The local media sector, through the News Media Association, has challenged party leaders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn to answer five questions about how they would help the industry if they were elected Prime Minister.  The NMA said: "Senior politicians...

In a Review of BBC news and current affairs, released today, Ofcom noted that the BBC could do more to support the wider news industry and link to more external news websites. The Review said: “Our work indicates that the...

London authorities Hackney and Wandsworth, which previously published fortnightly freesheets, have lost their appeals against a High Court decision to dismiss their challenge to the Government’s crackdown on council papers. Both councils are placing public notices in independent local...

A High Court judge has dismissed a bid by two London local authorities to challenge the Government’s crackdown on council papers saying that restricting council papers promotes freedom of expression by “encouraging the development of the local independent press.” London...

Simon Fox has likened the BBC’s online news coverage to internet piracy in a wide-ranging Stationers Annual Lecture on the power of print. The Reach Plc CEO also discussed transforming to a digital future, trusted news media journalism and...

Ofcom is to examine whether the BBC’s online content is sufficiently distinct from newspapers as part of a review into the corporation’s news and current affairs output, the regulator announced this week. Announcing the terms of reference for the review,...

Culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, has written an op ed which appeared in local and regional newspapers this week, following the release of the Caircross Review Report into the sustainable future of journalism. In the piece, the Rt Hon Jeremy...

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has urged the Competition and Markets Authority to launch an investigation into the digital advertising market following the publication of the Cairncross Review which made a series of detailed recommendations on how to support quality...

The BBC is directly challenging core tabloid journalism by taking away  online traffic from commercial news providers and must be held to account, David Dinsmore has said. Speaking at Press Gazette’s Digital Journalism Summit, Mr Dinsmore said the BBC had...