News Ian Hislop: 'Statutory regulation is not required' Editor of Private Eye tells the Leveson inquiry enforcement of current laws should deal with 'shocking' behaviour in the press, as opposed to greater regulation By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Attorney general drops Sky News contempt action Dominic Grieve QC drops case over broadcaster's alleged breach of injunction concerning release of British couple captured by Somali pirates By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News AOP launches 2012 awards with new social media prize The Association of Online Publishers' Awards for 2012 have opened to entry, with three new categories to recognise use of social media, digital-only media outlets and start-ups By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: David Davies/PA News Pakistan: press freedom groups criticise report on journalist's murder Pakistan government commission report into murder of Saleem Shahzad recognises suspicion against country's security services but concludes that there is no evidence to single out any culprits By Joel Gunter • 5 min read
News Centaur Media predicts revenue rise ahead of half-year report In a trading update the magazine publisher predicts that profits for the six months ending December 2011 will be 'in line with the board's expectations' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News ABCs: Sunday newspaper circulations drop across the board All Sunday newspapers see month-on-month declines, while in the daily market the Guardian and the Herald are the only audited titles to see an increase in average daily circulation in December By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Daily Express editor: PCC 'should have intervened' in McCann story Editor of the Daily Express Hugh Whittow tells the Leveson inquiry he supports the media group's decision to withdraw from the Press Complaints Commission By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Leveson warns reporters over jumping the gun on conclusions Lord Leveson warns those covering his inquiry into press standards against reporting his comments in court as 'emerging findings' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Zite Zite is a must-have app for any journalist with an iPhone By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: By Coffee Lover on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News BBC wins judicial review of prisoner interview refusal The High Court today ruled that the decision by justice secretary Ken Clarke to refuse the BBC permission to interview a terrorism suspect was 'incompatible with the right to freedom of expression' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Private investigator Steve Whittamore used by MoS after arrest Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright first became aware of the newspaper's use of the private investigator in 'early 2004', and was still used by the newspaper until September that year By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Johann Hari to return to Independent in '4 or 5 weeks' Editor of the Independent Chris Blackhurst tells the Leveson inquiry Johann Hari will return to the title in 'four or five weeks' after being suspended over plagiarism and Wikipedia editing allegations By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
