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NEWS ABOUT: British media

British media stories: 6 news summaries

Iconic London Paper Goes
Free After 182 Years

Owners eliminate cover price as Evening Standard hemorrhages cash

Oct 2, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Evening Standard, London's 182-year-old afternoon newspaper, will become a freesheet later this month in an attempt to pump up the struggling title's circulation. The Standard, purchased by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev last year for the fire-sale price of one pound, loses $16 million a year and may fire staff... More »

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newspaper • London • free • British media • newspaper industry • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will test out his new pay-to-read Internet model this November, when News Corp launches a stand-alone website for Britain's Sunday Times. According to the Guardian, the site will feature "communities editors" and its own team of journalists. It's unclear whether users will pay a subscription or... More »

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Internet • Rupert Murdoch • United Kingdom • News Corp • British media • newspaper industry • Times of London • paywall

Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

Jul 12, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Parliament may investigate police over reports that journalists pay them for dirt on celebrities and criminal suspects, the Guardian reports. Since police opted not to reopen a probe into alleged phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World, several politicians have been seeking to determine if... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • police • press • bribery • journalist • Britain • News of the World • British media

Want to Own a Newspaper?
Got $1.50?

Russian oligarch buying iconic London paper for token sum

Jan 16, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A Russian oligarch with a past in the KGB is set to buy one of London's most visible newspapers, at the knockdown price of just a buck and a half. Alexander Lebedev will acquire the Evening Standard for the token price—the cost of two copies—from a media conglomerate... More »

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newspaper • London • KGB • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • British media • Russian oligarchs • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

OPINION

 My Search Term, Myself 

Blogger ponders path Web surfers take to his threshold

Apr 21, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Freud would have a field day studying Google searches, posits a blogger who tracked the terms visitors to his web page used and found a window into man's pathologies. John Kelly, a columnist on leave from the Washington Post, writes in the Guardian about "how the fetishes, pathologies and... More »

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blogosphere • Google • Internet • blog • blogger • Internet access • British media • John Kelly

 Maddy 'Suspect' Sues UK Media 

Record libel suit rocks major outlets

Apr 14, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is suing 12 British news organizations for libel. It's the largest number of claims ever against British media concerning a single issue, reports the Guardian. Robert Murat lived near the Portuguese vacation apartment where the McCanns were staying when the 3-year-old... More »

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Madeleine McCann • libel • Robert Murat • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • defamation • Praia da Luz • Find Madeleine Fund • British media • British tabloids

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