Sports competition organisers and rights holders are becoming increasingly vocal in their opposition to the spread of short sequences of games, particularly goals, uploaded to social media networks, the News Media Coalition has said this week.  A particular issue is...

The Newspaper Conference is hosting a lunch with Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on 8 January. Mr Davey will address London-based regional press political journalists at the event in central London which will be chaired...

Ofcom has announced the appointment of Sharon White as chief executive. Sharon will join Ofcom in late March 2015 from HM Treasury, where she is second permanent secretary. In this role Sharon is the lead official responsible for managing the UK's...

The News Media Association and other media bodies have rejected the draft communications RIPA and DRIPA Codes because it "will not provide the protection necessary for journalism, journalists or their sources." The Home Office has published a consulation on the...

The News Media Association has issued more than 1500 press cards to member local, regional and national publishers this year. The press cards are nationally recognised and accepted by the police, and identify the bearer as a working journalist. The NMA...

The Scott Trust, which safeguards the editorial future and independence of the Guardian, has appointed Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of Guardian News and Media, to succeed Dame Liz Forgan as its chair. Rusbridger will step down as editor-in-chief in summer 2015,...

Archant's Mustard TV has launched on Virgin TV platform channel 159. Since the station launched in March it has been available on Freeview channel 8 reaching more than 160,000 homes in the Norwich and Norfolk area but this is the...

Local media readers are big spenders over the festive period with 1.3 million forking out £800 or more on Christmas gifts, according to TGI.  Over Christmas, 3.5 million local media readers will buy 15 or more gifts - making them...