Newspaper news from 20 June 2009
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Why the Daily Mail is wheelie wrong (Media Guardian)
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 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.
Prison newspaper pulps 50,000 copies over fears cartoon of bearded pig in turban would offend Muslims (Daily Mail)
Almost 50,000 copies of Inside Time were pulped as jail bosses took offence at the illustration accompanying the article ‘Porky’s Revenge’.
Almost 50,000 copies of Inside Time were pulped as jail bosses took offence at the illustration accompanying the article ‘Porky’s Revenge’.
Cumbrian publisher sweeps board at regional awards (Hold the Front Page)
Bumper day for CN Group as Post and Echo also triumph...
Bumper day for CN Group as Post and Echo also triumph...
Multi-function Murdochs (Financial Times)
Rupert Murdoch's arrival in London coincided with news that the WSJ Europe was moving its base to the city.
Rupert Murdoch's arrival in London coincided with news that the WSJ Europe was moving its base to the city.
Mining group Xstrata plots talks on £41bn merger with Anglo American (Daily Telegraph)
Mining group has approached Anglo American about a deal that would create one of the world's leading natural resources companies The Sunday Telegrap...
Mining group has approached Anglo American about a deal that would create one of the world's leading natural resources companies The Sunday Telegrap...
Anti-free speech? UK courts can help (Media Guardian)
Libel tourism is rife in our courts – and the UK legal system is becoming utterly discredited abroad as resultWhile various campaigning groups s...
Libel tourism is rife in our courts – and the UK legal system is becoming utterly discredited abroad as resultWhile various campaigning groups s...
How long can Star/Mirror fight run for? (Media Guardian)
Trinity Mirror, a public company with shareholders to placate, pursues an entirely conventional cover price policy - rises "little and often", accordi...
Trinity Mirror, a public company with shareholders to placate, pursues an entirely conventional cover price policy - rises "little and often", accordi...
Kidnapped reporter escapes from Taliban (Media Guardian)
Seven months after being lured to his capture, a Pulitzer-winning journalist flees over a wall and escapes to freedom, while his driver stays to join ...
Seven months after being lured to his capture, a Pulitzer-winning journalist flees over a wall and escapes to freedom, while his driver stays to join ...
Twitter: The tweet that shook the world (Media Guardian)
Beloved by celebrities from Stephen Fry to Britney Spears, the social messaging service, with its limit of 140 characters, is now a global phenomenon ...
Beloved by celebrities from Stephen Fry to Britney Spears, the social messaging service, with its limit of 140 characters, is now a global phenomenon ...
Conn named Football Writer of the Year (Media Guardian)
• Conn wrote on subjects from Hillsborough disaster to debts• Read all of his writing for the Guardian right hereThe Guardian's David Conn...
• Conn wrote on subjects from Hillsborough disaster to debts• Read all of his writing for the Guardian right hereThe Guardian's David Conn...