Credit: Alberto OG on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Phone hacking: 30-year-old man arrested Unnamed man arrested by officers from the Met police's Operation Weeting team in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: Martin Rickett/PA News Phone hacking inquiry: first hearing announced Lord Justice Leveson to hear applications for 'core participant status' in the phone hacking inquiry, which would grant right to legal representation By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News TechCrunch editor steps down to head up venture firm TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has stepped down as editor of the site to focus on new venture capital firm CrunchFund By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: David Jones/PA News Photo agency pays privacy damages to David Walliams News and photo agency Splash has issued an apology and confirmed it has paid damages to David Walliams and Lara Stone after they complained of harassment and invasion of privacy By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Press freedom group urges quick release of Sudan journalists According to reports Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir pledged to release all detained journalists at the weekend, but following just a single release Reporters Without Borders has called for more action By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: BBC News CPJ repeats concerns for Libyan journalists still missing The Committee to Protect Journalists has highlighted ongoing concerns for at least six journalists who have been missing since March, in light of recent attacks on the press By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Newspaper's hospital interview breached code, says PCC The Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint against the Essex Chronicle that 'appropriate permission' had not been sought by a reporter to carry out an interview in a stroke unit By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Online defamation cases doubled in past year, research claims Legal information provider Sweet and Maxwell claims rise in court cases related to allegations of online defamation 'points to growth of social media' By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Peter Arkell News Johnston Press chief handed 3,000-name strike petition John Fry said by the NUJ to be 'shaken and visibly uncomfortable' as he accepts petition from South Yorkshire strikers and union representatives By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Demotix secures investment from media partner Corbis Citizen newswire announces undisclosed investment from distribution partner Corbis Images, to help grow its network of photographers and develop technological support By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Journalism.co.uk News Newsquest North West journalists to ballot for strike Staff to hold one-week strike ballot over plans to cut seven jobs across Newsquest offices in Sale, Warrington and Northwich By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Retired police officer arrested over Politkovskaya murder Former head of Moscow police department allegedly monitored the journalist using police resources before planning her murder and providing the murder weapon By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
