Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is hiring BBC News’ head of development and rights, Madhav Chinnappa, to its partnerships team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, it tells paidContent:UK, “with a specific focus on helping publishers get the most out of Google News”.

"The Spectator decision shines only a dim light on the question of whether a hyperlink is in itself actionable, but the judgement is significant because it acknowledges that when a defendant publisher has linked to someone else's web pages, that content may be treated as part of the whole publication when it comes to deciding what the words complained about mean."

"Even though I have taken issue with the level of editorial control Murdoch has exercised, I cannot deny a major lesson of press history: single-minded, opinionated, determined entrepreneurs have always been the driving force behind successful newspapers."