Ian Burrell



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Full name: Ian Burrell (not to be confused with Ian Birrell, also of The Independent)

Area of interest: Media

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 * Fashion and politics mean the 'Vice' is right - It has taken a pornography website to propel Vice into its position as one of the world's most influential youth-oriented media brands - 10th December 2012
 * Those who fear control of the press might want to listen to this man - Nervous newspaper publishers have spent the weekend trying to put their ducks in a row - 3rd December 2012
 * Leveson: the press will be horrified - Watch out for the backlash - 30th November 2012
 * As usual, the press is hyperventilating – but this time it's out of sheer nerves - We will oppose, as a matter of fundamental principle, any system of regulation imposed - 26th November 2012
 * The return of Rommel as he marches into Britain's local newspaper industry - David Montgomery seems to have microscopic vision for the merest traces of meat on the tiniest piece of bone - 22nd November 2012
 * Tomorrow's journalists will be different animals - The media is eating itself. The BBC meltdown has been played out on the front page of every newspaper, just as the press itself is braced for an inevitably excoriating report by Lord Justice Leveson into its own culture and standards - 19th November 2012
 * Hamas, Israel and why social media like Twitter and Facebook are a new front in the war for Gaza - Constant updates from both sides provide a macabre commentary on modern warfare - 16th November 2012
 * They've still got the shortlist from last time, but which candidate can rescue the BBC? - The Independent's media editor on the search for an outsider to wipe the slate clean after the Newsnight ‘paedophile’ report and Entwistle’s resignation - 14th November 2012
 * As news heads 'step aside', it is inconceivable that further BBC heads will not roll - News that the most senior figures in the BBC News Division have “stood aside” may not come as a surprise at a time when the organisation's “shoddy journalism” has created a crisis that has brought down its Director General - 12th November 2012
 * For or against statutory regulation? Battle lines are drawn - Media academics have in effect placed themselves in opposition to newspapers - 12th November 2012
 * Why news that PRs outnumber hacks is bad for journalism - Any big story invariably develops into a credibility contest between reporter and communications specialists - 5th November 2012
 * With the BBC on the run, ITV’s reputation is gaining ground - The Savile story is essentially a tale of two broadcasters, and ITV will come out looking better for it - 21st October 2012
 * As Lord Leveson prepares to give his verdict, it's gone strangely quiet - Evan Harris, of the press reform group Hacked Off, smells a conspiracy not to cover Leveson - 8th October 2012
 * How the public lost its appetite for breakfast telly - It used to set the rhythm of the daily news cycle. But now lifestyles have changed, and with them the way we consume our media - 1st October 2012
 * You can knock Murdoch but credit where it's due to BSkyB - We might retain fears about the influence the media mogul exerts but BSkyB is an impressive act - 24th September 2012
 * It's untrustworthy, so why do people still buy The Sun? - The Sun always walked hand in hand with the boys in blue, but that relationship has soured - 17th September 2012
 * The world's most isolated people could do with London calling - Kim Jong-un presides over a state where accessing foreign news is a criminal offence - 10th September 2012
 * Comment isn't free when bloggers have a hidden (and lucrative) agenda - When The Guardian launched "Comment is free" in 2006, the title of the opinion-based adjunct to its website seemed perfectly suited to the spirit of the internet and the concept of "open journalism", which the paper embraces - 3rd September 2012
 * Channel 4 may no longer shock, but we should be glad it’s still here - It could do with some of the reflected glory from the anticipated success of the Paralympics - 27th August 2012
 * Another Murdoch at the MacTaggart: but does she come as friend or foe? - The question is whether Liz will use this to position herself for a greater role in her father’s business - 20th August 2012
 * Supremacy of BBC leaves commercial rivals struggling for a role - Without any question this was, from a media perspective, the BBC's Olympics - 13th August 2012
 * No way to treat the reporters who are putting their lives on the line - The 'Independent' journalist Kim Sengupta is one of the few reporters to have accessed Aleppo in Syria - 6th August 2012
 * A relationship with Arianna could be just what the doctor ordered - Huff Post UK might have enjoyed greater success if it had taken a well-known British media partner - 30th July 2012
 * A week when the BBC and Guardian reveal their hidden financial pain - Mark Thompson and Alan Rusbridger have been allies in countering the power of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp - 16th July 2012
 * New face for radio is off to hang out with the dancing dads - The mission of every major television controller is to find programmes – such as "Doctor Who", "The X Factor" and "Strictly Come Dancing" – which cross generations and bring families together in a shared living room experien - 16th July 2012
 * How The Times undermined its own good work on Leveson Inquiry - The implication that 'The Sun' had been illicitly accessing confidential files had to be quashed - 9th July 2012
 * Will YouView catch the eye in such a crowded TV market? - Much is riding on it, seven partner organisations are going to invest more than £16m each in the system - 2nd July 2012
 * A profound threat to the values that underpin the BBC's journalism - The corporation is treading a dangerous path. It could damage its editorial reputation - 25th June 2012
 * Microsoft unveils secret weapon in war for the future of entertainment - The arrival of the SmartGlass app will coincide with the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 8 technology - 18th June 2012
 * Tony Blair may have faced the 'feral beast', but it was nothing compared to the John Major years - It might seem extraordinary to a younger generation grown used to the hectoring powers of the right wing papers that a Conservative Prime Minister might be the subject of relentless personal attack from the Tory press - 13th June 2012
 * Controversy over jubilee coverage leaves BBC lacking an heir apparent - The BBC needs a visionary leader to take it into the next phase of convergence - 11th June 2012
 * A broken Mirror, or a reflection of the future of newspapers? - 4th June 2012
 * The internet Antichrist who is converting online evangelists - Andrew Keen, the British-born and self-styled "Antichrist of Silicon Valley", has a problem - 28th May 2012
 * What's next for Fleet Street? The brave new world of 'newsbrands' - Today is a momentous day for the British national press. It is the official end of the "newspaper" industry and the beginning of a whole new economic sector: the "newsbrands" business - 22nd May 2012
 * Adam Buxton – the quirky radio star breaking into the mainstream - Tonight he's nominated for two Sony awards with his long-time radio partner Joe Cornish and his touring show Bug has finally been given its own television slot by Sky - 14th May 2012
 * How London turned into the global centre of music technology - It was a packed nightclub in London's King's Cross, and eight internet companies faced each other off in a competition that embodied the new confidence in Britain's digital sector - 7th May 2012
 * Insights into the US as PBS offers up its documentary credentials - PBS cannot compete with the BBC in this country, and nor would it try to, but it does offer a similar hallmark of quality and a welcome new insight into American life - 1st May 2012
 * Victoria's secret: how Radio 5 has got Westminster running scared - Derbyshire will mix it with politicians but can also be sensitive with callers - 23rd April 2012
 * Court coverage was a world apart from fireworks of OJ Simpson trial - The televised sentencing of murderer David Gilroy yesterday was treated as a landmark moment, coming ahead of the introduction of cameras into courts in England and Wales later this year. But it showed the limited nature of such coverage - 19th April 2012
 * The woman with £1 billion to spend – and a hotline to British mothers - Karen Blackett runs a company that will dictate the fortunes of the television, newspaper, radio, outdoor and online sectors - 16th April 2012
 * The rapper turned entrepreneur who has the eyes and ears of the young - Edwards' mother gave him a simple videocamera – which shaped his career - 9th April 2012



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 * Lawyer Peter Herbert vows to tackle racism in football - but is he just an opportunist who saw an open goal? The Independent, 9th October 2012



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