Posts Tagged With: Express Newspapers
Express pawns avoid the P-word at Leveson inquiry
Express owner Richard Desmond may have bristled with confidence, but his editors were decidedly less sure-footedEven the dullest passages of Lord Justice Leveson’s phone-hacking inquiry are punctuated by outbursts of discreet sniggering, none more welc… Continue reading
Will he? Won’t he? Desmond’s man hints at PCC return
Richard Desmond pulled his newspapers out of the Press Complaints Commission because he couldn’t stand being part of a gentlemen’s club.But, if his senior aide, Paul Ashford, is to be believed, then he might just return if the “club” is reformulated.As… Continue reading
Richard Desmond’s Health Lottery under scrutiny by watchdog
Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, says Gambling Commission is looking at legality of controversial Channel 5 lotteryJeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has told MPs he is “worried” about Richard Desmond’s Health Lottery and has asked the gambling wat… Continue reading
Richard Desmond’s Health Lottery branded a ‘disgrace’
Health Lottery set up by media tycoon Richard Desmond has been criticised for not giving enough money to charityExpress newspapers chief Richard Desmond has been urged to increase the amount of cash his new “health lottery”, launched on Tuesday, will r… Continue reading
Al-Fayed to buy the Express? Fly another kite
Twenty years or so ago, at one of those gut-churning weekly lunches hosted by Robert Maxwell, he asked what was meant by referring to a story as “a bit of a flier.”What did the phrase mean? An editor patiently explained that it was the journalistic jar… Continue reading
Richard Desmond ‘open to offers for print titles’
Channel 5 owner would consider selling Daily Express, Star or magazines, according to sources – but only for the right priceRichard Desmond is willing to entertain offers for the Daily Express, Daily Star or his magazines, although the media magnate … Continue reading
Rothermere is no hypocrite – he is a hands-off proprietor
It is extraordinary how little politicians know about the newspapers they both seek to influence and attempt to humble. And it is also depressing to see them make much of very little. So it was yesterday when MPs and peers on the joint parliamentary co… Continue reading »