The Stratford Herald has been bought out of administration by a new company headed by Edward Iliffe and Peter and Rory Fowler.  The 160-year-old title was placed into administration in early May. It has now been purchased by a new...

Archant has launched Local Recall; a new digital archive with millions of news articles dating back to 1870. The project was funded by the Google Digital News Innovation Fund in 2017. The articles can be searched online using voice...

Enforcement action against Google and Facebook must be taken as a matter of urgency in the wake of the Competition and Markets Authority report on digital advertising otherwise news media publishers face “a very bleak immediate future,” peers have...

The NMA has successfully lobbied for journalistic protections to be implemented within counterterrorism port examination and biometric retention powers. The new measures will mean strengthened safeguards for confidential material, which could disclose journalistic sources, and make it clearer...

The 2018 Making A Difference Winner Kath Sansom of the Cambs Times who has campaigned for years on behalf of women who have undergone medical procedures involving mesh implants, will receive an official apology from the government. Ms Sansom, founded...

Responding to the first meeting of the National Committee for the Safety of Journalists being held his week, the NMA said it was pleased that the Government had recognised the importance of journalists being able to carry out their...

MPs have continued to press for business rates relief for news media following the Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs announcement, with the issue raised during business questions in the House of Commons this morning.   Shadow Leader of the House Valerie Vaz...

The latest Ofcom survey has found that traditional news media remains the most used and most important source of news and information about the coronavirus. Ofcom have conducted online surveys every week since late March on news consumption throughout the...

Businesses which bring furloughed employees back to work will receive a £1,000 bonus per employee as part of measures designed to help jumpstart the job market following the end of the furlough scheme, the Chancellor announced yesterday. Through the Jobs Retention Bonus...