France is planning to introduce a 'Google tax' reported Deutsche Welle.

The UK government has agreed to restrict reporting on allegations made against teachers, to protect the profession from false allegations, according to Journalism.co.uk.

The UK Newspaper Licensing Agency has won its High Court copyright battle against the industry aggregator MeltWater, MediaWeek reported. A judge ruled that web links taken from newspaper websites are copyright protected.

London's free Evening Standard gets bigger and bigger, Roy Greenslade notes: 92 pages at his latest count.

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