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BBC urges staff to ‘give red tape the red card’ as part of simplicity campaign
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This article titled "BBC urges staff to 'give red tape the red card' as part of simplicity campaign" was written by John Plunkett, for The Guardian on Thursday 17th January 2013 18.03 UTC
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke promised in 2002 to "cut the crap", handing out yellow cards for staff to wave at meetings....
Print suddenly spies hope amid the struggle and the losses
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This article titled "Print suddenly spies hope amid the struggle and the losses" was written by Peter Preston, for The Observer on Sunday 13th January 2013 00.05 UTC
December's newspaper ABC sales figures put a wrap on 2012. It wasn't, on the face of it, a great year. Circulations kept sliding – by as much as a headline...
The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh
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This article titled "The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh" was written by Peter Preston, for The Observer on Sunday 30th December 2012 00.06 UTC
Transition. It's a soothing word and a calming concept as the old year ends. Change may frighten some and challenge others. Change is a leap...
Former Times editor William Rees-Mogg dies at 84
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This article titled "Former Times editor William Rees-Mogg dies at 84" was written by Paul Gallagher, for The Observer on Saturday 29th December 2012 17.04 UTC
William Rees-Mogg, who edited the Times from January 1967 to March 1981, has died. He was 84 and worked to the last, writing his regular column for the newspaper and an opinion...
Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons
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This article titled "Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons" was written by Peter Walker, for The Guardian on Wednesday 26th December 2012 21.50 UTC
It's a school topic that seems to belong to an age far distant from home economics, 1066 and jumpers for goalposts. A school in Somerset has begun...
The BBC must lay the ghost of Birt’s broadcasting corporation
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This article titled "The BBC must lay the ghost of Birt's broadcasting corporation" was written by Peter Preston, for The Observer on Sunday 23rd December 2012 00.08 UTC
Size matters. Our banks, it is said, have become so big that they must not fail. But why does no one, amid its current travails, make that same point about...
Consultant wins aggravated libel damages against Daily Mail
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This article titled "Consultant wins aggravated libel damages against Daily Mail" was written by Jason Deans, for The Guardian on Friday 21st December 2012 19.44 UTC
A management consultant has won £65,000 in aggravated libel damages over a Daily Mail claim that he won Scotland Yard contracts through cronyism – a story...
Rupert Murdoch receives $12.5m bonus
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This article titled “Rupert Murdoch receives .5m bonus” was written by Josh Halliday, for The Guardian on Friday 2nd September 2011 19.19 UTC
Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, received a .5m (£7.7m) cash bonus for the last financial year, while his total remuneration rose 47% to m, according...
Labour seeks law change to stop News Corp renewing BSkyB bid
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This article titled "Labour seeks law change to stop News Corp renewing BSkyB bid" was written by Polly Curtis, for The Guardian on Sunday 28th August 2011 19.22 UTC
Labour is trying to secure cross-party support for an emergency change in the law to prevent News Corporation from renewing its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB.
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Sky’s Alex Crawford: ‘sexist’ to ask if motherhood compatible with frontline
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This article titled “Sky’s Alex Crawford: ‘sexist’ to ask if motherhood compatible with frontline” was written by Dan Sabbagh, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 13.43 UTC
Her four children ask why she can’t work at their school but Alex Crawford, the award winning Sky News reporter, said...