A new category has been unveiled for the Local Media Works Awards. Celebrating the best proposal submitted, the judging panel, consisting of senior media industry figures, will identify who deserves to take home the best campaign entry.  The winner will take...

Tony Hall has said that the BBC is "working more closely" with local papers to share content and pay for stories. Writing in The Times today, the BBC director-general said the BBC needed to adapt and reform in the internet...

The Interception of Information Commissioner has found that some police forces are still not obtaining the required judicial authorisation before using RIPA to identify journalists’ sources. Interception of Information Commissioner, The Rt Hon Sir Anthony May, has delivered his final...

Mary-Ann Auckland OBE, Communities Department head of campaigns and marketing, has written of the importance of the trusted local newspaper environment which gives central Government advertising "much greater relevance and engagement." Mary-Ann, who is on the Local Media Works...

The news media industry and politicians have voiced grave concern concerns about the impact upon the public right to know following the Government’s announcement of a new commission to look at the Freedom of Information Act. The News Media Association...

In a blog post for Media Week today, MediaCom chief strategy officer and Local Media Awards judge Sue Unerman has written that Local Media Works Awards are a “welcome reminder” of the “powerful boost” local media gives to advertisers. In the...

DFS campaign marketing manager Patrick Milne, one of the judges for the Local Media Works Awards, has spoken of the importance of local press to the furniture store's marketing.  Patrick said highly trusted local press was a "vital part of...

Johnston Press has acquired the free weekly Brighton & Hove Independent which launched in 2011. The free weekly has a weekly print circulation of 13,005 copies with more than 300 distribution points across Brighton and Hove. Johnston Press chief executive officer...

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