A dominatrix whose website provides paid-for bondage and sadomasochistic content has won her David-and-Goliath battle against a quango’s attempts to regulate her site in the same way as ITV Player.

Hopes that the tablet was the saviour of magazines have been undermined by official figures showing a fall-off in sales of digital editions of iconic publications including the fashion titles Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Vogue.

It seems a long while since Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp was at war with Google and his minions were referring to the search engine as “parasites or tech tapeworms in the intestines of the internet”.

Reports come days after website's row with George Clooney

Some of the biggest PR companies in the world have signed a collective pledge to abide by the policies of Wikipedia after a “sock puppet” scandal in which spin doctors manipulated references to their clients on the site.

Time Warner could be set to buy a big stake in edgy news and media company Vice Media that would value the whole of Vice at more than $2 billion.

A European Court will tomorrow issue a landmark judgment that could have major implications for the public’s future use of the Internet as it decides a bitter five-year dispute between the press and the public relations industry.

Cryptic remaining message posted late on Saturday laments ‘manic Digital Age’

There's never been a more dangerous time to be a reporter; and there's never been a more dangerous place to report from than Syria

Canadian Jared Frank could receive anything between $30,000 (£17,800) to $250,000 (£149,000) for his misfortune - and that's just his cut of advertising revenue from being viewed on YouTube

A top panel from across the media spectrum – chaired by Andrew Neil – came together at the British Library last night to address what The Observer this week called “the big, nagging question that journalists obsess over”: Is paid-for news content the right strategy for commercial success?

Of five interviewees, only one did not have connections with marketing company Livity

The youth-oriented media group Vice has announced the launch of a global Vice News Channel, with a network of 35 bureaux around the world.

Internet giant to take down sponsored adverts for sites that were not offering valid services including applications for passports and driving licences

It’s been almost a week now since the new Independent Digital Edition app went live on iPad. Judging by the reviews so far, most of our early adopters love it as much as we do. Phew!