Facebook has recruited ten former policy officials since the start of last year, heightening concerns of a close relationship between the Government and technology companies, The Times has reported this morning. The findings reveal a systematic hiring of Government officials...

News media publishers are united on the need for swift action to address practices by the tech companies which will create consumer harm by leading to the closure of news media titles and the loss of the high-quality independent...

Iliffe Media has launched a new website for Suffolk. Suffolknews.co.uk is powered by the brands the company operates in the East Anglian county, including the Bury Free Press, Haverhill Echo, Newmarket Journal, Suffolk Free Press and Diss Express. The website will...

The latest Ofcom survey has found that UK Adults using social media for news has dropped from 49 per cent in 2019 to 45 per cent in 2020. The Ofcom report, published today, aims to inform understanding of news consumption...

The News Media Association has issued more than 700 press cards to newsgatherers working in the news media industry over the past year.   The coronavirus lockdown fuelled a surge in demand for identification, with the NMA issuing more than twice...

The News Media Association has urged the CMA to consider a market investigation into Google’s presence throughout the digital advertising intermediation chain. The NMA has said: “Urgent pro-competitive reform to rebalance the platform-publisher relationship and restore competition to...

The News Media Association will run their campaign Journalism Matters from 5 to 11 October 2020, after it was postponed earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign will highlight the vital importance of trusted and accurate journalism...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has announced Charlotte Dewar as its new chief executive. Charlotte was previously the director of operations at IPSO for five years and has been acting chief executive since Matt Tee’s departure in February. Charlotte said: “I’m...

In a DCMS Select Committee evidence session, the chief executive of Ofcom, Dame Melanie Dawes spoke about the importance of quality journalism and its funding in an era marked by disinformation. She said: "What our research shows is that the...