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The diary can report a bit of a first, an enchanting outbreak of bashfulness from former Mirror editor Piers Morgan.

WikiLeaks will soon publish its remaining 15,000 Afghan war documents, despite warnings from the US government, the organization's founder said Saturday.

WikiLeaks will soon publish its remaining 15,000 Afghan war documents, despite warnings from the US government, the organization's founder said Saturday.

Viewers will not be made to pay for Coronation Street as ITV seeks new ways of making money, chief executive Adam Crozier insisted today.

There are lies and damned lies, and then there's our list of the top blog posts of the last week. Enjoy! 1. Sandra Bullock and the incredible, shrinking star salary, by Guy Adams 2. Germany terrorised ...

I was watching a rerun of the TV show Russell Howard's Good News on BBC2 the other night. I've never really understood Russell's appeal, but I'm also aware that the fact the show debuted on BBC3 means ...

I was watching a rerun of the TV show Russell Howard's Good News on BBC2 the other night. I've never really understood Russell's appeal, but I'm also aware that the fact the show debuted on BBC3 means ...

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It was only when he was sitting in a hotel ballroom surrounded by applauding radio executives and serenaded by the London Community Gospel Choir singing "Now That We've Found Love" that Trevor Nelson began to take himself seriously. He might not have had that epiphany if he had been allowed to slip out early from this year's Sony Awards ceremony and beat the queues for a taxi home. When his boss Andy Parfitt, the head of BBC Radio 1, told him to stay put he assumed it was a matter of etiquette.

Richard Desmond announced a savage programme of job cuts at the terrestrial television Channel 5 yesterday, just weeks after his £103.5m takeover of the loss-making broadcaster. He told the channel's 300 staff that up to a quarter of them would lose their jobs.

Richard Desmond has wasted no time in razing the broadcaster formerly known as Five to the ground, and has already set about building the all-new Channel 5 on top of the smouldering ashes. The media tycoon, who sealed a £103.5m deal for the beleaguered broadcaster at the end of July, yesterday took his first radical step in reshaping it.

The venue: Colony, an Indian fusion restaurant which is walking distance from my office in Mayfair. There are areas there where you can be very private.

Channel Five chief executive Dawn Airey and the station's programme boss are to leave following media magnate Richard Desmond's takeover, it was announced today.

Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an anti-terrorism commercial asking people to watch out for suspicious behavior by their neighbors, including keeping curtains closed and paying for things in cash.

Levi Johnston may be following in Sarah Palin's footsteps. His manager, Tank Jones, has confirmed a report on Variety Magazine's website that Mr Johnston is planning to run for city office in his home town of Wasilla, Alaska, as part of a reality TV show.

The Independent Print Ltd Digital Managing Director, Bill Swanson, has decided to leave his post at the end of the month. He is leaving to pursue a new opportunity at a boutique investment house specializing in the digital media space.

Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with the internet telecommunications pioneer Skype, claiming that it owns the “Sky” in “Skype”.

Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with the internet telecommunications pioneer Skype, claiming that it owns the “Sky” in “Skype”.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is in line for a multimillion-pound windfall as part of a deal to sell the company behind many of his hit TV shows, it was revealed today.

Rupert Murdoch has sold a majority stake in three of his Chinese TV channels to a private equity fund backed by the government in Beijing.