The newspaper industry had already swallowed many tough proposals, but the balance has now been tipped so unacceptably against them that the future course is clear: The Government insists this is a self-regulatory body – if that is so then membership is by definition voluntary and all the leading newspaper groups have to do is…nothing. By Raymond Snoddy.

In the scrum of attention that has surrounded the trial and imprisonment of Chris Huhne, slightly less attention has been given to the fact that this has been a media story throughout and there are even lessons in crisis management for the PR industry, says Raymond Snoddy . We also now know that it was a story that might never have even seen the light of day…

Despite the fact Lord Puttnam’s amendments to the Defamation Bill are not likely to pass into law, the damage done as a result of the political gamesmanship looks like being very great indeed says Raymond Snoddy.

Although we absorb more than one billion hours of the stuff in a single quarter, the dear old radio doesn’t get a look in most of the time. But it’s time to celebrate says Raymond Snoddy.

It’s not often that people earn praise before they have actually turned up for a new job. But Tony Hall, the BBC’s incoming director-general, has already played a blinder while still sitting in the Royal Opera House. By Raymond Snoddy.

The battle for a new form of press regulation was always likely to turn into a mess says Raymond Snoddy – and now it seems the newspaper industry has got a little tired of it all and decided that the Royal Charter is the best they can get; the political compromise that avoids overt statutory involvement.

Although we must applaud the Lebedevs for trying to preserve iconic media institutions, the move to provide London with its own TV channel boils down to a couple of basic questions: can ‘London Live’ come up with something on a limited budget that will attract an audience – and will advertisers support the new venture? By Raymond Snoddy.

Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens has issued profound apologies and accepted the cartoon had “crossed a line” – but how do you account for such an instant change of heart? There can only be one explanation and it’s all down to Rupert Murdoch and his tweets.

Old rules, laws and agreements which pre-date the rise, and even the existence of the Internet, are threatening to cause mayhem in both the regional and national newspaper industry, writes Raymond Snoddy

The great thing about the future of the media is that it changes every five minutes. Just when you thought you had finally got a handle on things, everything gets thrown up in the air again, like some sort of media perpetual motion machine.