Denis O'Brien calls for closure of Independent titles (Daily Telegraph)
Independent News & Media has hit out at major shareholder Denis O'Brien's call for an extraordinary general meeting aimed at closing the Independent newspaper titles and shaking up the board.

INM rejects O'Brien demand on Independent titles (Media Guardian)
INM board argues move would result in 'significant costs' at a time when company is planning wholesale financial restructuringThe board of Independent...

Freed journalists regret entering North Korea (Media Guardian)
• Laura Ling and Euna Lee issue first full account of ordeal• Reporters deny endangering Korean refugees' livesTwo American journalists wh...

As Papers Mull Online Charges, Print Cover Prices Go Up And Up (paidContent:UK)
While newspapers painfully mull charging online, it’s worth noting that, in print, publishers have no qualms about asking readers for more and more money.

O'Brien to demand disposal of Indy titles at INM meeting (Media Guardian)
Rebel shareholder cues up tough resolutions for EGM as row with Independent News & Media management reignitesDenis O'Brien, the rebel shareholder in I...

Regional Newspaper Circulations: An A-Z (allmediascotland - Spike)
A six-monthly review of regional newspaper circulations in Scotland has found across-the-board drops.

Melting men: Thousand ice sculptures left to thaw in the sun to highlight climate change in Arctic (Daily Mail)
A thousand miniature people have slowly melted away in a Berlin square in an effort to draw attention to melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.

Starbucks ads trumpet Fairtrade move (Media Guardian)
Starbucks launches multi-year campaign understood to be its biggest in UK and Ireland since stores' arrival in 1998Starbucks is launching a multimilli...

Information commissioner defends lack of journalist privacy prosecutions (Media Guardian)
Going after more than 300 journalists after Operation Motorman report would not have been good regulation, MPs toldThe prosecution of more than 300 jo...

Met defends phone-hacking investigation (Media Guardian)
Met says it did not widen inquiry into other reporters at the tabloid because there was no evidence of illegal activityThe Metropolitan Police today d...