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...

The News Media Association and Newsbrands Scotland have united to strengthen even further the voice of news publishers right across the UK. The merger will enable the two organisations to work more closely together to make the case for...

The local news media sector’s Public Notice Portal will undergo a second major phase of development with new funding from the Google News Initiative to deepen public engagement with public notices. Work has already begun on the new services...

Responding to Ofcom’s BBC Annual Report and Local Media Review, published today, NMA chief executive Owen Meredith has said: “In the Local Media Review today, Ofcom has acknowledged that ‘increased BBC online local news forms part of the headwinds...

Government will protect “fearless, truthful journalism” which holds power to account and gives voice to the voiceless, Lisa Nandy MP said at the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters parliamentary reception this evening. Delivering the keynote speech at the event,...

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...

In response to Ofcom’s review of local media in the UK today, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has said: “In its report today, Ofcom has rightly recognised the vital role local news media plays in “the social...

News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith and Heléna Herklots CBE, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, have called for proposals to remove the statutory requirement on local authorities to publish council taxes in printed local newspapers to be rejected....

The chief executives of local news publishers representing more than 30 titles in Wales reaching 2.4 million adults in print and digital every month – 90 per cent of the population of Wales – have called on the Welsh...