Pauline Kael, film critic, dies at 82

Pauline Kael, America's grande dame of film reviewing, who thrashed both facile commercialism and self-indulgent pretence from her lofty perch at the New Yorker, has died.

Industry Standard closes

9am: The magazine that came to symbolise the dot.com boom has fallen victim to the internet collapse, writes Lisa O'Carroll

Emap’s email promo backfires

8.30am: The ASA has rapped Emap for a promotional email that seemed to accuse recipients of accessing porn. By Claire Cozens.

Buyers line up to relieve Scoot of Loot

Scoot, the struggling online directories business, has received a number of approaches for Loot, the classified advertising newspaper it bought last year. by David Teather.

HarperCollins launches ebook imprint

The Chinese-born author who won last year's Nobel prize for literature is spearheading HarperCollins' big push into e-publishing, writes John Ezard.

Stormy weather

Too many of us went around in circles, argues David Teather.

News International tightens belt

Rupert Murdoch's News International has placed a freeze on staff hiring and plans to crack down on expenses amid fears of a global downturn in advertising revenues.