British tabloid to review policies
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July 27, 2011, Wednesday
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BRITAIN'S Trinity Mirror newspaper group yesterday announced a review into its editorial procedures following the explosion of the tabloid phone hacking scandal at its News International rival.
Trinity Mirror PLC spokesman Nick Fullagar said the inquiry was not an investigation into claims of phone hacking, but acknowledged that the scandal over the News of the World's espionage campaign helped prompt the review.
"In light of recent events, we thought it was timely to look at our controls and procedures," Fullagar said in a telephone interview. "Clearly, after any significant event, it's just good corporate governance."
The Daily Mirror tabloid has come under suspicion following revelations that rival newspaper News of the World - recently shut down by publisher News International - routinely intercepted voicemails left for public figures. One former Mirror journalist has alleged that phone hacking was rife at the left-leaning paper when former editor Piers Morgan was in charge.
Last week the New York Times cited five unnamed former journalists at another Mirror title, a sports-and-celebrity-focused Sunday newspaper called The People, as saying hacking was commonplace there as well from the late 1990s to early 2000.
The Trinity Mirror group has not commented on the claims, although British media watchers have long suspected that the hacking extended well beyond the News of the World.
In recent weeks particular attention has been focused on Morgan, with bloggers and journalists zeroing in on references to phone hacking made by the CNN host in his 2005 book, "The Insider" and in past interviews.
"Loads of newspaper journalists were doing it," Morgan said in an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell published in 2007.
Morgan has since denied being involved in phone hacking.
Fullagar, the Trinity Mirror spokesman, said his group's review would cover how editors were made aware of where stories came from. It would also cover how and under what circumstances the newspapers paid for stories.
Fullagar said the review panel would include editorial, legal and financial directors. It will be chaired by Charmian Steven, the company's director of risk and audit.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail tabloid said it would not conduct an internal review.
Trinity Mirror PLC spokesman Nick Fullagar said the inquiry was not an investigation into claims of phone hacking, but acknowledged that the scandal over the News of the World's espionage campaign helped prompt the review.
"In light of recent events, we thought it was timely to look at our controls and procedures," Fullagar said in a telephone interview. "Clearly, after any significant event, it's just good corporate governance."
The Daily Mirror tabloid has come under suspicion following revelations that rival newspaper News of the World - recently shut down by publisher News International - routinely intercepted voicemails left for public figures. One former Mirror journalist has alleged that phone hacking was rife at the left-leaning paper when former editor Piers Morgan was in charge.
Last week the New York Times cited five unnamed former journalists at another Mirror title, a sports-and-celebrity-focused Sunday newspaper called The People, as saying hacking was commonplace there as well from the late 1990s to early 2000.
The Trinity Mirror group has not commented on the claims, although British media watchers have long suspected that the hacking extended well beyond the News of the World.
In recent weeks particular attention has been focused on Morgan, with bloggers and journalists zeroing in on references to phone hacking made by the CNN host in his 2005 book, "The Insider" and in past interviews.
"Loads of newspaper journalists were doing it," Morgan said in an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell published in 2007.
Morgan has since denied being involved in phone hacking.
Fullagar, the Trinity Mirror spokesman, said his group's review would cover how editors were made aware of where stories came from. It would also cover how and under what circumstances the newspapers paid for stories.
Fullagar said the review panel would include editorial, legal and financial directors. It will be chaired by Charmian Steven, the company's director of risk and audit.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail tabloid said it would not conduct an internal review.
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