Independent News & Media has a “very high standard” of corporate governance procedures and would have told the State’s corporate watchdog so, had he made it aware he had concerns in that regard, the High Court has been told.

Ireland’s largest publishing firm, the stock market-listed Independent News and Media, has been thrown into crisis amid serious allegations by the State’s corporate enforcer that include claims of governance misdeeds and email hacks.

“So you’re Brad Pitt? That don’t impress me much” might be the reaction to the actor’s interior pieces for the Pitt-Pollaro range says Rose Martin.

Revelations of alleged email hacking and serious corporate governance clashes at Independent News and Media, the country’s largest newspaper publisher, have their roots in September and October 2016 meetings.

The president of the High Court has ruled that Leslie Buckley, who is to step down shortly as chairman of Independent News and Media, is entitled to privilege over 10 documents concerning the preparation of his response to the State corporate enforcer’s investigation of a whistleblower complaint.

An application by the State’s corporate watchdog for documents from Leslie Buckley, the chairman of Independent News & Media (INM) , has been adjourned at the High Court to next month.

Robert Pitt has resigned as chief executive of Independent News and Media (INM) following an extraordinary row that had waged in the media company for over a year.

The CEO of Independent News and Media, Robert Pitt, has left the company.

INM chief executive Robert Pitt did not back a vote to re-elect chairman Leslie Buckley at the company’s highly charged AGM.

Independent News and Media general meetings always seem to offer an extra ‘off-menu’ something or other — whether good or bad — to keep the interest of the casual observer piqued.

Costs associated with probes into corporate governance helped to damage profits at Independent News and Media, the group has said.

Independent News & Media (INM) chief Robert Pitt used whistleblowing legislation to complain around the time a dispute raged inside the media firm over the potential acquisition of Newstalk, it has emerged.

Forbidden love is often ignited under the heat of the cameras, but it rarely lasts the course, writes Ed Power

The newspaper group's chief executive Robert Pitt has told an Oireachtas committee the plans have been dropped.

Angelina Jolie has signed up Hollywood’s most fearsome divorce lawyer, writes Suzanne Harrington

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

TMZ have now reported that Brad Pitt is reportedly under investigation for child abuse by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept of Children and Family Services.

The theories on what led to the celebrity divorce of the year have been coming in fast from ‘sources close to Pitt’ and ‘sources close to Jolie’, but beyond knowing that there were “irreconcilable differences’, we know little else for certain.

Brad Pitt is currently in the news for reasons that you'll be aware of and have no bearing on the world of movies but he does have a new promo out for an upcoming film co-starring Marion Cotillard.

 

Independent News & Media is confident of securing bank funding to help it make further acquisitions.

Well this is pretty weird.

US actress Jennifer Aniston and actor-director Justin Theroux tied the knot on Wednesday in a ceremony at their Bel Air home in front of more than 70 friends and family members, according to People magazine.

Prince Harry is celebrated for admitting he is looking for love at 30, while Jennifer Aniston was pitied for being 30-something and single. What gives, asks Suzanne Harrington.

Independent News & Media (INM) has announced further cuts to its editorial staff, with up to 30 people set to leave as part of the group’s ongoing implementation of a broader digital strategy and a more collective working environment across its main newspaper titles, which include the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent.

Tattooed Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says that her young children have horrified their father Brad Pitt – because they want their own inkings.

Tattooed Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says her young children have horrified their father Brad Pitt because they want their own tattoos.

Brad Pitt has reportedly inspired Shia LaBeouf to do more charity work.

Fury (15A) stars Brad Pitt as Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier, the commander of a US Army Sherman tank operating in Nazi Germany during the last months of the Third Reich’s last stand. 

This week, Brad Pitt plays a WWII tank sergeant in Fury, the comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, raucous comedy This is Where I Leave You, computer-animated fantasy The Book of Life, romcom Love, Rosie, and Australian horror The Babadook.

Brad Pitt has said playing a US army officer in new movie Fury has helped him to be a "better father".

Hollywood star Brad Pitt has said playing a US army officer in his new movie Fury has helped him to be a “better father”.

Brad Pitt still "owes" George Clooney a wedding gift.

Brad Pitt says making the Neil Jordan-directed 'Interview With a Vampire' was "one of the worst experiences" of his life.

Brad Pitt has praised Shia LaBeouf as one of the "best" actors he has worked with.

From grunge to androgyny and mummy style to the colour black, Angelina Jolie turns heads no matter what she wears, says Paula Burns