The UK will work with the United States and other countries to promote and defend press freedom, the Foreign Secretary has said, after America suffered more than 360 assaults on journalists since the beginning of 2020.   Responding to a Parliamentary...

The News Media Association has welcomed Ofcom’s draft guidance for video sharing platforms which upholds press freedom by expressly excluding news media from the scope of the audio-visual media services regime. Welcoming the guidance in a response to Ofcom’s consultation...

Government will consult on the new “pro-competition regime” to regulate the tech giants early this year and will legislate as soon as Parliamentary time allows, the Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale said this week. The News Media Association welcomed...

Hundreds of JPIMedia titles have launched a campaign calling for local pharmacies to be used as vaccination centres, providing residents with local access to vaccinations. As the roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine continues, the Yorkshire Evening Post, Sunderland Echo, the...

The local news media sector has come together to launch an industry digital portal to further promote public notices to communities and enhance local democracy by harnessing local media’s massive online audiences. Funded by £1 million from the Google News...

The News Media Association has welcomed an exemption for newspapers from restrictions on advertising and trading near event venues during the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022. The NMA said it was pleased that the Government has taken account of the...

Peers have called for action to bring the Northern Ireland defamation regime into line with the rest of the United Kingdom in order to end the chill on freedom of speech there.   The Lords debate on Monday was initiated by...

New support measures to support independent journalism in the UK are urgently required as the new national lockdowns “further intensify and prolong” the severe pressure on the news media industry, the News Media Association has said to the Chancellor. In...

It is imperative that news publishers and their content are wholly exempt from the proposed online harms regime in order to safeguard press freedom and prevent censorship by third party distributors, the News Media Association has said. In a submission...