A survey by the Gatherers of Useless Newspaper Trivia (GUNT) have found that headlines which explain an entire story in its headline are more eye-catching than similar articles with shorter headlines.
To test this, identical stories with different...
Not to be outdone in the media frenzy surrounding the recent exposure of the Duchess of Cambridge's modest breasts, the Irish tabloid, The Sunday Gobshite, has printed rather unflattering photos of another senior member of the British Royal Family.
The Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint made by turbulent war monger, and BBC Radio 2 novelty act Jeremy Vine.
In July 2010, Belfast-based "The Exeter Nibble" published allegations that Sir Vine partook in reckless activities with Tuppe...
HARFOLD, Vt. - Benjamin Waters, 83, is so sick and tired of hearing and reading about Syria in the news every fucking day that he's getting really close to actually finding out where it is.
"I keep telling myself, 'Who gives a crap?'" Waters said,...
What can we expect from the Newspapers (if there are any trees left by then) in 2062?
If prices go up at the same rate as they have done for the last 50 years?.....
Adverts in 2062:
Cameron-Clegg Almalgamated Food Mega-Stores
(Originally Tesco & Sainsbury's util William Hague bought them out and gave the company to Cameron and Clegg as a Christmas present in 2045)
This weeks offer...
The editor of the Oregonian Organ's Editorial Pages for many years has died of cardiac arrest following having sex with a young lady he has apparently been helping through college for some time now.
The young lady told police officers that Dwight...
UK Irish newspaper the Irish Post is set for a startling overhaul following the appointment of a new editor.
Murray Morse is the new man at the helm of the popular weekly, which provides news from home and abroad for the Irish community in the UK.
In a move that has surprised many, Rupert Murdoch has announced a new venture that aims to replace the current Sun newspaper team with an emerging tabloid written exclusively by the under-5 age group.
The move is said to be fuelled by a discovery...
The editor of one of the UK's weekly Irish community newspapers stunned readers this week by telling a correspondent, essentially, to belt up.
A reader of the Irish Post, Anne Leacy, took exception to an article in the February 4 edition which ref...
Natasha Giggs has been snapped smooching a newspaper, as the floozy attempt to repair her love affair with the front page.
The Celebrity Big Brother babe caused one of the biggest scandals of 2011 when it was revealed she had an eight-year affair...
7th Jan 2012: 22 year-old Burglar Sentenced for 42 break-ins
Category: Crime
'This is Nottingham'
Damian Foster (22) from Bulwell, has been found guilty of 42 house burglaries, 39 of them on pensioners homes in the Bulwell and Basford areas of Nottingham.
Defence Council Tarquin Churchman asked for leniency for Foster, pointing out he had been raised by a single parent, and was hoping to fin...
When it comes to meaningless headlines and insubstantial non-news stories, the British tabloid press are unsurpassed, as The DM proved today by asking the question referred to in the headline of this article.
Indeed, the Mail came out on top of to...
19 Dec 2011: Nottingham Police launch a crackdown after increase in burglaries
Category: Crime
'Nottingham Evening Post'
Police have launched a crackdown on burglaries after a rise in offences in Nottingham.
In October, Home Office National statistics from June 2010 to June 2011 showed that the number of burglaries had fallen. They fell by 32% or nearly 3,000 fewer victims.
But in October...
Newspaper bosses were left shocked today when absolutely no news occurred anywhere in the world. It is believed to be the least newsworthy day since the 12th of April 2811 BC, which saw just a single news report - a Stonehenge builder accidentally dr...
The Sun newspaper is finally ready to start printing true news stories after years of making things up.
"We've decided to take a new line on reporting and start telling the truth. It's early days yet and we'll have to see how our readers feel abou...
I've ritten so many articles over the years laying bare and polemicising against the errors and idiocies of other people. This time, I am writhing an article spreading myself bare [Eh? Ed.] and pomelicising against the errors and idiocies of myslef. If you give it, you have to take it. Like a man. Or not. If you demand high standards of others, you have to come down with a heavy hand, whip or pref...
Newspaper editors have been advised to make their Headlines BIGGER
'It is no use telling our stories' said a tabloid editor 'if people don't notice them.'
The Tabloids have a real problem as the space available does not match that of the seriou...
Well known TV spirit medium Colin Dye says he's been in contact with dead Scottish novelist Robert Louis Balfour Stephenson, has asked him if he's been offered the position of editor for a new Sunday newspaper, and says Mr Stephenson told him has has...