News Success fees in Daily Mirror case violate free expression, rules Strasbourg court Ruling follows an appeal by Mirror Group Newspapers against high costs it was forced to pay to model Naomi Campbell By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Protestors interrupt appearance by culture secretary Around 30 demonstrators entered the LSE auditorium where Jeremy Hunt was speaking to protest News Corp's takeover bid for BSkyB By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News French digital magazine OWNI launches English-language site Launch is the latest in a series of new verticals for OWNI, which was founded in March 2009 as a non-profit digital media and technology news site By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Julian Assange: Financial threats to WikiLeaks are serious Lack of funds and volume of content sent to the whistleblower has overwhelmed its submission system, says founder By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Leading lawyer says UK privacy law is threat to editorial freedom Investigative journalism and free speech will suffer from the UK's "creeping privacy law", claims Ken MacDonald QC By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Public interest journalism should be focus of privacy law reform, say campaigners Index on Censorship's Mike Harris says he welcomes the government's attention to privacy law but the focus needs to be the impact on public interest journalism over celebrity "title-tattle" By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Medical journalism recognised by industry awards Winners at the Media Journalists' Association awards include the British Medical Journal and libel reform campaigners Sense About Science, who scoop two awards each. By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Jon Gaunt loses high court challenge against Ofcom Court rules that the Sun Talk radio presenter's interview with councillor Michael Stark was "offensive and abusive" By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Government to lead libel reform with new Defamation Bill Lord Lester's Bill prompts government to 'take the initiative' in reform of libel laws in England and Wales By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News Shock jock Jon Gaunt goes to high court to fight Ofcom ruling After securing the right to judicial review, Gaunt is to challenge regulator's findings By Judith Townend • 2 min read
News Campaigners call on Azerbaijani government to release imprisoned editor Amnesty International Media Awards 2009 winner remains in prison - despite European court's demand for release By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Indian holy man's libel action against British journalist thrown out of court Mr Justice Eady ruled that case could not be judged in libel court By Judith Townend • 1 min read
