Crossword blog: 10 years of crossword blogging
A very happy birthday to Times for the Times, the UK’s first solvers’ blog
MPs call for junk food ad ban during shows such as The X Factor
House of Commons committee publishes report into child obesity also recommending ban on ads on social media, cinemas, ‘advergames’ and posters
MediaGuardian 100: why 1 billion users put Facebook back on top
The 15th edition of the media power list finds change in the air, with digital challengers elbowing aside older moguls – but a long way to go on diversity
Advertising’s promised land has become a digital desert
Print ad revenues were already tailing away. But the Daily Mail’s latest results are an ominous signal that online is fading too
‘BBC won’t work with press because it is obsessed with Google and Facebook’
Guardian Media Group executive tells MPs that corporation does not offer ‘genuine partnership’ and has an unfair advantage internationally
Mail Online misses £80m revenue target
Daily Mail & General Trust reports decline in print advertising of 12% in second half of financial year as online operation’s annual growth slows to 16%
How do I love thee? Let me Instagram it
Mobbed at signings, followed by millions and topping the bestseller lists: Instapoets such as Lang Leav, Rupi Kaur and Tyler Knott Gregson are poetry’s new superstars, publishing their love poems and haiku on social media. But are they any good?
Men behaving better: how the lads’ mags gave way to digital
Closure of Zoo and FHM signals end to an era after new websites replaced magazines aimed at young men
The BBC and Fleet Street shouldn’t be polls apart
A big Populus popularity survey has bolstered the BBC’s position in the licence fee wars – but alarmed newspapers struggling to make their way on the web
Old habits Die Hard: why Hollywood still loves self-promoting print ads
An ambitious screenwriter’s admirable attempt to get his Die Hard sequel some attention is just the latest in a long line of extraordinary self-funded one-pagers run in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter
Facebook’s Notify: latest app is like Twitter – but for phone alerts
Company releases mobile software to unite news notifications and alerts, creating a single livestream on your phone’s lock screen
Loaded gets digital relaunch by new owner
Online revamp features Colin Farrell instead of scantily-clad girls as lads’ mag gets a complete makeover
A small tribute to Tom Barry of BorisWatch
One of London’s best commentators on the mayoralty of Boris Johnson has died far too young
News UK chief refuses to rule out scrapping Times paywall in future
David Dinsmore says subscription model for quality titles working much better than for the Sun, but believes ruling out strategic change would be ‘foolish’
Newspapers go on the hunt for a safe place to pay
The New York Times is going all-out for new subscribers as print ads fall away. It’s a costly bet, but some answer has to be found to the revenues conundrum