British film industry gets its own magazine

8am: They've talked it up for decades but now some of the leading supporters of British film are putting their weight behind a new magazine extolling the virtues of the films made in the UK. By Dominic Timms.

Online test for Newcastle Journal

Trinity Mirror, which owns 240 local papers as well as the flagship Daily Mirror, is to pilot a digital edition of the Journal in Newcastle to test the market for full-price online newspapers. By Jane Martinson.

Keystroke strategy for open access

The movement to increase free online access to scientific research will receive a boost today as academics, publishers and librarians thrash out a new plan for open access. By Richard Wray.

New York Times buys About.com

The New York Times Company last night announced a $410m (£216m) deal to buy the online information business About.com from publishing group Primedia.

US gang admits $650m internet porn fraud

Six alleged members of the New York-based Gambino crime family have pleaded guilty to a $650m (£345m) internet and telephone fraud, one of the largest consumer scams in US history. By Dan Milmo.

Polanski goes to Lords in fight to pursue libel case

Lawyers for film director Roman Polanski have asked law lords to allow him to sue US magazine Vanity Fair for libel in the British courts and give evidence by video link so he need not set foot in the UK. By Clare Dyer.

Talk time

Chris Donald co-founded Viz. His new book, Rude Kids, charts the comic's meteoric rise in the 80s.