The News Media Association has called for Ofcom to take another look at the BBC’s expansion into local news, warning the licence fee funded plans will crowd out commercial providers, as the BBC announced a rise in local audiences....

Officials are investigating a London local authority over concerns that its magazine could be breaching rules designed to protect local news media from unfair competition.   Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister Lord Greenhalgh said officials were looking into...

BBC plans to increase its local news footprint constitute and “unprecedented assault” on independent local media and would create a democratic deficit by putting publishers out of business, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has said. In an article...

The backlash against the BBC’s surprise announcement of plans for a new network of "digital community journalists" is growing with senior industry figures branding the proposals a “direct assault on the commercial media.” In a piece for The Yorkshire Post,...

The BBC should rethink its announcement of a new network of "digital community journalists" and instead channel any extra investment in local news through the existing Local News Partership with the local news media sector, the News Media Assocation said...

The News Media Association has a critical role to play in ensuring that independent journalism, which is playing such as an important role keeping the public informed during the coronavirus pandemic, has a strong and sustainable future.   Priorities for the...

The News Media Association has today written to the Transport Secretary after a new threat to public notices emerged in the form of a Government report recommending the abolition of the requirement for transport notices to be advertised in...

The European Commission has called for an amendment to Finnish broadcasting laws after the news media industry complained that the public service broadcaster’s online output was distorting competition in the media market.    The Commission launched an investigation into YLE's...

More BBC funds could go to other media organisations to produce top quality content which benefits the public, the Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan said yesterday. Speaking after the Government’s announcement of a consultation on decriminalising TV licence evasion, the Culture...