Veteran media observer Tim Fenton watches as the right wing press paints itself into a pre-election corner
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A prominent lawyer, hacking victim and an ex-police officer are joining Prince Harry in demanding police action into Mirror Group crimes and alleged lies to the Leveson Inquiry
How far will Labour go to appease the billionaire press ahead of the general election? We are about to find out, writes Brian Cathcart
While Philip Schofield's 87-year-old mother was receiving medical attention, both she and her son were secretly filmed by the UK's 'Number One Papparazzi' – as media interest in the troubled presenter continues
The role of broadcasting and communications regulator Ofcom in scrutinising the proposed newspaper deal has not received the scrutiny it deserves, writes Julian Petley
Following the landmark judgment against the Mirror Group in the High Court, Byline Times is reprinting Paddy French's June 2015 Press Gang article about Piers Morgan and unlawful information gathering
The judgment of Justice Fancourt establishes a clear link between the ‘criminal media nexus’ of corrupt cops, journalists and the murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan to feature in trials next year
As Scotland Yard probes the journalist Dan Wootton over allegations of blackmail and serial sexual catfishing after a three-year special investigation by Byline Times, this newspaper can now reveal
how his payments to the partner
of a top royal aide forced the
Duke and Duchess of Sussex to run
from the UK
In 2020, Simon Case was tasked to investigate payments from Dan Wootton and The Sun to the partner of a royal press officer, allegedly for information about Prince Harry and Meghan. He found there was no evidence of wrongdoing. But Byline Times can shed further light
Detailed but anonymous testimony from insiders at The Sun sat at the heart of cash-for-leaks allegations involving a royal official and the newspaper’s former top editor Dan Wootton. Now, Byline Times can publish the details for the first time