Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority announcement today that the regulator is proposing to designate Google with strategic market status in general search and search advertising, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “We are pleased that...

Responding to the government’s strategic steer to the Competition and Markets Authority, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The government has today set out its clear expectation that the Competition and Markets Authority should use all the...

More than 50 businesses, campaigning organisations and individuals have called on the Prime Minister to deliver on the objectives of two key pieces of legislation designed to make the digital ecosystem safer and fairer, as the UK looks to...

Responding to the government’s response to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s Future of News report, News Media Association chief executive, Owen Meredith, said: “We welcome the government’s commitment to supporting a sustainable local news media sector...

Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple’s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The CMA has a critical role to play in...

The Competition and Markets Authority has announced that its first strategic market status designation investigation under the new digital markets competition regime will be Google Search. News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “We are very pleased that...

Responding to the Competition and Market Authority’s announcement about its initial plans as new digital markets competition regime comes into force, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “Today is a welcome landmark in the ongoing work to...

Journalism is the “lifeblood of democracy” and publishers should have control over and seek payment for their work as AI technology continues to transform our economy and way of life, Sir Keir Starmer has said today. In an article...

The digital ecosystem is a “perfect storm” designed to prevent original journalism from thriving, delegates at the News Media Association’s Conservative Party Conference panel event heard yesterday. Chaired by NMA chief executive Owen Meredith, the ‘Truth to Power: How...