News Phone hacking: Met police assistant commissioner quizzed by home affairs committee Details of up to 120 people found by police in original investigation but only a dozen people informed, admits John Yates today By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Haymarket sells Packaging News and AV Magazine Business-to-business titles sold to Metropolis International Group Ltd. By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News New European network launched for health journalists The Association of Health Care Journalists has set up the Covering Europe section of its website to encourage European writers to share links, queries and articles By Laura Oliver • 1 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 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 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
News ITN strikes video content deal with Metro Metro.co.uk will receive UK and world news, sports, showbiz and fashion video clips By Emily Sneyd • 1 min read
News NUJ criticises reported closure of Irish local newspapers According to a statement released by the journalists' union on its website, the Athlone Voice, Longford News and Roscommon Champion could be closed with immediate effect By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News BBC staff vote to strike over pensions More than 90 per cent of members across three unions vote in favour of strike action over proposed changes to broadcaster's pension scheme By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
