Magazine world view

• British government spending on traditional DM up by a third, but online catching up (Brand Republic)
• An ex-Entrepreneur writer lashes out (Folio:)
• Condé Nast hires consultants to ‘rethink’ business strategy (Folio:)
• The Economist Group acquires Congressional Quarterly (Folio:)
• News of the World paid royal phone hackers after convictions (Guardian)
• Changing the law to save newspapers: some modest proposals (MediaShift)
• Google not responsible for defamatory comments, rules High Court (Brand Republic)