Credit: Google Maps News Press freedom index: 'Media paid dearly' for coverage of uprisings Eritrea, Turkmenistan and North Korea stay at the bottom of the annual press freedom index, while Syria, Bahrain and Yemen receive their 'worst ever rankings' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Ofcom: Digital media demands 'coherent approach' to regulation The chief executive of Ofcom tells the Oxford Media Convention that the regulator does not want to become a 'super regulator' but future regulation should adapt to the 'more fluid boundaries' of digital media By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News BBC Trust chair calls for 're-think' of local radio cuts Chairman of the BBC Trust calls for a 're-think' of several proposals under the BBC's Delivering Quality First strategy, including a 'scaling back' of planned cuts to local radio By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Nigel Chadwick on Geograph. Some rights reserved. News 'Fake sheikh' Mazher Mahmood: Bribe allegation 'completely untrue' Former News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood tells the Leveson inquiry allegations he attempted to bribe Sunday Times staff to alter copy in 1988 are 'completely untrue' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Women's groups condemn 'harmful' stereotypes in media Representatives of Equality Now, End Violence against Women, Object and Eaves Housing for Women tell the Leveson inquiry the press must take greater responsibility for the portrayal of women By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Formulists (use it before it disappears) Formulists, a fantastic tool for creating smart Twitter lists, is shutting down – so use it before you lose it By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Tom Watson calls on Met to investigate Times email hacking Labour MP writes to Metropolitan police to urge force to investigate Times reporter's 2009 email hacking of anonymous blogger NightJack By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Johnny Green/PA News Police told about NoW Milly Dowler hacking in 2002 Letter to parliamentary committee reveals that News of the World reporter sent transcript of missing girl's voicemail to force and claimed he had obtained mobile number and PIN 'from schoolchildren' By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Ofcom: ITV errors 'significant breach of audience trust' An investigation by Ofcom into video game footage 'mistakenly included' in an ITV documentary has found the broadcaster was in breach of its factual programming rules By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Nigel Chadwick on Geograph. Some rights reserved. News Mail bid to block anonymous Leveson witnesses refused Lord Justice Toulson refuses Associated Newspapers' application for a judicial review of Lord Leveson's decision 'in principle' to accept evidence from anonymous journalists to the public inquiry By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: PA/Yui Mok/Danny Lawson News News of the World publisher to settle 37 hacking claims Actor Jude Law receives highest disclosed payout – £130,000 plus costs – with others including former deputy prime minister John Prescott and MP Chris Bryant receiving between £30,000 and £50,000 By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Liverpool Daily Post relaunches as weekly title Trinity Mirror title will now publish only on Thursdays with a new 100-page edition called the Liverpool Post By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
