Trinity Mirror has announced the proposed acquisition of all of the shares in Local World not already owned by the publisher. The acquisition, which will see  Trinity Mirror purchase the 80.02 per cent shareholding that it does not already own,...

Lord Black of Brentwood, Telegraph Media Group executive director, is to speak at The Printing Charity annual luncheon next month. Lord Black, chairman of the News Media Association’s legal, policy and regulatory affairs committee, will address guests at the event on...

News UK hosted an event to mark the release of feature film The Program which highlights crucial role of newspaper journalism in exposing cyclist Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat.   The Sunday Times chief sports writer David Walsh was...

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said that journalism has “a direct impact on the institutions and laws that shape ordinary people’s lives” and that a free press “is one of the pillars of a free society.” Delivering the keynote speech...

The Society of Editors launched ‘Hands Off FoI’ campaign in conjunction with HoldtheFrontPage and Press Gazette to fight proposals to water down the FOI Act. At the Society of Editors Conference earlier this week, editors were asked to write...

News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore has spoken of the importance of newspapers to politics and their ability to “shape opinion and debate” in a way that no other media can. Speaking at the Society of Editors annual conference...

An independent report launched by the Free Speech Network calls for immediate action to be taken to prevent free speech in Britain from being irreparably damaged in the repressive “post-Leveson regime” which “menaces newspapers” and chills free speech. Launched this...

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell will speak at the Society of Editors Conference on Monday 19 October. Sir Martin will be interviewed by BBC Radio Four presenter, Steve Hewlett, in a segment entitled ‘Are traditional media making a...

Proposals in a Government consultation on the Freedom of Information Act would seriously harm Government transparency and the public right to know, the News Media Association has said today (Friday 9 October).  Responding to the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information's...