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Guardian Media Group plc (often referred to as 'GMG') is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian and The Observer. The Group is owned by the Scott Trust. It was founded as the Manchester Guardian Ltd in 1907 when C. P. Scott bought the Manchester Guardian from the estate of his cousin Edward Taylor. It became the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd when it bought out the Manchester Evening News in 1924, later becoming the Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd to reflect the change in the morning paper's title. It adopted its current name in 1993.

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Press regulation: Lord Puttnam says editors are demanding 'right of kings'

Labour peer shows support for new deal, criticises editors' demands, and says onus is on David Cameron to resist them.

MediaGuardian - Newspapers & Magazines - on 19/3/13
Twitter and Telegraph hacks, no longer tweethearts? | Media Monkey

Over to Her Majesty's Daily Telegraph, where hard-pressed hacks have apparently been commandeered onto Twitter and told to update their followers regularly with pithy missives. Forget the deadlines, which look decidedly old-school in a 140-character world: reporters are now required to tweet an average of once an hour, with editors advised to update their Twitter feed every 15 minutes, according to the Independent's diary column.

MediaGuardian - Newspapers & Magazines - on 19/3/13
Press regulation deal: two cheers for parliament, anyone? | Michael White

The tabloids are always telling MPs to stand up for ordinary people - and yesterday they did.

Michael White @ MediaGuardian - Newspapers & Magazines - on 19/3/13
BSkyB sports channels made available on pay-as-you-go basis

BSkyB has made its sports channels available on a pay-as-you go basis for the first time, providing access to content such as Premier League football for £9. 99 a day without a Sky TV subscription from Tuesday.

MediaGuardian - Television - on 19/3/13
Television Centre sale draws fire from BBC stars

David Mitchell, Danny Baker and Michael Parkinson, among others, say sale of studios should have sparked an outcry.

John Plunkett @ MediaGuardian - Radio - on 19/3/13
Press regulation: local newspapers fear rush of compensation claims

Archant chief, Adrian Jeakings, says system of arbitration for small complaints proposed by politicians could cripple industry.

Lisa O'Carroll @ MediaGuardian - Newspapers & Magazines - on 19/3/13
After Leveson: MPs and the press, a relationship corrupted by mutual suspicion

Due to the post-Leveson parliamentary dramas, I suspended my serialisation of the book After Leveson. * Some of the chapters have, of course, been overtaken by events. However, there are important points made along the way that remain relevant. Indeed, they may become more relevant if - as is being suggested - publishers snub the new regulatory system.

Roy Greenslade @ MediaGuardian - Roy Greenslade - on 19/3/13
TalkSport owner UTV Media sees pre-tax profits fall 11%

UTV Media, the owner of TalkSport and the Northern Ireland TV franchise, saw adjusted pre-tax profits fall by 11% in 2012 as a revenue bonanza during Euro 2012 was wiped out by lean advertising during the London 2012 Olympics.

MediaGuardian - Advertising - on 19/3/13
Johnston Press slashes 2012 pre-tax losses to £6.8m

Regional newspaper publisher made almost £40m in savings last year at expense of more than 1,300 jobs.

MediaGuardian - Newspapers & Magazines - on 19/3/13
BBC Worldwide criticised for sale of Lonely Planet at 'significant loss'

Travel guides sale to US billionaire Brad Kelley for £80m less than originally paid was not good business, says BBC Trust.

MediaGuardian - Television - on 19/3/13

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