News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has been appointed managing director, public policy, at dmg media starting in May 2026. He will replace editor emeritus Peter Wright, who will be retiring after 47 years with the company. Owen...

Keir Starmer has been urged to make good on his promise yesterday to support and work with the local news media sector by rowing back on damaging plans to remove alcohol licensing notices from local newspapers. In a comment...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given his backing to the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters campaign saying that journalism is “absolutely vital” while pledging to work with the local news sector to protect local journalism. In a comment supporting...

Government must employ some “healthy, human scepticism” about the promise of AI-driven growth at the expense of the creative industries and instead place confidence in the ongoing role of journalism in the democratic process, The Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner...

The Prime Minister must back trusted journalism in the UK by standing up to the tech platforms and creating the right conditions for trusted news and information to flourish, leaders representing the UK’s main investors in news have said...

The second annual Press 30 Under 30 Awards recognised 30 up-and-coming journalists at a ceremony held in London on Tuesday. The Press 30 Under 30 Awards celebrate young journalists across the UK who have shown originality, creativity and passion...

Plans for a new law granting police firearms officers facing criminal proceedings a presumption of anonymity have been slammed as an affront to the principles of open justice. A coalition of media businesses, journalists, advocacy and human rights organisations...

Plans to scrap laws requiring alcohol licensing notices and changes to local authority governance arrangements to be published in printed local newspapers amount to a direct attack on the public right to know, the local news media sector has...

Responding to the Chancellor’s comments in the Mail on Sunday this morning, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The proposed removal of licensing application notices from local newspapers would amount to a betrayal of local communities and...