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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.us (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)

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)

Mail on Sunday retracts Jon Snow stories
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2007, 1.00am
The Mail on Sunday apologised for two articles about Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. By Ben Dowell. (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)

Mail on Sunday still wants untold Browne story to be made public
From Press Gazette. Posted May 2 2007, 4.59pm
The Mail on Sunday has insisted that the original story it sought to publish was nothing to do with Lord Browne's private life. (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)

Mail on Sunday pays out to Hugh Grant over Jemima jealous story
From Press Gazette. Posted April 27 2007, 10.58am
Hugh Grant today accepted undisclosed libel damages to bring to an end a libel action he had launched against the Mail on Sunday over a story in February which a judge was told alleged that while in a relationship with Jemima Khan he had “conducted a flirtation with a senior female Warner Bros executive.” (more)

Mail on Sunday's Live wins top US award
From Media Guardian. Posted March 26 2007, 1.00am
8am: The Mail on Sunday's Live magazine has won an American Society of Journalists and Authors prize. By Stephen Brook. (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)

Mail on Sunday loses Prince Charles journals privacy battle
From Press Gazette. Posted December 21 2006, 11.00am
11am: The Prince of Wales had an “overwhelming” case for the protection of his private journals, three judges ruled today. (more)

Mail on Sunday fights on in Charles journals case
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2006, 10.44am
The Mail on Sunday has won leave to appeal against a ruling that it was wrong to publish Prince Charles’ private journal written after the 1997 Hong Kong handover. (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)

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)

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)

The ABCs: Prince gives 'Mail on Sunday' a purple patch
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Associated Newspapers was the most satisfied stable after the July ABCs were issued, its strategy of giveaways having contributed to the most significant uplift in sales in an otherwise gloomy month. (more)