MPs have decisively backed a vibrant national and local press free from state control by voting down a House of Lords amendment to the Investigatory Powers Bill introducing punitive court costs for newspapers. In a debate on the IP Bill...

UK copyright law must continue to operate in a way that allows news media companies to continue to investment in agenda setting journalism and creative content as the UK leaves the European Union, the News Media Association has said. In...

Tiffanie Darke, director of News UK’s creative agency Method, highlighted the importance of print as an integral part of any multimedia campaign at the Power of Print seminar this week. Understanding what print can deliver is key for evaluating where...

Angela Merkel has called on the big internet giants to be more transparent in how their algorithms for prioritising news material work in order to avoid narrowing the breadth of information available to consumers. “I am of the opinion that...

A regional editor has hit back at claims that the Lords amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill would have no impact on local papers. Lady Hollins said yesterday “The local newspaper threat is a smokescreen.” MPs will vote on the...

Lawyers acting for the News Media Association (NMA) have written today to the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) in response to their decision last week to recognise IMPRESS as an approved regulator. They say the IMPRESS scheme of regulation falls...

International free speech groups have warned that the birth of the UK's first state-sponsored regulator will be a fillip to repressive regimes where authorities strive to silence journalists through intimidation and excessive regulation.     Press freedom bodies have welcomed...

International free speech groups have warned that the birth of the UK's first state-sponsored regulator will be a fillip to repressive regimes where authorities strive to silence journalists through intimidation and excessive regulation.     Press freedom bodies have welcomed...

Lord Best, chair of the House of Lords Communications Committee, is to speak at a lunch hosted by the News Media Association today and attended by local and national press publishers, editors and legal directors.   The lunch will be...