News Media Association chairman David Dinsmore has called on political parties to stop publishing election campaigning material which mimics the look and feel of independent local news media. In a piece published in local newspapers across the UK this morning,...

The News Media Association has hit out at political party campaigning material dressed up to look like local newspapers arguing that the practise damages trust in both local news media and in politicians during the election period. Political parties have...

The Croatian news publisher association HUP-Udruga Novinskih Izdavača joined News Media Europe as an associate member during NME’s Board meeting in Brussels, strengthening the ties between both associations ahead of Croatia’s Presidency to the European Union. The President of...

Northern Echo editor Hannah Chapman pinned down Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his plans to support the local press industry during a visit to the newspaper’s headquarters in Darlington after the News Media Association issued a challenge to party...

Northern Echo editor Hannah Chapman pinned down Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his plans to support the local press industry during a visit to the newspaper’s headquarters in Darlington after the News Media Association issued a challenge to party...

Pete Markey, CMO at TSB Bank, has written of "reconsidering" local media as its audience continues to grow. Pete Markey is the chair judge of the Local Media Works Awards, which highlight the power local media has as a...

The Information Commissioner has renewed her call for the Freedom of Information Act to be extended to cover private companies providing public services which is valued at £284 billion a year .   Speaking at the Society of Editors conference, Elizabeth...

Press freedom concerns have been voiced after the Conservative Party banned a Daily Mirror reporter from its campaign coach as the Prime Minister travelled from Manchester to the north east of England.   The Mirror reported that it had been invited...

The local media sector, through the News Media Association, has challenged party leaders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn to answer five questions about how they would help the industry if they were elected Prime Minister.  The NMA said: "Senior politicians...