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Charles Miller Saturday Diary: Time to Cap Political Donors Charles Miller wants parties to be forced to reach out to a wider membership and urges non-discriminatory access to Freedom of Information.
Nicholas Jones Politicians Meeting Media Proprietors: A Draft Code Of Conduct Nicholas Jones takes a look ahead to the Leveson Inquiry which opens in September, and suggests what should be included.
Julia Hobsbawm Monday Diary: What Can You Hold In the Bath Without Getting Wrist Ache? Julia Hobsbawm is more concerned with eradicating nits, rather than the deficit. Let's face it, who wouldn't be?
Iain Dale Mr Dale's Diary: Six Places Higher Than Lord Sugar Iain Dale is pleased to be number 93 in the Guardian's Media 100, tells of an interrupted gossip and a shocking stabbing.
Francis Beckett The Top-down Culture of the Murdoch Empire In a brilliant article, Francis Beckett tells of his disbelief at the Murdochs' supposed "hands off" attitude. It's rubbish, he says.
Ben Austwick Act Now on Somalia Before It’s Too Late Ben Austwick is appalled at the way the media ignores the growing famine crisis in Somalia.
Robin Fenwick Let's Hear It For The Activists The News International hacking scandal lifted the lid on some of the murkiest corners of public life, but Robin Fenwick still has hope - thanks to activists.
Peter Watt Labour Must Learn Not to Love Opposition A sense of moral superiority will not win an election says Peter Watt. And the Labour Party is tending towards liking opposition a little too much.
Paul Linford Payback Time for Murdoch as Parliament Reasserts Itself At last Rupert Murdochs ambitions have been curbed by Parliament, says Paul Linford.
Jerry Hayes Take Advice From Mandelson on Press Freedom? You've Got to be Joking! Jerry Hayes reckons Peter Mandelson has some brss neck doling out advice on press regulation and freedom.
Scarlett MccGwire The Police Need Their Collars Feeling The police have many questions to answer about the phone hacking scandal, says Scarlett MccGwire. And here are just a few of them.
Iain Dale I Admit It: I was Wrong It's never nice to admit when you got something wrong, but Iain Dale hold his hands up. Make the most of it...
Scarlett MccGwire Why Are the Police Scared of Murdoch? Scarlett MccGwire is appalled that the Police seem to think Rupert Murdoch, rather than politicians, runs the country.
Peter Watt Let's Ditch the News of the World Snobbery Don't look down on people who buy tabloids, says Peter Watt
Sunder Katwala Did Twitter Bring Down the News of the World? How important was pressure from social networking in influencing Rupert Murdoch's decision to close the News of the World? asks Sunder Katwala.
Mark Thompson Is This the Media's 'MP's Expenses' Moment? There are some striking similarities between the MPs' expenses scandal of 2009, reckons Mark Thompson.
Matt Harris Phone Hacking: the Day the Story Changed (to the Tune of American Pie) Only today has the great British public become really switched on to the News of the World phone hacking scandal. But was the News of the World alone? Matt Harris doubts it.
James Charlton No More Mr Policy Guy Is Ed Miliband as obsessed by policy as he used to be, and is policy vital to shaping his identity, asks James Charlton.
Mark Seddon Being Right Can Be Lonely Sometimes There is precious little thanks in politics, especially when you're right, says Mark Seddon. He predicts there will be an EU referendum within 5 years. Place your bets...