A memorial service in recognition of former Daily Mail executive managing editor Robin Esser’s contribution to journalism over a 60-year career on Fleet Street is to be held next week. Organised by the Society of Editors, the service will be...

Local and national news media publishers are to sit on the advisory panel for the Government’s review examining the sustainability of high quality journalism which will be chaired by Dame Frances Cairncross. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention on Monday,...

Bodies representing international, European and UK media have united in their condemnation of the repressive House of Lords anti-press clauses in the Data Protection Bill which is currently being closely scrutinised by MPs.   Organisations including WAN-IFRA, the global trade body...

The Salisbury Journal has backed a campaign in support of local businesses after local traders reported a slump following the nerve agent attack on a Russian former double agent and his daughter in the city. The Newsquest weekly title was...

The Section 40-style clauses in the Data Protection Bill would violate the European Convention on Human Rights because they would punish publishers who have done nothing wrong, a leading QC has argued. In a written opinion, submitted as part of...

Platforms which position themselves as conduits are curated spaces similar to news websites argues Damian Collins, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee. Oly Duff noted that news is more popular than ever, but a solution was...

Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV and former EasyJet CEO, spoke at an ISBA Conference entitled the Age of Accountability earlier this week and discussed EayJet’s move away from online advertising’s short term returns and the importance of trusted advertising...

A new report by Ebiquity for the Radiocentre reveals that advertisers are not getting return on online investment and it’s time to re-evaluate media decisions.  Professor Mark Ritson’s analysis of the new findings idemonstrates that “marketers are clueless about media...

Speaking earlier in the week at the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill in the House of Common MPs from across the political spectrum called for clauses 168 and 169 to be scrapped highlighting how they were to...