News publishers have asked the Government to waive competition rules so the industry can discuss contingency plans for Britain’s newspaper supply chain, the FT reported yesterday. Publishers want to start discussing emergency plans to keep the newsagent supply chain running...

Nottinghamshire Live reporter Joseph Locker has won the Cathryn Nicoll Award which was set up by the News Media Association to reward brilliant interviewing and feature writing by young regional press journalists. Joseph scooped the award for his interview with Ken...

European news media have welcomed decision of the European Commission to launch formal antitrust investigations to assess whether Apple's rules for app developers on the distribution of apps via the App Store violate EU competition rules.  News Media Europe, which...

Members of the House of Lords condemned violence against journalists and highlighted their important role in democratic societies during an oral answer session on Northern Ireland Paramilitary Groups. Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative) stated: “My Lords, journalists play a vital...

The European Commission has called for an amendment to Finnish broadcasting laws after the news media industry complained that the public service broadcaster’s online output was distorting competition in the media market.    The Commission launched an investigation into YLE's...

    Readership of news media journalism has risen as the public seek out trusted news and information during the coronavirus crisis, new figures from PAMCo show. New data from the audience measurement body for the year to March 2020 shows that...

Peers have called for the Government to take action on the global threat to press freedom which is reaching “unprecedented levels” as repressive regimes increasingly use the coronavirus pandemic to chill free speech and bully journalists. In a debate this...

The Ozone Project has announced that ESI Media’s flagship brands the Evening Standard and The Independent will join the online partnership of premium news brands, increasing the platform's deduplicated weekly reach by 1.9 million.  The addition of the Evening Standard and...

The News Media Association is looking to recruit a senior legal advisor following the decision of Santha Rasaiah, the NMA’s current director of legal, policy and regulatory affairs, to retire at the end of the year. NMA chief executive David...