A senior DCMS civil servant has said that the BBC must tread “as lightly as it can” to minimise the impact it has on the commercial sector through its activities.  At a Westminster Media Forum seminar entitled ‘The future of...

Commenting on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill,the News Media Association said:“The Draft Bill provides insufficient safeguards for journalism. The Draft Bill would enshrine sweeping powers affecting all citizens, including journalists and their sources, leaving unchanged other RIPA...

Responding to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Inquiry into the digital economy, the News Media Association emphasised  that copyright law was a “positive force” in the digital economy. It is submission the NMA said: “it is...

A News Media Association briefing on AVMSD and Online Regulation can be found here. Newspapers seeking to avoid Ofcom regulation of their online audiovisual content, including short clips, should now consider the European Court of Justice’s recent preliminary ruling, in addition...

Baroness Anelay marked International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and remembers the threat facing journalists. In a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Baroness Anelay said: “No one should be terrorised into self-censorship or a...

Google’s Digital News Initiative has opened its Innovation Fund for applications. The Fund makes available €50 million a year for three years to “incentivise innovation and risk taking in the European digital news ecosystem”. It is part of the wider Digital...

Short videos on a newspaper’s website may fall under audiovisual media services legislation, according to a judgement from Court of Justice of the European Union last week. In the case of New Media Online, an Austria company publishing online newspaper...

The News Media Association has warned that RIPA powers must not be extended to police volunteers. Responding to the Home Office consultation on reforming the powers of police staff and volunteers, the NMA said no RIPA powers should be not...

Lord Burns, chair of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information, has said that evidence to the commission will not be anonymised unless the circumstances are “appropriate” to do so following an outcry by campaigners.  In response to a letter...