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Laura Slattery

Laura Slattery

Journalist

Laura Slattery is a journalist for The Irish Times, writing about media, advertising and miscellaneous business topics. Her Media & Marketing column and Teleprinter round-up of news in the sector appear in the Business + Technology supplement on Thursdays. She also compiles the Planet Business compendium for Business This Week on Fridays. She previously wrote about personal finance for the newspaper, and has covered economic stories and the food-and-drink industry, as well as blogging on IrishTimes.com.

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt criticised British politicians for “a confusing spectacle” in which “legislators are doing the lobbying and companies are articulating the law as it stands”. Photograph: Reuters/Adam Hunger
Google chairman defends company’s tax position

Eric Schmidt says it is up to politicians to reform international laws

Image Publications recently relaunched Image.ie and hired a full-time editor, repositioning it as the home for original fashion and lifestyle content rather than a straight reproduction of the print magazine.
Image Publications ‘optimistic’ on profits

Publisher of women’s glossies and in-flight title ‘Cara’ says turnover grew 34% in 2012

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton: “We need to implement some of the changes like having broader, more representative boards, like having better opportunities for citizens to scrutini z se what’s happening”
Compliance not “catch-them-out culture” required - Richard Bruton

Irish tax code is transparent and has no “special deals”, Minister says

Independence of Sunday titles at risk in seven-day trend

Mergers in news operations jeopardise some of the strongest media brands

Android too big to remain unloved

RTÉ Digital event explores the quirks of consumer behaviour on mobile devices

Clare Duignan: "People use their radio like a clock through the day."
Change is hard for radio listeners

Medium is so embedded in lives, it’s difficult to mess with schedules, says Clare Duignan

Vincent Browne in TV3's Dublin studio side by side with an image of Enda Kenny on the company's website
Instant news at heart of TV3.ie revamp

Media group looks to entertainment, fashion and video oddities to make money online

"Lunch Atop a skyscraper" on the 69th floor of the Rockefeller Building in 1932
Sónta Films wins US distribution deal for Lón sa Spéir

Documentary about Rockefeller building workers will hit cinemas in September

Clare Duignan said she planned to spend more time in her roles in the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival and Business to Arts after her contract as managing director of RTÉ Radio ends. Photograph: Frank Miller
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