Ofcom has said that it is concerned over a “narrow assessment of plurality in newspapers” in the current approach to mergers and acquisitions in the newspaper sector, arguing that the regime should take account of the tech platforms’ impact...

The News Media Association has called for review and reform of the competition regulatory regime to help tackle the negative  impact of the tech giants upon the publishers of original news media journalism. In response to a BEIS consultation on...

Future’s anticipated acquisition of Miura (Holdings) Ltd, the parent of Imagine, could face an in-depth investigation over competition concerns, the Competition and Markets Authority has said. Future plc and Imagine Publishing Ltd are both prominent publishers of specialist magazines as...

The Newspaper Association of America has said this week that it has long advocated for the repeal of the media ownership rules that prevent the cross ownership of radio, television, and newspaper in the same market as a way...

Media analysts have welcomed the prospect of further mergers and acquisitions in the still highly fragmented regional and local newspaper market, as Trinity Mirror confirmed this week it was in talks to buy the shares in Local World which...