Timeline - the Independent News & Media data breach and its fallout
Key events in the evolution of the media group
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INM governance scandal: Inspectors report may be published next week
Report of six year investigation presented to High Court today
Denis O’Brien, Leslie Buckley and others seek to be given inspectors’ report on INM governance scandal
High Court judge says his ‘preliminary’ view is in favour of publishing the report
Final report by inspectors appointed to investigate governance at former INM expected this week
Results of six-year investigation to be put before Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the High Court
Report into governance scandal at Independent News & Media to be given to High Court within days
Investigation into data breach and other matters could go before court next week
Journal Media pulls plug on potential sale of news platforms
Brian and Eamonn Fallon were in talks to offload brands to Mediahuis
Irish Independent owner Mediahuis in talks to buy Journal.ie
Journal Media was established in 2010 by brothers Brian and Eamonn Fallon
Loss of 50 jobs at Mediahuis Ireland includes compulsory redundancies
Number of staff involved in print publishing has dropped since announcement of new scheme in January
Enoch Burke’s defamation action over Sunday Independent article to be heard in coming months
Teacher suing over 2022 article that stated he was moved to new cell because he was annoying other prisoners
Ex-Limerick mandarin’s mayoral hopes, real drama at Fair City and Paddy Cosgrave goes legal
IMMA director looks to connect modern art and old faith in Dublin 8
Website will increase public awareness about media ownership, says DCU
Mom Ireland project, the first of its kind in Europe, is supported by Coimisiún na Meán with co-funding from the EU
Denis O’Brien on track to make over €100m profit in sale of Beacon Hospital
Deal marks further shrinking of businessman’s empire as Australian financial services giant Macquarie to pay €400m for facility
Mediahuis Ireland prepares for the digital storm
Staff of Irish Independent publisher ‘unhappy’ and ‘shocked’, admits chief executive Peter Vandermeersch
Irish Independent publisher seeks to cut 55 jobs in redundancy programme
Redundancies to be split 50/50 across editorial and non-editorial roles in second job-cutting initiative announced by Mediahuis Ireland in a year
Irish media companies perform poorly on the gender pay gap – will this year show any progress?
Sequels to last December’s statutory pay gap reports are due to be published between now and the new year
Mediahuis Ireland records €13.4m net profit for 2022
Irish subsidiary of European news publisher swings into profit, but turnover falls 28%
Irish Independent owner joins race for UK’s Telegraph – sources
Telegraph titles expected to fetch up to £600m based on earnings
Who wants to buy the Telegraph? Almost everybody
Influential UK media group is up for auction with several rival news publishers hoping to claim the prize
There’s no end in sight to Leslie Buckley’s troubles arising from data violation at INM
Publisher accuses Leslie Buckley of placing his ‘personal interests ahead of the interests of the company of which he was chairman to its substantial detriment’
Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy settle claim for damages against INM over unlawful data breach
Former Independent News and Media executives settle action in an agreement understood to include several hundred thousand euro for each
Mediahuis says Paramount Packaging deal will ‘prolong lifespan’ of its newspapers
Acquisition through distribution subsidiary Reach Group will ‘protect route to market’ for print titles such as the Irish Independent
Artificial intelligence takes first big bite out of print media
Move by German tabloid Bild just one component of a news industry transformation already under way
Mediahuis UK asks High Court to strike out Sinn Féin constituency organiser’s defamation claim
Lawyers for media company say article published in Belfast newspaper Sunday Life ‘is not about the plaintiff at all’
Why can’t online news outlets hike their prices?
Digital rates anchored by gravity since launch amid a race to amass subscribers before death of print
Boris Johnson’s former top adviser doing business in Dublin
Any Other Business: DAA and Ryanair; Trump’s Doonbeg earnings; who’ll bid for the Telegraph; AIB back in court; data centres row and what next for the GPO
News media needs less stuffy branding to attract younger audiences
Irish news outlets tend to make a virtue of their heritage but maybe now is the time for a fresher approach
Irish Independent owner among possible bidders for Britain’s Telegraph newspapers
Mediahuis indicated interest in UK newspaper group in 2019
The vinyl revival holds the prospect of an unappealing future
Hugh Linehan: Premium physical products may survive the digital tsunami, but at what cost?
Switching banks, splitting pension pots on divorce, and travel insurance claims
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Future of print newspapers laid out in stark terms
End-date for daily printed papers puts pressure on Mediahuis to increase its digital subscriber total
Daily printed newspapers will disappear within next decade, says Mediahuis Ireland boss
Peter Vandermeersch says company is preparing for ‘digital-only’ future, though process may take 10 years
Irish Independent publisher Mediahuis anticipates ‘even more radical digital shift’
Belgium-headquartered news media group reports growth in digital subscribers but profits are hit by higher printing costs
The Irish Times reports gender pay gap of 14.5%
Media group points to lack of women in senior roles and signals ‘ambitious’ plan to narrow gap between male and female pay
Irish Independent publisher Mediahuis pledges to tackle male bias as it reveals gender pay gap of 22%
‘Clear evidence of a significant imbalance’ across the news media company, it concedes
Laura Slattery: End of multiple eras as new brooms arrive in media top jobs
Exit of John Ryley, long-serving head of Sky News, is latest industry leadership change in a year full of them
Former INM executives seek greater disclosure in case alleging data breach
Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy want Mediahuis Ireland Group Ltd to disclose documents beyond January 2017
Irish Independent owner Mediahuis buys price comparison site Switcher.ie
European media group’s purchase of the profitable Irish platform follows its acquisition of Carzone
Former chief justice Frank Clarke mediates ‘INM 19′ cases
Newspaper publisher Mediahuis Ireland has settled several legal cases brought over illegal trawl of emails
Mediahuis acquires Irish motoring website Carzone for €30m
Founded in 1998, Carzone is a motoring platform that provides insight into consumer buying trends
Mediahuis settles, mortgage rules defended, Ulster Bank executives at Oireachtas
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Mediahuis settles several data breach claims
Former Independent News & Media firm sets aside close to €10m for legal cases
Newry printing plant closure a ‘severe blow’ to Northern Ireland print sector, says Unite
Some 46 jobs are set to be lost at the Mediahuis plant amid plans to outsource all printing from January
State-of-the-art becomes sign of times as Mediahuis closes its last Irish printing plant
Newspaper circulation has plunged since the former INM company opened the Newry plant in 2007 and the VAT cut will only go so far to help
Mediahuis appoints Peter Vandermeersch as next CEO of Irish business
Former editor of De Standaard will become boss of Irish Independent company in August
Ex-INM chief had email account rebuilt in secret data operation
Legal documents filed by Mediahuis confirms names of those closely targeted in 2014 leak
Mediahuis revenues rise 14% as digital subscriptions surge
Belgian parent company says Independent.ie now has 50,000 digital subscribers
O’Reilly seeks €34m for Mediahuis Dublin headquarters
Chartered Land chief acquired Independent House and apartments for €24.3m in 2018
Exit Denis, enter Yvonne: 2021 saw one Irish media era end and another begin
A screen production boom and funding policy impasse marked the industry’s year
Mediahuis invests in company that promotes media plurality in Europe
Pluralis will invest in news companies operating where their independence is at risk
Signing of EU copyright directive into Irish law strengthens rights of content creators
Government will ‘shortly’ act on report of Future of Media Commission, says Tánaiste
Mediahuis to sell PropertyNews.com to software development company
Publisher of Irish Independent is focusing on core business
If print is the next vinyl, that could be no bad thing
Path of printed newspaper market could yet track example of its younger cousin
Publisher to end Neil Francis contract after Marcus Smith comments
Rugby pundit made offensive comments about Harlequins and Lions outhalf
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