"Maybe not giving me a right to respond is totally legal. Maybe not even telling me there was going to be an article is totally legal. Publishing my photograph without my knowledge or consent probably is totally legal. But I don’t know how it could be. I’ve never ever felt this low."

"Grimshaw, who has outlined micropayment plans in the past, said that a day pass model for access to online and mobile content would be the first step for 2010."

Since 2008 Sandhu has been chief information officer and general manager/senior vice president, digital, for Star TV in both India and Hong Kong. He established the digital division for Star, which like News International is owned by News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) in India in 2007.

"People want to see a little humanity behind the corporate mask and respond better to newsletters written by one particular person at a company who they can get to know over time through little personal comments in the emails."