News and Media

Leveson Inquiry: Frederic Michel's 'inside information'

25 May 2012

Frederic Michel, the News Corporation lobbyist, said he was given "inside information" by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as it scrutinised News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB.

Dodger Stadium Winter Classic; 10 worst NHL fans; ‘While The Men Watch’ debate (Puck Headlines)

24 May 2012

Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Viggo Mortensen is a huge Montreal Canadiens fan. What better way to remind the world of this fact than by wrapping Kirsten Dunst in a Habs flag at Cannes, continuing an odd red carpet tradition for Aragorn. [ OMG Yahoo ...

Hunt Memo to Cameron on News Corp. Raises Impartiality Questions

24 May 2012

U.K. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told Prime Minister David Cameron he backed News Corp.’s planned takeover of British Sky Broadcasting Plc a month before Cameron appointed him to review the bid, a media-ethics probe heard.