‘In Mexico, reporters are hunted like rabbits’
It's tied for first place with Pakistan as the world's deadliest country for journalistsAt the end of January I was at the Royal Courts of Justice to hear Jonathan Heawood, of English PEN, speak to the Leveson inquiry about the importance of a free pre...
Turkish PM criticises US writer Paul Auster over human rights comments
Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacks Auster, who said he would not visit Turkey in protest at its jailing of journalistsTurkey's prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster, who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country in protest...
Literally – the much misused word of the moment
It's like literally so misoverused. But whereas Jamie Redknapp gets the word nonsensically wrong, writers such as James Joyce knew exactly what they were doing with itI was sitting in a cafe – one of those generic pain au raisin and latte joints...
‘I fear Afghanistan will become like Vietnam’
Veteran TV correspondent Sandy Gall on his adventures in Afghanistan, the Taliban and his family's charity clinic in KabulYour new book, War Against the Taliban, is really the third instalment of your long personal engagement with Afghanistan that bega...
Apps Rush: iTunes U, Elmore Leonard, Playful Minds, Pet Town and more
What's new on the app stores on Friday 20 January 2012iTunes UiBooks 2 and the iBooks Author tool may have hogged the headlines from Apple's education launch, but its iTunes U service also has a brand new iOS app. It provides access to a host of free e...
Fox goes into battle with Batman
DC Comics' superheroes come under attack in news report with echoes of 50s witchhuntThought the Joker was bad? Batman now has a bigger enemy, in the shape of Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News – reviled by the left, but with a reach into more than 100m ...
Pearson reveals profit upgrade and predicts 10% boost in full-year earnings
Financial Times publisher says it earned £2bn in digital revenues last year and £600m from emerging marketsPearson, the owner of the Financial Times and book publisher Penguin, announced a profit upgrade and now expects full-year earnings to be up 10...
Leveson inquiry: OK! editor denies Kate Middleton cover crossed the line
Magazine's front page on Duchess of Cambridge's 30th birthday celebrations did not mislead readers, says Lisa ByrneThe editor of celebrity magazine OK! has denied to the Leveson inquiry that a recent front page about the Duchess of Cambridge "crossed a...
Appillionaires author Chris Stevens on apps success and Apple’s e-book plans
'There's a huge mythology already surrounding the App Store, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it...'App success and failure? Chris Stevens has been there, and he's literally written the book. It's called Appillionaires: Secrets from Developers Who ...
Apps Rush: Whale Trail, The Sun, LEGO App4+, GroupShot and more
What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 17 January 2012A selection of nine apps for you today:Whale TrailWhale Trail made a splash on iOS in 2011, but now ustwo's addictive game has been released for Android too. As before, it involves piloting Willow ...
Bloomsbury publishing had a bumper Christmas
Sales of ebooks up 38% thanks to bestsellers such as Heston at HomeBloomsbury Publishing has reported a bumper Christmas with sales of ebooks up 38%.Bloomsbury said it had a "strong" fourth quarter to 31 December with ebook sales up 38% year-on-year, a...
Ebook sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction