News Met police to examine fresh News of the World phone hacking allegations Assistant commissioner John Yates defends 2006 investigation but says that the police will examine new allegations by former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Japanese journalist freed after five months in northern Afghanistan Kosuke Tsuneoka claims captors were "corrupt military factions that blackmailed the Japanese government by pretending they were Taliban" By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches new sports arm New Ria Navosti agency will be led by Dmitry Tugarin, former adviser to the chief of the Russian federal agency for sport and physical education By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Archant replaces regional titles with 'newszine' The new title Scene will replace the Harlow Herald and the East Herts Herald with no editorial redundancies By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Industry watchdog calls for inquiry into News of the World phone hacking allegations Media Standards Trust 'wholeheartedly agrees' with calls for an official inquiry following revelations of New York Times investigation By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Demand Media among fastest growing UK online companies, traffic survey suggests Figures from the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM) suggest a 111 per cent growth in visits to Demand Media's sites from July 2009 to July 2010 By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches awards to encourage user-generated content Readers can send material to the "You're a Reporter" site via SMS, email or an upload tool on the website and will now receive points for the quality of content, which can be swapped for prizes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Spectator settles in hyperlink defamation case Agreement follows ruling last month that hyperlinked articles within the Spectator's blog post would be considered as context to help the court decide on the meaning of the article By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Associated Press to increase attribution to other news sites and sources Under the guidelines, AP members will be given more attribution as story sources and attribution for information not gathered or confirmed by AP will be given to the source By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News AOP announces keynote speakers for Digital Publishing Summit Jay Altschuler, global communications planning director at Unilever, and Jacek Ukto, design director from Bonnier Business Press International, will head the roster of speakers for the event on 15 October By Emily Sneyd • 1 min read
News Andy Coulson involved in phone hacking at News of the World, claims new report New York Times investigation says David Cameron's chief communications officer "actively encouraged" a reporter to hack into the voice messages of celebrities By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
News Breakdown of BBC stike ballot shows strong support for industrial action One individual ballot saw 100 per cent of BECTU union members at BBC Worldwide vote in favour of full strike action By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
