The Independent Press Standards Organisation has announced that it is creating a compulsory version of its low-cost arbitration scheme. It has written to the national newspapers that are part of its current scheme to set out details of the...

UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day highlighting the profound challenges to journalism and freedom of speech across the world is being held today. This year’s global theme is ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’, and will...

US and European publishers have written to Google to express profound concerns over its proposed framework for the new data protection regime which would “undermine the fundamental purposes of the GDPR and the efforts of publishers to comply with...

Campaigners have launched a fresh assault on press freedom by tabling new amendments to the Data Protection Bill on the same day an influential global report highlighted the UK’s abysmal record on press freedom in recent years. In the coming...

The public overwhelmingly favour traditional media as their preferred source for news, way ahead of social media which they do not trust to provide them with truthful information, a new report from Ofcom has found. The ‘Adults’ Media Use and...

Local Media Works head of marketing Justin Fenton briefed KM Group sales teams at a conference in Canterbury today. Justin briefed 60 delegates on the latest trends and developments in local media and upcoming initiatives such as Local Newspaper Week...

The Court of Appeal has granted the News Media Association leave to appeal against the outcome of the NMA’s case for judicial review of the Press Recognition Panel’s decision to recognise IMPRESS.  This means that the legal status of IMPRESS...

National, regional and local newspapers have covered the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital on Monday.   Front pages courtesy of NLA media access.  

Guardian News & Media has said that it is on track to break even this year as the publisher reported that it had halved its losses in the last financial year. The publisher reported a £19 million loss in the year...