Murdoch tries to “scupper” Random House deal for Penguin, starts bidding war
One of the UK’s most despised media moguls is making a move for one of the UK’s most beloved media properties: Rupert Murdoch has made an offer to buy Penguin.… Read more »
Desperately seeking Grandpa Wen
The Chinese edition of the New York Times, inaugurated earlier this year (see this MobyLives post), faced its first public challenge last Friday, when both the English and Chinese editions… Read more »
The long history of corruption and bloodlust in the British press
It’s almost a year since Lord Justice Leveson started investigating the culture, practice and ethics of the British press. As journalists, media moguls and politicians have trotted in and out… Read more »
UK phone hacking scandal spreads to book publishing …
Britain’s phone hacking scandal (eventually to become America’s phone hacking scandal?) took a turn into the book world yesterday, when it was revealed that Scotland Yard had notified a publisher… Read more »