In response to the government’s consultation today on copyright and AI, Owen Meredith, chief executive of the News Media Association, has said: “The government’s consultation, along with its preferred policy option on AI and copyright, fails to address the...

Throughout 2024, national, local, and regional media published a variety of powerful front pages that covered a range of events, from the elections in the UK and the US, to the 2024 UEFA Euros, the Summer Olympics, and the...

Responding to Ofcom’s BBC Annual Report and Local Media Review, published today, NMA chief executive Owen Meredith has said: “In the Local Media Review today, Ofcom has acknowledged that ‘increased BBC online local news forms part of the headwinds...

Responding to the Lords Communications and Digital Committee The Future of News report, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The Future of News report today rightly highlights the enormous value news creates for our democratic society and...

The Inverness Courier and The Sun have been voted this year’s Making a Difference award winners for their campaigns, ‘Build the Bypass’ and ‘Footie For All Fund.’ Coordinated by the News Media Association, Journalism Matters week aims to highlight...

In recognition of Journalism Matters week this year, the News Media Association commissioned a short video featuring local journalists across the UK talking about what they do and why journalism matters, highlighting the vital role they hold in their...

The government has acknowledged the vital role of the media in reporting the courts’ response to recent public disorder offences across the UK. In the attached open letter this evening to members of the HMCTS media working group, Minister...

Responding to a US federal judge decision that Google has violated US antitrust law by maintaining its monopoly in general search services and general text advertising, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “This is a landmark ruling...

In response to Ofcom’s review of local media in the UK today, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has said: “In its report today, Ofcom has rightly recognised the vital role local news media plays in “the social...