Britain's hacking scandal: Readers and shareholders unite!

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 20:00 EDT - Vox - EU

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Marc Flandreau, 7 July 2012The reputation of the British press has been dragged through the gutter over the past year with the Leveson inquiry into its practices. This column asks what can be done to ensure newspapers bolster democracy rather than undermine it. It draws parallels with the French press in the interwar years and argues that better corporate governance rather than just more regulation is the answer.Full Article: Britain's hacking scandal: Readers and shareholders unite!

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