Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has issued directions to Hackney and Waltham Forest to stop publishing their newspapers so frequently, or risk court action. Mr Javid has this week issued directions to the two councils - which are currently publishing their...

Specsavers is running a Featurelink campaign encouraging people to book eye tests in more than 360 local news brands this week. Featurelink, the Local Media Works service, allows national advertisers to get closer to local communities by placing local media...

Ad revenues for the digital aggregators have nearly doubled over the last four years while newsbrands have declined by more than a quarter over the same period, according to the latest Advertising Association/Warc ad expenditure report this week. Full year...

Johnston Press has achieved record web traffic during the third quarter of this year, led by the Yorkshire Evening Post growing 64 per cent year on year, the publisher said in a trading update today. The i newspaper had continued to...

Peers Lord Clement- Jones (Lib Dem), Lord McNally (Lib Dem) and Lord Skidesky (Cross Bench) have tabled amendments to the Data Protection Bill which is in committee stage at the House of Lords, and would see the Impress code...

The best Featurelink campaign of the past year will be commended in a new category at the Local Media Works Awards next week. Sponsored by JICREG, the awards were set up by Local Media Works to celebrate the power of...

The news media industry's broken relationship with the tech platforms must be fixed otherwise trusted verified news will cease to exist, News Media Association vice chairman David Dinsmore has said.  Speaking at Press Gazette's Digital Journalism Summit, News UK's chief operating...

Ashley Highfield has said that news brands have a long-term future in print and online based on their growing overall audiences and deep relationship with local communities, but warned that the tech giants need to “step up to their...

The Guardian has announced that it is now funded by more than 800,000 supporters from over 140 countries via its open subscription model. Writing in an article published today (Thursday 26 October) editor in chief Katharine Viner announced that around half...