News and Media

Media group Archant appoints new non-executive director

8 Feb 2012

Media group, Archant, which publishes the EDP and Norwich Evening News, has appointed Sonita Alleyne OBE as a non-executive director to its main board.

News Corp reaches more phone hacking settlements

8 Feb 2012

LONDON (Reuters) - A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire. The development increases the chances that the publisher may yet avoid further embarrassing details of its conduct from being publicly aired in court - although at ...

For Election News, Voters Still Turn To Old Media

8 Feb 2012

A study from the Pew Research Center shows that the promise that "new media" will dominate the nominating process isn't coming true. But Twitter and other social media can reveal voters' moods, functioning like "a focus group in the wild."