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Guido Fawkes on Motorman

'Guido Fawkes' on why he leaked Motorman files and Christopher Graham's response; Facebook and Instagram; and the new job ad for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ DG - 'editorial background not required'.

Paul Staines ("Guido Fawkes") has been praised and criticised for publishing the leaked Motorman files relating to News International this week. These files appear to show the names of journalists who asked private investigator Steve Whittamore for information on hundreds of people, most of them not public names, along with the names of those people. Qualified praise comes from campaigners such as Hacked Off who say the files should be published but with the names of the public concealed, while unqualified criticism comes from the Information Commissioner Christopher Graham. Steve Hewlett talks to all three - Staines, Graham and Hacked Off's Brian Cathcart.

Facebook's to buy photo sharing programme Instagram for $1billion. a little more than a year since it started up. The Telegraph's Emma Barnett looks at the reaction and at what the next steps will be.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust has just published the job specification for the next Director General which, among other details, says that editorial background and commercial acumen would be "nice to have" but not "must have". Former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ trustee and news editor Professor Richard Tait asks what kind of candidate the headhunters are looking for.

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