Clark Kent’s got a new job. But where next for Morse, Jeeves and Mr Chips?

Fictional characters, just like the rest of us, need to climb different career ladders these days. David Mitchell finds some new openings for old candidates

Penguin merger with Random House speaks volumes about book industry

Concerns over Amazon's power underlie plan to create £2.6bn super-publisher – yet industry is relatively healthy

Penguin and Random House may merge, but the power lies elsewhere

Philip Jones: Talks over a Penguin-Random House consolidation are driven by the big tech giants – and more publishers are likely to follow

National newspaper websites suffer post-Olympics slide

Independent.co.uk is worst hit with unique daily users down nearly 16% after London 2012 boost. By Mark Sweney

Telegraph’s paywall plans hit by departure of key executive

Telegraph Media Group's chief commercial officer held responsibility for digital strategy and revenues. By Mark Sweney

Observer Food Monthly Award-winners announced

Nigel Slater named food personality of the year, while nine-year old Martha Payne's blog on school dinners also recognised

Rupert Murdoch apologises to Hugh Grant over ‘love child’ tweet

News Corporation boss makes second Twitter climbdown in less than 24 hours. By Josh Halliday and Lisa O'Carroll

Guardian News & Media names Wolfgang Blau digital strategy director

Editor of German weekly Die Zeit's online operations to take up post at GNM in April 2013. By Mark Sweney

Variety and Deadline Hollywood make interesting co-stars

Emily Bell: The sale of 107-year-old Variety to a blog company for a bargain price is a reminder that paid-for is not a panacea, particularly if you don't have a better answer

City AM profits drop 95% in 2011

London's financial freesheet reports pre-tax profits falling from £439,000 in 2010 to just over £20,000 last year. By Mark Sweney

Future’s digital editions bring in £5m

E-editions such as Total Film and Metal Hammer help publisher 'progress towards a predominantly digital business'. By Mark Sweney

Times and Sunday Times to allow limited content to appear on Google

NI attempts to attract new readers by allowing search engine to show headlines and the first two sentences of articles. By Mark Sweney

A £2-a-month levy on broadband could save our newspapers

David Leigh: Proceeds could be distributed based on UK online readership and reinvested to protect great journalism

Peter Jackson obituary

Other lives: Journalist at the forefront of the microcomputer revolution