The news media sector has said that it is vital that access to the top of Governement for a broad cross section of media is enhanced by planned changes to daily briefings for journalists by Number 10 Downig Street.   It...

The News Media Association has called on Government to “act swiftly” to implement the recommendations of the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report of its online platforms and digital advertising market study in order to restore balance to a...

The Local News Partnership between the News Media Association and the BBC has been “a great success” which delivers “real value” for audiences across the UK in the form of local public interest journalism, a review of the scheme...

An influential committee has called on the Government to support the local news media sector as the tech platforms leech advertising revenues away from the creators of public interest journalism. In its Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust report,...

French MPs have voted to grant a tax credit to anyone taking out a new subscription to a current affairs newspaper or magazine after the Government argued that the sector was “suffering enormously” from the coronavirus crisis. Deputies voted to...

A 100 per cent business rates holiday would provide essential ongoing support to news media publishers as the furlough scheme is withdrawn, enabling them to retain as many journalists as possible until the economy picks up again, the News...

News media content has never been more popular than it is now yet revenues are shrinking because of Google and Facebook's stanglehold on the digital advertising market, national publishers have told peers this week.    Speaking at a Digital and Communications...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has paid tribute to readers of Newsquest’s titles in a personal video after their efforts helped raise more than £500,000 for the NHS during Covid-19. In total across Newsquest’s network of 160 local papers, readers raised...

Google is to launch a “licensing program to pay publishers for high-quality content” later this year, starting in Germany, Australia and Brazil, The Telegraph reported today. Stories from publishers in those countries will appear under Google News and Discover initially. In...