Mediagazer: Press announces timetable for ‘toughest regulator in the world’ (Ian Burrell/The Independent)

1:35 PM ET, October 25, 2013

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Ian Burrell / The Independent:

Press announces timetable for ‘toughest regulator in the world’ — The newspaper and magazine industries have announced a timetable for the “toughest regulator anywhere in the developed world” in a move designed to outflank politicians and bypass a Royal Charter on press regulation due to go before the Queen next week.

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