Noel Gallagher Spent £1m On 'Beautiful' Drugs
From Sky News. Posted July 4 2009, 1.30pm
Oasis star Noel Gallagher has spent an amazing £1m on drugs and enjoyed every minute of it, he told an Italian newspaper. (more)

Trinity Mirror bolstered by Citi rating
From Financial Times. Posted July 4 2009, 3.00am
Newspapers group Trinity Mirror added 3 per cent to 59¾p after Citigroup reiterated its "buy" rating, on the grounds that concerns over debts and competition... (more)

Indulge your selfishness. Go and help someone
From The Times. Posted July 4 2009, 12.00am
My friend L, for years a magazine editor of sharp tailoring and formidable repute, has been helping out her local hoodies. When introduced to these huge, surly, baseball-capped lunks, her first instinct was to flee. They w... (more)

Corrected: Obama's Web Strategist Not Helping Olympics Or Labour Party
From paidContent:UK. Posted July 3 2009, 7.50pm
Corrected: I really must stop believing some news sources. Contrary to what Revolution magazine reported from its own conference, Blue State isn’t retained by London 2012 either “in any capacity”, the Games’ new media head Alex Balfour tells us in our comments... (more)

What next for newspapers?
From The Independent. Posted July 3 2009, 6.28pm
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Rolling Stone gathers no readers at Goldman Sachs
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 3 2009, 5.26pm
The highly entertaining war of words between Rolling Stone magazine and Goldman Sachs goes on. (more)

Why Nick Denton wouldn’t set up shop in UK
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2009, 4.42pm
From Politico: a report on a panel at the Institute’s Ideas Festival in Colarado, asking ‘What’s the News Worth to You?’ For us Brits, this is the interesting part: “During the panel’s Q&A, Gawker Media’s... (more)

Regional press big hitters to be quizzed by MPs
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 3 2009, 4.40pm
Committee inquiry into state of industry continues... (more)

Industry Moves: Rubicon's Director Of Publishing; Discovery Nordic Chief;  Nokia VP Joins Wolfson
From paidContent:UK. Posted July 3 2009, 4.40pm
—Rubicon publisher: UK ad technology company the Rubicon Project has appointed Justin Thomas to the new role of director of publisher development. The former AOL (NYSE: TWX) Europe man moves over from price comparison service Xelector, where he sealed white label partnerships with Telegraph. (more)

Regional press big hitters to be quizzed by MPs
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 3 2009, 3.30pm
Committee inquiry into state of industry continues... (more)

Malcolm Coles: re-thinking newspapers and RSS feeds
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2009, 2.18pm
“OK, newspapers shouldn’t turn off RSS feeds… I was wrong,” writes Malcolm Coles. (more)

Push to free Anglo-Greek journalist jailed in Iran intensifies
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2009, 1.18pm
Washington Times reporter has been held since 17 June after being arrested at Tehran airportVigorous efforts are being made to secure the release of an Anglo-Greek journalist imprisoned in Iran since 17 June following erroneous reports yesterday that he was "hours away" from being freed. (more)

Best ever British journalism scoops: The results
From Press Gazette. Posted July 3 2009, 12.33pm
Press Gazette scoop search Part 1: 1922-1995 Inspired by the Daily Telegraph’s historic scoop on MPs’ expenses Press Gazette launched a search for the top 50 British journalism scoops of the modern era. (more)

Daily Mirror confirms football website launch
From Press Gazette. Posted July 3 2009, 12.22pm
Trinity Mirror has confirmed it is launching a standalone football website, MirrorFootball.co.uk, that will include video, blogs and access to reports and photos from the Mirror Group archive. News of the launch first emerged last month in Media Week. (more)

Liverpool Post and Echo triumph at O2 regional awards
From Press Gazette. Posted July 3 2009, 12.10pm
Trinity Mirror's Liverpool Echo and Liverpool Daily Post were the big winners at last night's Cheshire and Merseyside O2 Media Awards, scooping eight of the 16 prizes. (more)