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Times Online: Libel tourists flock to ‘easy’ UK courts

Sunday, 1 November 2009, 12:16

"John Mardas, a Greek citizen and former associate of the Beatles, is fighting a case in the British courts against The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune over articles that he claims falsely represented him as a charlatan. Just 31 people read the relevant articles on the internet in England. The New York Times only sold 177 copies of its newspaper with the disputed article in England, while it was not published in the International Herald Tribune in this country, according to the defendants."

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"As newspaper readership stagnates in the US and Europe, India’s newspapers are enjoying the kind of golden age the US saw at the end of the 19th century. These prospects are luring in international groups."

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"Reuters is in discussion with The New York Times about supplying business news to the American newspaper, after reaching a similar agreement with its sister title the International Herald Tribune."

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Michael Oreskes: "Our editors will now have more layout and photo options so we can highlight the relative importance of stories. We hope you will find this design even more readable and usable than before."

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Academic study finds problems with news organisations’ RSS feeds.

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