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ABCe figures: Guardian breaks 20m barrier, Mail Online falls to fourth
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 23 2008, 11.00pm
Guardian.co.uk returns to number one position, while Mail Online falters (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. By Oliver Luft (more)

Associated Newspapers wins legal fight against scottishdailymail.co.uk cybersquatter
From Press Gazette. Posted July 23 2008, 12.00am
Associated Newspapers has won an order giving them ownership of internet domain name ‘scottishdailymail.co.uk’, which was used as a commercial directory website that pointed visitors to rival media including the Independent newspaper. (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)

Mail Online names Simon Schnieders as search strategy head
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 10 2008, 11.00pm
Schnieders has been appointed as search engine optimization manager by the site (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. By Tara Conlan (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)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: applying for a job by email?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 1 2008, 9.18am
Job seeking: When applying for jobs by email you may be asked to submit cuttings and a CV. To ensure the recipient can open them, save your documents as PDF if you can or use a free online conversion tool such as PDF Converter. Tipster: Laura Oliver Got a tip? Submit it here - we will [...] (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. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Go figure by Mike Butcher: Mail's rise reopens questions about target audiences
From Media Guardian. Posted June 22 2008, 11.11pm
Go figure, Mike Butcher: Mail Online - the umbrella site for the Daily Mail's titles - became the highest circulating UK newspaper online last week (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. M&G Online's general manager Matthew Buckland blogged recently about the use of Thompson Reuters Open Calais semantic tagging technology to organise and cross-reference all the site's content for the relaunch. In addition to this [...] (more)

Mail Online becomes most popular UK newspaper site in ABCe figures
From Media Guardian. Posted June 19 2008, 11.59am
Mail Online overtook Telegraph.co.uk and guardian.co.uk in May to become the UK's most popular national newspaper website, with 18.7 million unique users. By Jemima Kiss (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)

Mail replaces Telegraph as the UK's most popular newspaper website
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.00pm
Independent debuts figures, record traffic for the Sun, Guardian holds most domestic users (more)

Bizcommunity.com: Review of South Africa’s new Mail&Guardian site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 17 2008, 12.18pm
The new Mail&Guardian online has ramped up its social media features with a series of tools for readers to recommend and rank content and see what others are viewing in real time. Articles on the site will also be integrated with Google maps. (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)

Tennis player sues Daily Mail, Evening Standard and Independent on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted June 11 2008, 8.48am
A British tennis player has started libel proceedings against three media organisations after he was called the world's worst professional in his sport. By Ben Dowell (more)

Mail & Guardian launches latest in blog series
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 10 2008, 3.49pm
South African newspaper the Mail & Guardian has added a third blog to its website - Sports Leader. The sports blog will mix opinion and insight from 30 professionals, academics and 'armchair commentators', a release from the paper said. The English Premier League will be covered alongside news from the Springboks rugby team and Bafana - the [...] (more)

Independent hires Daily Mail's Nicole Mowbray
From Media Guardian. Posted June 10 2008, 1.06pm
Daily Mail commissioning editor Nicole Mowbray is joining the Independent as features editor. By Ben Dowell (more)

Journalists' deaths: BBC staff email
From Radio Today. Posted June 9 2008, 10.13pm
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson and Deputy Director-General and Head of BBC Journalism Mark Byford today sent an email to all BBC staff following the death of two journalists who worked for the BBC. (more)

Staff email from Mark Thompson and Mark Byford
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted June 9 2008, 11.45am
BBC DirectorGeneral Mark Thompson and Deputy DirectorGeneral and Head of BBC Journalism Mark Byford today sent the following email to all BBC staff. (more)

Journalists' deaths: email to BBC staff
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted June 9 2008, 11.45am
BBC DirectorGeneral Mark Thompson and Deputy DirectorGeneral and Head of BBC Journalism Mark Byford today sent the following email to all BBC staff. (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. By Tara Conlan (more)

Daily Mail: statement on 'Emo' protest
From Media Guardian. Posted June 2 2008, 4.45pm
The newspaper has issued a statement about the protest by My Chemical Romance fans against the paper's coverage of the band (more)

Daily Mail: Emo fans protest
From Media Guardian. Posted June 2 2008, 12.36pm
Photographer Anna Gordon at a demonstration in London against the Daily Mail's negative portrayal of My Chemical Romance as a 'suicide cult' band (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)

Mail defends emo coverage in face of fans' attack
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Mail has defended its coverage of the “emo” movement following fans of the rock band My Chemical Romance holding protests in London over stories in which the paper described the band’s followers a "suicide cult". (more)

Fans of My Chemical Romance protest against the Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted June 1 2008, 12.05pm
Caitlin Fitzsimmons reports from Kensington where fans of My Chemical Romance are protesting against the Daily Mail following a story which branded the group a "suicide cult band" (more)

Emo runs high as fans defend band against Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted May 31 2008, 3.17pm
There are few things that would drag a typical teenager out of bed early on a Saturday morning, but defending the honour of a beloved band from tabloid attacks is probably one of them (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)

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

Mail dedicates entire edition to Tigers play-off victory
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 28 2008, 8.20am
City's paper claims series of firsts and exclusives as Premier League football is secured (more)

Daily Mail
From The Scotsman. Posted May 24 2008, 12.00am
402p +2p Broker says BUY (more)

Mail titles 'holding up' despite climate
From The Scotsman. Posted May 23 2008, 12.00am
NEWSPAPER group Daily Mail & General Trust said its national newspaper titles were "holding up well" in the tougher economic climate. (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)

Maligned emo fans to march on Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2008, 7.30am
Hundreds of fans of 'emo' band My Chemical Romance are planning to march on the Daily Mail to protest at what they see as an unjustified media attack on the group and its fans. By Owen Gibson (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. By Stephen Brook (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)

Mail's profits up to �144m
From The Scotsman. Posted May 22 2008, 12.00am
THE publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday has seen underlying profits rise by seven per cent to �144 million, despite "tough" trading conditions. (more)

Daily Mail & GT
From The Scotsman. Posted May 21 2008, 12.00am
417p -21.75p Broker says HOLD (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. The revamp introduces a navigation bar with drop [...] (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. By Stephen Brook (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)

Duchess of York defends Princess Beatrice from Daily Mail's 'Miss Piggy' jibes
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 8.35am
The Duchess of York has attacked Allison Pearson after the Daily Mail columnist made jokes about Princess Beatrice's weight. By Stephen Brook (more)

OFT milks single e-mail in Morrisons investigation
From Daily Telegraph. Posted May 11 2008, 12.01am
The Office of Fair Trading's controversial investigation into the price fixing of milk by Wm Morrison is largely based on a single e-mail, according to confidential documents seen by The Sunday Telegraph. (more)

Mail on Sunday to give away free Paul McCartney album
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 4.16pm
Sir Paul McCartney is set to follow Prince by giving away his latest album for free with the Mail on Sunday. By Stephen Brook (more)

Ad Revenue Down at Daily Record and Sunday Mail
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted May 9 2008, 8.24am
Advertising revenues  at Trinity Mirror's two Scottish titles, the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail, fell by 5.2 per cent in the first four months of this year. According to a report in the MediaGuardian, the drop in revenue at the Scottish titles compares with a decrease of 4.3... (more)

Evening Mail's first photographer dies
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 8.10am
Fred Strike took shots of Laurel and Hardy, PA supplies news to Virgin website and more news in brief (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. By Ben Dowell and Stephen Brook (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 importantly, he says, the fact that it is in beta is a big plus: "Not many mainstream media organisations have been brave enough to engage with widespread testing of new designs on their audience in this way." (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. Nearly six years as a general news reporter covering a wide range of stories from crime and special investigations before spending the last year as second in command on the show business desk. Speaking to BizAsia.co.uk, Yaqoob said, "Where else does one go after working on one of Britain's biggest titles but the newspaper that has got the whole world talking? In an industry where newspaper circulations elsewhere are flagging and increasing numbers are turning to the Internet, this was an irresistible opportunity to work on what may be the last national newspaper launch in history. There is an incredible buzz about the newsroom and a real excitement about what we can achieve here. The National puts Abu Dhabi on the world map while reflecting the extraordinary and diverse community here in a way which has never been done before." (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'. By Stephen Brook (more)

Mail Online rolls out redesign in beta
From Media Guardian. Posted April 16 2008, 12.48pm
Mail Online has made public a beta version of its redesigned website for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers. By Stephen Brook (more)

Tabloids rejected Royal 'blackmail' approaches
From Press Gazette. Posted April 16 2008, 12.00am
The Old Bailey has heard how tabloid newspapers rejected the approaches of a pair of man apparently trying to blackmail a member of the Royal Family. (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)

Poll: Is the Daily Mail's new beta website an improvement?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 15 2008, 11.00pm
A wholesale change to the site has been launched - but what do you think of it? Does it work? (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)

Jenny Abramsky's email to BBC staff
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 11.43am
Jenny Abramsky's email to BBC staff (more)

Mail and Echo sweep the board at new press awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 10 2008, 10.10am
Johnston Press celebrates the best in news, features and photography at it north-east titles (more)

Times veteran Sandra Parsons joins Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 1.52pm
Long-serving Times features executive Sandra Parsons is leaving to join the Daily Mail - just a month after the paper promoted her. By Stephen Brook (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)

Now apologises for publishing private emails
From Press Gazette. Posted April 7 2008, 12.00am
IPC’s celebrity weekly, Now, has issued an apology to two former friends of former pop-star Kerry Katona after it published private emails from Katona to the two girls without their knowledge (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 Star and Daily Express editors send 'don't strike' emails to staff
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 3.03pm
The Daily Star editor, Dawn Neesom, and her Daily Express counterpart, Peter Hill, have personally emailed staff urging them not to go out on strike on Friday (more)

Read Dawn Neesom's email to Star staff ahead of proposed strike
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 2.22pm
Email from Daily Star editor Dawn Neesom to staff ahead of a proposed strike (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. By Stephen Brook (more)

UK Conservative leader accused of ?paving way for destruction of BBC? - Daily Mail
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 30 2008, 12.29pm
UK Conservative leader David Cameron was last night accused of paving the way for the destruction of the BBC after he threatened to hand £250million of its money to other broadcasters. Acccording to the Mail on Sunday, the Tories plan to force the Corporation to give away part of its licence fee funds to create new [...] (more)

Read email to BBC staff following theft of Beijing Olympics staff files
From Media Guardian. Posted March 27 2008, 3.48pm
Email from BBC director of sport Roger Mosey to staff following theft of files containing personal details on staff going to Beijing (more)

Mail ripped out front page to carry Shannon news in special late edition
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 20 2008, 3.35am
1,500 extra copies printed after go-ahead to bring news of child's discovery (more)

Mail makes libel payout to US billionaire
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 5.18pm
The Daily Mail has paid businessman Sheldon Adelson 'very substantial' libel damages and has been left with a hefty legal bill, according to his lawyers. By Stephen Brook (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)

Poles accuse 'Daily Mail' of defaming community
From The Independent. Posted March 15 2008, 12.00am
Poles in Britain have accused the Daily Mail ofdefaming their community in a letter of complaint to the press watchdog. (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. By Colin Graham and Stephen Brook (more)

Secrecy bid over Royal blackmail case
From Press Gazette. Posted March 14 2008, 12.00am
Prosecutors are to ask a judge to order that at least part of the trial of two men charged with trying to blackmail a junior member of the Royal family should be held in secret. (more)

Mail on Sunday apologises to Russian billionaire over links to "rape and murder" allegations
From Press Gazette. Posted March 13 2008, 12.00am
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, the major shareholder in Arsenal FC, today accepted a formal apology at London’s High Court after The Mail on Sunday linked him to rape and murder allegations. (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)

Mail closing gap on Guardian’s web lead
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
Four national newspaper websites posted record traffic figures in January, and all five titles that regularly publish ABCe audits showed significant growth. (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)

Recycled bags at Mail's homes show
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 4.58pm
The Daily Mail Ideal Home Show is joining in the paper's crusade against plastic bags by introducing 'bags for life' made of recycled flax and biodegradable carriers at this year's event. By Chris Tryhorn (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. By Chris Tryhorn (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)

Andrew Morrod to be Femail editor
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2008, 3.57pm
The Daily Mail is poised to appoint Andrew Morrod editor of its Femail women's features section. By Leigh Holmwood (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)

Aide 'baited like an animal' by Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted February 19 2008, 5.57pm
A former top aide to the Archbishop of Westminster was 'threatened and baited like an animal' by the Daily Mail, a jury was told today. By Chris Tryhorn (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. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Mail cost archbishop's aide his job, court hears
From Media Guardian. Posted February 18 2008, 2.43pm
A former aide of the archbishop of Westminster lost his job and was 'robbed of his moral authority' by a Daily Mail article, a court heard today. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Cardinal's advisor condemns 'lies' of Daily Mail
From Press Gazette. Posted February 18 2008, 12.00am
A former senior adviser to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor the head of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales today branded as “lies” claims that he was a hypocrite who forced a former girlfriend to have an abortion and wanted another... (more)

Mail apologises to playwright over will impropriety story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 13 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Mail has apologised to the author and playwright Sir Peter Shaffer after it alleged he had ignored the wishes of his dead twin brother Anthony in administering his estate. (more)

Mail campaign sees thousands fall silent for anniversary of trawler tragedy
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 8 2008, 12.05am
Triple Trawler Tragedy "not consigned to history" as reporter's idea results in major commemoration (more)

MY WEEK: Alex Leys, Assistant editor, Hull Daily Mail
From Press Gazette. Posted February 8 2008, 12.00am
The Hull Daily Mail has taken the bold step of launching a website written almost entirely by readers. What could possibly go wrong? (more)

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)

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)

Mail group reports 2% rise in revenue
From The Scotsman. Posted February 7 2008, 12.00am
NEWSPAPER publisher Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday reported a better-than-expected start to its financial year, saying revenue rose 2 per cent in the three months (more)

Mail shrugs off troubles
From The Scotsman. Posted February 7 2008, 12.00am
THE publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday has shrugged off recent turbulence in the economy with better-than-expected figures. (more)

Mail showbiz deputy off to Abu Dhabi
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2008, 11.01am
The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper. By Stephen Brook (more)

Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2008, 11.01am
Daily Mail showbusiness journalist Tahira Yaqoob is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper. By Stephen Brook (more)

Mail group happy with late 2007 results
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2008, 9.11am
Daily Mail and General Trust has said its results for the last three months of 2007 were ahead of its expectations. By Chris Tryhorn (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)

The Feral Beast: 'Mail' plays social worker and takes Conway's daughter away
From The Independent. Posted February 3 2008, 12.00am
Now you see her, now you don't. Claudia Conway, daughter of Tory MP Derek, is the latest victim of the airbrush, being erased from a family picture splashed across Wednesday's 'Daily Mail'. The attempt to rewrite history wouldn't have been so obvious had 'The Daily Telegraph' not run the unadulterated version, taken from the Conways' most recent Christmas card, the same day. The 'Mail' deleted Claudia and erased the words 'Merry Christmas', leaving an odd blur on young Freddie Conway's arm. (more)

Continental Airlines to offer live TV and e-mail on domestic flights
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 30 2008, 3.11pm
Continental Airlines has entered into an agreement with LiveTV that will allow Continental to offer 36 channels of live, inflight satellite-based television programming provided by DIRECTV®  at every seat on Continental’s new generation aircraft. The service is expected to be available to customers on flights operating within the continental United States beginning in January 2009. [...] (more)

Mail users to set the agenda and provide content for regional news website
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 30 2008, 9.45am
New online relationship between the Hull Daily Mail and its readers could be rolled out across whole Northcliffe group (more)

Mail users to set the agenda and provide entire content for regional news website
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 30 2008, 8.40am
New online relationship between the Hull Daily Mail and its readers could be rolled out across whole Northcliffe group (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.uk    (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)

Lords told of Mail-Telegraph pact
From Media Guardian. Posted January 24 2008, 10.14am
The Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph have a pact not to write about each other's parent companies, a House of Lords committee has heard. By Stephen Brook (more)

Mail website has most overseas users
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 7.29am
Foreign visitors now outnumber UK readers for five of the UK's national newspaper websites - with the Daily Mail having the most overseas users. By Jemima Kiss (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 £1.5m last year, a rise of 21% that confirmed his long-established status as the best-paid editor in Fleet Street (more)

Mail editor Dacre's pay hits £1.5m
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2008, 11.04am
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre was paid nearly £1.5m last year, a rise of 21% that confirmed his long-established status as the best-paid editor in Fleet Street. By Chris Tryhorn (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. By Stephen Brook (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)

Mail on Sunday revamps format
From Media Guardian. Posted January 7 2008, 11.19am
The Mail on Sunday will relaunch in a two-section format next weekend with an internet critic replacing its long-standing TV review. By John Plunkett (more)

Mail on Sunday relaunches next month
From Media Guardian. Posted January 7 2008, 11.19am
The Mail on Sunday will relaunch in a two-section format next weekend with an internet critic replacing its long-standing TV review. By John Plunkett (more)

Mail on Sunday relaunches next weekend
From Media Guardian. Posted January 7 2008, 11.19am
The Mail on Sunday will relaunch in a two-section format next weekend with an internet critic replacing its long-standing TV review. By John Plunkett (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)

Irish Mail's Paul Drury appointed managing editor
From Press Gazette. Posted December 27 2007, 12.00am
Paul Drury, executive editor of the Irish Daily Mail and the Irish Mail on Sunday, is moving to the job of managing editor. (more)

Record-breaking website traffic for Sun, Telegraph and Daily Mail
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 21 2007, 12.00am
ABCE figures for November show increase in unique users for The Sun, Telegraph and Daily Mail websites, but slight decrease in unique users for Guardian    (more)

Mail on Sunday settles libel case with Bradford men
From Press Gazette. Posted December 18 2007, 12.00am
The Mail on Sunday has settled a libel suit from two Bradford businessmen and paid an undisclosed fee. (more)

Mail at the centre of canoe mystery coverage
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 14 2007, 12.00am
Hartlepool paper working hard to keep readers abreast of national story (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. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Mail on Sunday axes Stephen's TV column
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2007, 4.03pm
TV critic Jaci Stephen has been dropped by the Mail on Sunday. By Maggie Brown (more)

Clements says e-mail snoop rap won't stop him thriving in media
From The Scotsman. Posted December 9 2007, 1.05am
MEDIA boss Alan Clements insists he still has a future in TV despite being branded a dishonourable snoop by a High Court judge last week. (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. The only tragedy is that one day, amongst the noise, they might genuinely be on to something, and we would simply laugh. (more)

Jeremy Darroch's email to Sky staff
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 2.55pm
Full text of the email from Sky's finance director and to his staff. (more)

James Murdoch's email to BSkyB staff
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 11.24am
James Murdoch's email to BSkyB staff (more)

Les Hinton's email to News International staff
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 10.37am
Les Hinton bids farewell to his staff after 12 years at the helm of News International. (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)

Chief scientist attacks health reporting by Today and Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted December 5 2007, 11.49pm
· Rejection of GM crops costs billions, adviser says· Falling MMR uptake could cost lives of 100 children (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)

Mail crowned Yorkshire's best for fourth time
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 26 2007, 12.00am
Hull & East Riding Mail wins crown for fourth time in five years (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)

Mail pays for violating Blairs' privacy
From Media Guardian. Posted November 23 2007, 2.20am
Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have won substantial damages for infringement of privacy from Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Evening Standard (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.uk    (more)

Privacy payout for Blair versus Daily Mail
From Press Gazette. Posted November 23 2007, 12.00am
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has won "substantial damages" in an out-of-court settlement with the Daily Mail. (more)

Mail shares slide despite rising profits
From The Scotsman. Posted November 22 2007, 1.30am
DAILY Mail and General Trust said its annual pre-tax profits rose 11 per cent to �288 million, with the new year starting well, but shares in the newspaper publisher slumped amid City unease about prospects. (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)

Mail insists editor is staying
From Media Guardian. Posted November 21 2007, 11.54pm
Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday shrugged off speculation that Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is poised to step down as the media company confirmed that Martin Morgan will succeed Charles Sinclair as chief executive in a year's time (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)

B2B bolsters Daily Mail
From Financial Times. Posted November 21 2007, 8.48am
A strong performance from its business-to-business activities helped Daily Mail and General Trust to increase underlying pre-tax profits by 11% to £288m (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)

Read Rebekah Wade's email to staff
From Media Guardian. Posted November 16 2007, 12.25pm
The Sun editor's email to staff following a senior staff reshuffle (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 2.2 per cent sales rise after launch (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)

Mail campaign doubles rapist's jail term
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
Newspaper pressed case until Attorney General addressed the Court of Appeal (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)

BBC News sends out redundancy emails
From Digital Spy. Posted November 6 2007, 4.15pm
The first round of emails inviting BBC News staffers to take voluntary redundancy goes out. (more)

Mail editor in face-to-face TV debate on city's hottest political issue
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 29 2007, 12.00am
Politics Show slot as Steve Dyson and MP John Hemming lock horns (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)

Mail editor Paul Dacre asked to review 30-year secrecy rule
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2007, 12.00am
Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre will lead a review the rules on access to historical records, Gordon Brown announced today. (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)

Mail's video journalist joins clipper crew for round the world race
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 5 2007, 12.00am
Sailing novice files fr