Votes in the House of Lords last night for a broad Leveson-style enquiry into the media industry and punitive costs sanctions to be inserted into the data protection regime will “restrict press freedoms” and deal a “hammer blow to...

Ofcom has today, 11 January 2018, announced that it will carry out a Competition Assessment examining the BBC’s proposal to launch a new television channel for audiences in Scotland. In a published letter from Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom content group director,...

Lobby journalists from the national and regional press titles and members of the Newspaper Conference attended a Christmas drinks reception at No 10 Downing Street this week. Prime Minister Theresa May met Westminster-based journalists at the reception which was also...

The Editors’ Code of Practice has been revised after a public consultation with the changes coming into effect on 1 January. The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, which writes and revises the code of standards policed by the Independent Press...

The News Media Association wishes you a very Happy Christmas and all good health and prosperity for the New Year.

Google and Facebook’s domination of the digital advertising market and the effect of this on the sustainability of journalism produced by news media publishers is “an incredibly important issue” for Government, Matt Hancock has said.      Speaking in a...

The BBC has announced that Fran Unsworth has been appointed as the BBC's director of news and current affairs following an open competition. Ms Unsworth, a former past president and current board member for the Society of Editors, will take...

Speaking on a Media Masters podcast, David Pemsel discussed his concerns around Facebook responsibilities for the content on its platform, and the need for a reciprocal business model for publishers and social media platforms and aggregators. In a wide-ranging interview...

Peers have comprehensively rejected a series of proposals which would cripple investigative journalism and seriously harm a wide range of other creative endeavours such as broadcasting, academic research, film-making and book publishing. Speaking in a debate on the Data Protection...