Dame Frances Cairncross has said the recent Whitehall reorganisation must foster rather than delay action to progress the government’s sustainability of journalism agenda, including acting quickly to give the Digital Markets Unit statutory powers, and implementing targeted interventions to...

The News Media Association has welcomed some recommendations from the DCMS Committee’s new report ‘Sustainability of Local Journalism’, following their inquiry. Responding to the DCMS Committee’s new report on the ‘Sustainability of Local Journalism’, NMA chief executive, Owen Meredith...

The forthcoming Media Bill will include provisions to repeal Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act “which has for too long hung over the heads of our free press,” Media Minister Julia Lopez MP has said. Speaking at...

Responding to Ofcom’s announcement today that the BBC’s plans for the expansion of their online local news services were not “material”, News Media Association chief executive, Owen Meredith, said: “We are extremely disappointed that Ofcom have reached this conclusion...

The enormous trust that the public have in local news media and the important role the sector plays in government communications campaigns was recognised by the government in Parliament today. The ‘All In, All Together’ campaign harnessed the power...

Ofcom must “awake from its slumber” and intervene to prevent the BBC crowding out commercial providers with plans to ramp up its own digital local news services, Newsquest chief executive Henry Faure Walker said. Speaking on The Media Show...

The House of Commons Justice Committee has warned that the court system needs to do more to support open justice in the digital age, accepting industry recommendations for a digital portal which the media and the public can use...

Giving the Digital Markets Unit the teeth it needs to level the playing level field between news publishers and the tech platforms will pave the way for a sustainable future for high quality local journalism, the editor of the...

The Labour Party supports moves to make platforms pay for news content and to give newspapers and publishers greater control of their data and content, Sir Keir Starmer has said today in an article for the News Media Association’s...