The News Media Association, the voice of the UK’s local and national news media industry, has announced the appointment of Owen Meredith as its next Chief Executive. Currently CEO of the Professional Publishers Association, Owen has held a number of...

The risk of consumer harm from under-enforcement is high in many digital mergers, and ‘self-correction’ in the digital market is unlikely, Andrea Coscelli has warned during a speech at the Bannerman Competition Lecture. Coscelli said: “In many digital mergers the...

The Scottish Parliament has voted to continue business rates relief for local newspapers after MSPs from all opposition parties rallied behind a Conservative Party motion to extend the support measure into the next financial year. A Scottish Government amendment which...

More than a dozen current and former Fleet Street editors have today called on MPs to “urgently” investigate the Government's handling of Freedom of Information requests, amid wider concerns about deteriorating press freedom in the UK. This letter, to Public Administration...

Newsquest Media Group is launching a new national title for Wales called The National, Wales, which will launch on St David’s Day, March 1, online and with a souvenir print edition. Editor Gavin Thompson said: “We believe there is a...

Entries have opened for the Society of Editors’ Regional Press Awards , celebrating the best of UK regional and local newspaper journalism and including the News Media Association's Cathryn Nicoll Award for young journalists. Society of Editors executive director and chair...

Microsoft has this week come out in support of Australia’s news media bargaining code to level the playing field between the news media industry and the tech giants, saying the news publishers are “vital to the country’s democracy.” The code...

Local news from the UK’s regional press industry was read by 43.7 million people in December, data from Comscore has revealed. In total, 85.8 per cent of the UK’s adult, online population used local news in December, up from 79...

The arrest of a photographer covering a protest at an asylum centre in Kent raises “serious concerns” about press freedom, the News Media Association has warned. Press Gazette reported that freelance photographer Andy Aitchison was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal...