Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has restated the Government’s commitment to “supporting the local newspaper industry” saying that “people rely on” local media. Responding to a written question about the Government’s plans for the industry from Gregory Campbell...

The Newspaper Conference hosted a lunch with Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities on Monday 1 February. Mrs Morgan addressed London-based regional press political journalists at the event in central London which was...

The News Media Association has welcomed a Government report which has found that the amount contributed to the UK economy by the creative industries, of which news media publishers are an integral part, grew at almost double the rate...

Campaigners have called for the Freedom of Information Act to be extended to cover private sector companies contracted to carry out public services. The Campaign for Freedom of Information, whose director Maurice Frankel gave evidence at an Independent Commission on...

Print ads are better than both online and TV at increasing brand favourability and purchase intent, according to a US study by Millward Brown.   The research, trailed in a piece for Ad Week,  found that print’s attributes  of highly...

The voice of European publishers, News Media Europe, with a combined worth of over 12 billion euros and more than 2,100 titles, has launched. The NME promotes the interests of the news media industry to the European Union institutions. A...

The offence of misconduct in public office should be repealed or radically reformed, the Law Commission heard yesterday (Wednesday 20 January 2016).   The growth in use of the historic common law offence, uncertainty of application, liability to misuse and...

The Home Secretary has clarified the nature of the judicial protection in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, but avoided addressing the issue of codified protection for journalists and their sources. While giving oral evidence to the Joint Committee on the...

Politicians from across the political spectrum have come against proposed changes to the Freedom of Act which would see the transparency of public bodies reduced. MPs and Lords from the Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, UKIP and the Green Party have...