‘Pelé eterno’: what international front pages say about the death of the footballing great

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Admin

The Brazilian star makes the front pages of newspapers around the world on Friday, as they mourn a legend of the game

The death of Brazilian footballing virtuoso Pelé, at the age of 82, makes headlines in newspapers all over the world on Friday.

The Guardian carries an image of the star sat upon the shoulders of his teammates and fans after Brazil’s victory in the 1970 World Cup final in Mexico City.

Banshees of Inisherin shines light on Ireland’s west coast in tourism spin-off

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Admin

Despite film’s macabre plot, campaign featuring its actors and locations draws millions of views

It has a macabre plot featuring violence, mutilation and despair, but that has not stopped The Banshees of Inisherin being used as a global advertisement for visiting Ireland.

A tourism campaign based on the film has taken off and transformed its dark story into a glowing promotion for Ireland’s west coast islands.

Power, corruption and fury: the killing of Percy Lapid

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Admin

Mystery surrounds the alleged involvement of top officials in the murder of the high-profile Philippine journalist

It was just past 8pm on 3 October and the veteran broadcaster Percy Mabasa was on his way to record his nightly radio show. Every weekday evening, tens of thousands of Filipinos, many living abroad, would tune in to listen to his news commentary and sharp humour.

But on this evening, as Mabasa drove up to the entrance of his gated community where his studio is located in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, a motorbike began to trail him. Footage taken by a camera on the back of his car, and since released by police, shows two figures on the bike pulling up alongside him. Then gunshots can be heard. There’s a bang as Mabasa’s car slams into the vehicle in front. The motorbike turns and drives away. Mabasa was killed instantly.

Sky could lose £150m a year from plan to relax ad limits on UK’s free-to-air TV

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Admin

Ofcom reviews longstanding rules that allow pay-TV companies more ad minutes than public service rivals

The pay-TV provider Sky could lose as much as £150m a year in TV advertising revenue from proposals aimed at enabling the UK’s biggest free-to-air broadcasters to make more money and better compete with streaming services.

The broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, is reviewing historical rules that restrict the UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) – ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – from running as many minutes of advertising on their main channels as rivals such as Sky are allowed.

Sussexes dismiss Sun apology for Clarkson column as ‘PR stunt’

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Admin

Paper’s apology followed piece in which columnist said he ‘hated’ Meghan

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has said an apology by the Sun over a column in which Jeremy Clarkson said he “hated” Meghan is “nothing more than a PR stunt”.

The column has become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (Ipso) most complained about article, with more than 20,000 people contacting it over the piece, according to Ipso.

The Sun apologises for Jeremy Clarkson’s column on Meghan

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Admin

Paper says that ‘as a publisher, we realise that with free expression comes responsibility’

The Sun has apologised for Jeremy Clarkson’s column, in which he said he “hated” the Duchess of Sussex, but has not stated whether any action has been taken against him.

Last week’s column has become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s most complained about article, with more than 17,500 people contacting it over the piece as of Tuesday morning.

TikTok’s parent company fires four workers for improper access of user data

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Admin

ByteDance said four employees were fired for examining data of two journalists in attempt to find leak source

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of popular video app TikTok, said on Thursday that some employees improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and were no longer employed by the company, an email seen by Reuters shows.

ByteDance employees accessed the data as part of an unsuccessful effort to investigate leaks of company information earlier this year, and were aiming to identify potential connections between two journalists, a former BuzzFeed reporter and a Financial Times reporter, and company employees, the email from ByteDance general counsel Erich Andersen said.

Mexico media say president’s attacks on journalists are ‘invitation to violence’

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Admin

Open letter calls on Andrés Manuel López Obrador to rein in rhetoric or risk ‘even bloodier era’ of deadly violence against press

Mexico could be plunged into “an even bloodier” era of deadly violence against the press unless its populist leader stops harassing the media, scores of top journalists have warned after an apparent attempt to assassinate one of Mexico’s best-known news anchors shocked the nation.

In an open letter, the signatories – who include professionals from major outlets including El Universal, Excélsior, Milenio and Reforma – issued a rebuke to Mexico’s media-bashing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Elon Musk polls Twitter users over stepping down as CEO – business live

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Admin

Elon Musk says he will honour the results of a Twitter poll asking whether the should resign as head of the social media platform

Telsa investors seem to pleased with the way that Musk’s Twitter poll is leaning towards his potential resignation, with shares up 4% in pre-market trading:

Economic data interlude:

Jeremy Clarkson condemned over Meghan column in the Sun

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Admin

Outcry after presenter writes he is ‘dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets’

A Jeremy Clarkson column in the Sun about the Duchess of Sussex has provoked outcry online, with social media users labelling it “vile”, “horrific” and “abusive”.

In an article for the paper published on Friday, Clarkson wrote that he loathed Meghan “on a cellular level”. He said he was “dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her”.

Digital Services Act: inside the EU’s ambitious bid to clean up social media

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Admin

The legislation aims to tackle problems as wide-ranging as misogyny, disinformation and consumer fraud

Nearly two decades after the birth of Facebook ushered in the social media era, the EU is introducing ambitious legislation designed to clean up the world’s biggest online forums.

Intended to tackle misogyny, protect children, stop consumer fraud, curb disinformation and protect democratic elections, the Digital Services Act (DSA) is wide-ranging. The UK is introducing its own statute, the online safety bill, but the EU’s rules are likely to have a bigger impact because they cover a bigger market, and the EU is more influential as a regulatory power.

Mexico news anchor survives shooting amid surge in violence against journalists

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Admin

Ciro Gómez Leyva was unharmed when an attacker fired at his car, but 42 journalists have been killed during Amlo’s term

One of Mexico’s most prominent news anchors has survived an apparent assassination attempt near his home in the capital, in one of the most brazen attacks against a journalist the country has seen in recent decades.

Ciro Gómez Leyva, a news anchor for the national news network, Grupo Imagen, was driving a bulletproof SUV when the pillion rider on a motorcycle opened fire on him late on Thursday.

Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Admin

Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions

The United Nations is “very disturbed” by Twitter’s abrupt suspension of a group of US journalists, a spokesperson has said, warning that the move sets a “dangerous precedent” – as the EU said the social media platform could fall foul of forthcoming digital regulations.

Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday the UN was “very disturbed” by the barring of prominent tech reporters at news organisations including CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times who have written about Musk and the tech company he owns.

Amazon agrees deal with Games Workshop to create Warhammer TV series

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Admin

Former Superman star Henry Cavill linked to project, and agreement includes film and merchandise plans

Amazon has struck a deal with the high street games chain Games Workshop to create a series based on its hit franchise Warhammer, the science-fiction fantasy miniature war game, potentially featuring the former Superman star Henry Cavill.

The London-listed Games Workshop, which has a £2.7bn market value and runs about 530 stores, has struck a deal with Amazon to develop the company’s intellectual property into film and TV productions as well as sell merchandise.

Ministers accused of unlawfully denying Afghan journalists UK visas

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Admin

Ben Wallace and Suella Braverman ‘turned their back’ on former BBC journalists who are in danger, high court told

Ministers have unlawfully “turned their back” on former BBC journalists whose lives are at risk from the Taliban by refusing to relocate them from Afghanistan to the UK, the high court has heard.

Eight Afghan journalists, who worked in high-profile roles for the BBC and other media agencies in the country from which British troops withdrew last year, are challenging the decision to deny them UK visas.

Washington Post chief announces job cuts – and refuses to answer questions

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Admin

Publisher Fred Ryan described as ‘embarrassing’ after walking out of meeting following revelation that up to 250 jobs could be lost

Turmoil at the Washington Post has intensified after a contentious town hall meeting on Wednesday in which the newspaper’s publisher, Fred Ryan, astounded staffers by announcing substantial job cuts to come, then quit the meeting, refusing to answer questions.

“This is embarrassing, this is embarrassing,” one staffer was heard saying as Ryan made his hasty exit, according to video footage posted on social media.

Leo Varadkar nightclub footage triggers privacy debate in Ireland

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Admin

Leaked clip of deputy leader also fuels moves to tighten social media regulation

A video of Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s tánaiste, socialising in a nightclub has triggered a debate about the right to privacy and regulation of social media.

The brief clip of the deputy prime minister was clandestinely recorded in a Dublin nightclub earlier this month and has racked up millions of views on multiple platforms.

Trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai delayed after British lawyer denied visa extension

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Admin

Democracy activist and founder of Apple Daily tabloid newspaper potentially faces life in prison over charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces

A Hong Kong court has delayed the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai until September 2023, after a hearing revealed Lai’s British lawyer had been denied a visa extension and forced to leave.

Lai’s trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but has faced delays, including the Hong Kong government’s attempts to prevent his British lawyer Tim Owen from representing him.

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‘Pelé eterno’: what international front pages say about the death of the footballing great

Banshees of Inisherin shines light on Ireland’s west coast in tourism spin-off

Power, corruption and fury: the killing of Percy Lapid

Sky could lose £150m a year from plan to relax ad limits on UK’s free-to-air TV

Sussexes dismiss Sun apology for Clarkson column as ‘PR stunt’

The Sun apologises for Jeremy Clarkson’s column on Meghan

TikTok’s parent company fires four workers for improper access of user data

Mexico media say president’s attacks on journalists are ‘invitation to violence’

Elon Musk polls Twitter users over stepping down as CEO – business live

Jeremy Clarkson condemned over Meghan column in the Sun

Mexico news anchor survives shooting amid surge in violence against journalists

Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns

Amazon agrees deal with Games Workshop to create Warhammer TV series

Ministers accused of unlawfully denying Afghan journalists UK visas

Washington Post chief announces job cuts – and refuses to answer questions

Trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai delayed after British lawyer denied visa extension