mail group forced to dump sale of local titles
From The Independent. Posted February 18 2006, 12.00am
Daily Mail & General Trust has abandoned the auction of its local newspapers after the bidders were "spooked" by a sharp downturn in trading this year. It had received offers up to £300m less than expected. (more)

Daily Mail group cancels regional papers sell-off
From The Independent. Posted February 17 2006, 8.05am
The media group Daily Mail & General Trust cancelled plans to sell regional newspaper group Northcliffe today. (more)

New Brum Mail yet to soar…
From Press Gazette. Posted February 9 2006, 12.00am
Five months into its radical relaunch the Birmingham Mail claims it is “firmly on course”, despite sales falling since its revamp last October. (more)

Western Mail boss in heckling row at assembly debate
From Press Gazette. Posted January 26 2006, 12.00am
Managing director objected to union complaints that the press is weaker in Wales than in Scotland... (more)

Nationals divided as Mail and Telegraph boycott awards
From Press Gazette. Posted January 26 2006, 12.00am
An Associated Newspapers and Telegraph Group boycott has led this year’s British Press Awards to be likened to the 1980 Olympics when America refused to send a team. (more)

PCC rejects privacy complaint against Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted January 19 2006, 11.52am
The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from Helen Edmonds, the ex-wife of television presenter Noel Edmonds, that the Mail on Sunday had intruded into her privacy by publishing the whereabouts of her new home. (more)

NUJ report fuels row over Western Mail job losses
From Press Gazette. Posted January 19 2006, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror has dismissed a report commissioned by the NUJ that claims there is “very little evidence” to support job cuts at its Cardiff-based newspaper group, the Western Mail & Echo. (more)

Daily Mail report leaked on web
From Media Guardian. Posted January 13 2006, 11.03am
11am: A Daily Mail market report appeared on an investors' website before it was published in the newspaper, it has emerged. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Prince Charles versus Mail on Sunday hearing in February
From Press Gazette. Posted December 19 2005, 2.06pm
February 13 next year has been scheduled for a High Court hearing in which the Prince of Wales is taking the Mail on Sunday to court in a bid to prevent them using any further material from copies they have obtained of his private journals. (more)

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