News of the World

Convicted NoW journalist claims phone hacking widely discussed at paper

Turgon on August 16, 2011, 8:59 pm

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The furore over the News of the World phone hacking had seemed to be dying down. However the BBC are now reporting that former NoW journalist Clive Goodman wrote a letter alleging that hacking was widely discussed at the newspaper. Goodman was appealing against his dismissal by the NoW following his conviction for phone hacking. However in the letter to News International’s Head of Human Resources copied to Les Hinton, News International’s then executive chairman, and Stuart Kuttner, the then …

Quote of the Day…

Mick Fealty on July 8, 2011, 4:05 pm

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The Lex Column in the FT today on Murdoch and News Corps: “When your business model encourages some of your mployees to break the law, it is time to rethink your business model.” It’s followed by a superb piece of analysis with a few fairly crunch lines in it… Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events …

News of the World crashes out of existence, and…

Mick Fealty on July 7, 2011, 9:31 pm

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Well, hmmm, not sure what to say. Except I spend last evening with an old friend and a great local journalist, who pointed out the loss of advertising revenue was remarkable (and in our lifetimes at least) unprecedented. In a few short days one of the most powerful press barons, who has traded on his capacity to call the public mood better than those politicians his papers often lacerated for being out of touch, has been subjected to a humiliating …

Twitter v #NOTW: the growing power of social media?

John Ó Néill on July 6, 2011, 12:27 pm

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Over on the BBC, Rory Cellan-Jones has some background on an interesting aspect of the News of the World story. For a while now, traditional news outlets have been in competition (of sorts) with social media to feed a developed appetite for rolling news. However, as Cellan-Jones has flagged, this story appears to be bringing the print and broadcast media into conflict rather than competition with social media, particularly Twitter. A quick click on the current picture on trendsmap.com (at 12 pm on 06/07/2011) shows all the …