Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the BBC’s implementation of Across the UK, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The Public Accounts Committee is absolutely right to criticise the BBC for its plans to cut...

Responding to Tim Davie’s Royal Television society address, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “Tim Davie has set out a vision for the BBC that overreaches its remit and its commitments under the Royal Charter and Agreement...

Responding to a report this morning that the BBC is planning to feature adverts around its podcasts in the UK for the first time, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The news that the BBC is apparently...

Theresa May, the former Prime Minister and MP for Maidenhead, has announced today that she will stand down at the next election through an exclusive statement to her local news brand, the Maidenhead Advertiser. This announcement serves as a...

Responding to the publication of the BBC Mid-Term Review, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The government’s recommendation that the BBC strengthen its transparency and engagement with commercial media providers is welcome and makes clear the BBC...

Senior local editorial directors have joined forces in an unprecedented call for the “neighbour from hell” BBC to abandon its plans to expand aggressively into local news marketplaces already well served by commercial providers. In a message running across...

The News Media Association has called on the Welsh government to keep public notices in printed local newspapers following proposals to change the requirements for notices publicising council tax changes. Following a statement in the Welsh Parliament by the...

The local news media industry’s Public Notice Portal has hit the milestone of one million pageviews. Designed to enhance local media’s coverage of public notices in print, the portal was officially launched in May this year and has seen...

Forty-two million people read local news media titles in print and digital every month, according to the latest audience data from JICREG, the local media audience measurement currency. Released during the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters campaign this week,...