Shooting the Messenger

Tag: Stephen Jackley

Preaching to the Press

Is the British press unintentionally aiding efforts to implement state-backed press regulation? Last October, IMPRESS became the first Royal Charter-backed press regulator in Britain after its application was approved by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), the government-funded body set up in the wake of the 2012 Leveson Report to oversee press regulation. The decision to approve IMPRESS has…
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State-Backed Regulation: A Pressing Issue

British journalism magazine the Press Gazette publishes article based on my blog post re: Magazine publisher’s claim the Daily Telegraph falsely reported about his criminal past in order to undermine state-approved press regulator The Press Gazette’s January 27, 2016 article (source) Earlier this week, I blogged about Steve McNought, co-director of Bristol-based magazine publisher Arkbound, who suggested he was…
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Crime and Regulation

IMPRESS-approved magazine publisher issues legal challenge against the Daily Telegraph after it published article about his criminal past Last week, the Daily Telegraph published an article about Steve McNought, whose Bristol-based publishing company Arkbound was recently approved by official UK press regulator, IMPRESS. The January 21, 2017 article, “Armed robber turned publisher wins approval from state-approved Press…
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