News Southampton Solent to offer new multimedia journalism course Based on a mixture of vocational and academic training, the course will make use of the universities extensive multimedia facilities By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News 'Limited' advertising support forces closure of Crain's Manchester Business Publication billed as the UK's first 'local weekly business journal' in 2007 has printed last issue By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News 'Not a set of rigid rules but a framework of principles': Lord Lester discusses defamation bill Private members' bill will modernise the law for online libel and expand fair comment defence but not reverse burden of proof By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News Max Mosley continues fight for prior notification ruling over privacy stories Former F1 boss argues that newspapers should notify subjects before publishing details about their private lives By Judith Townend • 3 min read
News BBC strategic review is 'defensive' and 'self-harming' says NUJ in Trust submission Commercial non-PSB broadcasters have "simply abysmal record" of investment in original programming, argues union By Judith Townend • 3 min read
News New Independent owner Alexander Lebedev to open Society of Editors' annual conference Organisers say November event will celebrate achievements in 'meeting the challenges of multimedia age' By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Thai government agrees to inquiry into journalists' deaths but keeps quiet over CCTV footage Deputy chief of mission at Thailand's Washington-based embassy tells Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that former attorney-general Professor Dr Kanit na Nakorn will chair an independent inquiry By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News French pro-am news website Rue89 will turn profitable in 2011, says founder Newly launched monthly print edition will not jeopardise site's revenue projections according to Pierre Haski By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Daily Express launches iPad app with 30-day subscription App's ITN breaking news feed will remain free after the 30 days are up but digital editions of the newspaper will be charged for By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Personnel Today wins PPA award hours after redundancy plans announced Other winners include IPC published NME.com, which won Consumer Website of the Year, and Time Out's Michael Hodges, who won Columnist of the Year By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News New survey shows media industry perceived as 'cut-throat' and hard to break into Business in Community charity quizzed respondents from range of ethnic minority backgrounds in UK By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Photography agency Alamy launches new 'real-time' wire in beta More than 250 photojournalists have signed up to service, which updates every 10 minutes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
