Wirral Council is facing a growing backlash after becoming the first local authority to launch a monthly council newspaper since Government guidelines designed to protect independent local press from unfair competition were introduced.   Ministers have roundly condemned council papers...

Archant’s Ilford Recorder is launching a new edition  for Wanstead and Woodford giving residents a dedicated newspaper with a strong focus on community news and a platform for the issues which matter. The launch of the new edition coincides with...

Lynne Anderson, NMA Deputy Chief Executive, said: “We are disappointed by the PRP’s decision to recognise Impress, a regulator funded by Max Mosley and set up in order to trigger punitive costs sanctions against Britain’s press. However, we welcome reports...

The ABC figures for September show that the UK national newspaper market enjoyed a 13 per cent year-on-year uplift across digital platforms with print circulations holding steady, according to Newsworks. In the month that England football was shaken up by...

The Prince of Wales has described Sir Ray Tindle as a legend and a brilliant media businessman in a letter congratulating him on his 90th birthday.   “There are very few people of which it can be genuinely said they...

Costs sanctions which could see newspapers financially penalised for telling the truth could ruin newspapers, the new Society of Editors President has warned. Speaking at the close of the Society of Editors conference in Carlisle, incoming president Ian MacGregor, weekend...

An external review carried out by former Permanent Secretary Sir Joseph Pilling into the independence and effectiveness of the IPSO has found it to be an effective regulator which is taken seriously by newspapers and editors but remains sufficiently...

Lord Black of Brentwood has welcomed the latest amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill designed to protect journalists’ sources, adding that he hoped for “rigorous oversight” to ensure the safeguards have “real bite” in protecting the confidential sources of...

The Government must be sensitive to the pressures on the newspaper industry and the “huge amount of change” which newspapers have undergone over the last four years when considering whether or not to bring in the Leveson costs sections,...