News In full: Final joint committee report on draft defamation bill Read the full report from a joint House of Commons and House of Lords committee into the government's draft libel reform proposals By Journalism.co.uk • 1 min read
News Full text: Lord chief justice's speech on press regulation Read the full text of Lord Judge's speech to the Human Rights Law Conference, in which he defended Lord Leveson and his inquiry and backed continued self-regulation of the press By Journalism.co.uk • 12 min read
News Lord chief justice defends Leveson following criticism Lord Justice Judge defends appointment of Lord Leveson to lead the public inquiry into phone hacking and press ethics after criticism of the judge and the inquiry structure By Joel Gunter • 4 min read
Credit: By Xaf on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News European Parliament names journalism prize winners Journalists from France, Germany, Finland and Italy were presented with the overall prizes for their reports on European issues across print, broadcast and online By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Tindle announces new launches and staff bonus Regional newspaper publisher has revealed plans to launch two new titles and said it will also issue a minimum bonus of £125 to every full-time member of staff By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Independence of S4C not 'all over', says authority chair Chair of the S4C Authority Huw Jones issues an assurance that the Welsh broadcaster's independence is not lost and that an arrangement that suits both sides can be made with the BBC By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Kent newspaper group withdraws bid for rival titles Kent Messenger Group's bid for Northcliffe Media titles dropped after Office of Fair Trading confirms decision to refer to the Competition Commission By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Sean Dempsey/PA News Leveson rejects call to add tabloid experience to panel Newspapers' appeal for six-strong Leveson inquiry panel to be supplemented by someone with tabloid or regional experience has been turned down by Lord Leveson By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: By Coffee Lover on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News BBC defends Thompson's 'robust exchange' over cuts Director general Mark Thompson heavily criticised by the National Union of Journalists after he told staff: 'no one is forcing you to stay' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Times records 10% rise in digital subscribers News International to publish monthly digital subscriber figures for the Times and Sunday Times following announcement of 10% boost over the past three months By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Nick Potts/PA News Hillsborough families call on Sun to name sources Hillsborough Families Support Group calls on newspaper to reveal sources of controversial story ahead of House of Commons debate on 1989 disaster By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Fiona Hanson/PA News Times libel appeal reaches Supreme Court The Times announced in July last year it would seek to appeal a judgment which found the newspaper was not entitled to a defence of qualified privilege based on the Reynolds test of responsible journalism By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
