Mediagazer: Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance (Aimee Hamilton/Index on Censorship)

9:40 AM ET, September 16, 2014

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Aimee Hamilton / Index on Censorship:

Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) filed an application on Friday with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg challenging current UK legislation on mass surveillance and its threat to journalism.

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Agence France-Presse:

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Report predicts newspaper revenue growth in 2015 - but not in the UK — The revenue decline for the newspaper industry will end next year, according to the latest global entertainment and media outlook report by PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC). — It forecasts that newspaper revenue will start …

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James Cridland / media.info:

Ofcom deny London Live's application to change licence — UK media regulator Ofcom has denied an application from London Live, the local television company for London, to vary its licence. — The request from ESTV, which broadcasts as London Live, was to reduce the amount of local programming …

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Accuracy.Org:

Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Obama To Halt Legal Action Against Journalist — Two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday urged President Obama to halt legal action by his administration against New York Times journalist James Risen. — In a statement addressed to Obama …

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