Ben Fenton

Ben Fenton

@benfenton Chief Media Correspondent
Financial Times
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FT live news desk overseer. Jaded old hack, but quite tweet really. Disclaimer: FT has its views; I have mine. NB:You have to pay for theirs.
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RT @Edgecliffe: Hellman & Friedman is looking at a possible $4bn sale or IPO of Getty Images - with @anoushasakoui & @davidgelle ...
Done a piece with @xtophercook about Labour & phone hacking, in advance of Lord Reid's appearance at #leveson http://t.co/2xwiVEQd
Could we all RT that nobody shd RT a death notice unless it comes from a credible, verified Twitter a/c more than a few days (or hours) old.
@AndrewSparrow Is fact that Tel & Times are looking at Labour in depth just reflection of the polls or real sign of threat coalition cd end?
Mandelson says journos told him Yates leaked to them [wonder if I could find a journo who will say Mandy leaked to them?]
[Mandelson exchange with QC for the Met about cash for honours is like a Waterhouse/Hall drama script.]
Mandy calls for truth and reconciliation commission. [Crikey, that's what I have been advocating!]
Mandelson says he wished he could have been "Thoroughly Emollient Mandy", but he wasn't. He was tough. #leveson
@estheraddley You know that the cognoscenti just call him "The Titch"? #chelsea
Just waiting to see at what point John Terry is going to step in and defend Facebook share price.
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