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...

The official ABC figures for November 2017 show that the UK national newspaper market saw a 7.6 per cent year on year uplift across digital platforms, with 32.9 million browsers daily, Newsworks analysis of today’s ABCs shows. In the month...

Government media planners were told about power of local media in print and digital to deliver real results for Government ad campaigns in a presentation by Local Media Works at Number 10 Downing Street. Justin Fenton, head of marketing for...

The Government has indicated that it is “supportive” of proposals for a publisher’s right which is designed to help publishers protect their investment in journalism in the online environment.  In October, Lord Black, chair of the News Media Association’s legal...

Competition authorities in Australia have launched an inquiry to examine the effect that digital content aggregation platforms such as Facebook and Google are having on competition in media and advertising services markets. The Federal Government has formally directed the Australian...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused Facebook in showing “little interest” in the mental health of its younger users after the platform announced plans to launch a messenger service for under 13s. In a piece for The Times today, said...

The BBC’s Local News Partnerships have taken a key step towards the creation of a pool of local democracy reporters to cover council and public meetings across the UK. Contracts to employ an initial 144 full-time and two part-time Local...

Damian Collins MP, chair of the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee, has welcomed  IPSO’s announcement of the details of its low-cost arbitration scheme, featuring much-reduced costs for claimants. Responding to the announcement, Mr Collins said: "I welcome IPSO's decision...

The Press Recognition Panel has suggested that social media platforms could be brought into its regulatory regime - despite the fact that the local and national newspaper industry it was designed for has completely rejected it. In its 45-page Annual...