Independent weekly title The Times of Tunbridge Wells has announced that it is to suspend publication because of the drop in advertising revenue caused by the national lockdown in England.    Writing in the paper this week, editorial director Richard...

Peers are to debate the defamation regime in Northern Ireland on Monday amid ongoing concerns about the failure to bring the province into line with England and Wales and crack down on libel tourism and the threat to freedom...

Local media as produced powerful stories in 2020, with campaigns such as X and X. These stories highlight the powerful work of local newspapers in delivering high quality trusted news to their communities across the country. Here is a...

  The NMA secured last week, with DCMS, a quarantine exemption for UK journalists and other essential news media workers who need to travel abroad for work assignments. The exemption came into effect in England on Saturday 21 November 2020.   Lynne...

The News Media Association has welcomed the Government’s commitment to protect press freedom by exempting news media content from the new regime to crack down on online harms propagated by the tech giants.  The NMA has successfully lobbied for comprehensive...

Local and national newspapers across the UK are encouraging readers to support charitable causes and local campaigns over Christmas. The Manchester Evening News is supporting local children’s charity Wood Street Mission this year and is encouraging readers to donate new...

News Media Europe has spoken of a missed opportunity to rebalance the online ecosystem following the announcement of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act by the European Commission. The DSA aims to clarify the responsibilities of digital...

Sayra Tekin has started work as the News Media Association’s new legal, policy and regulatory affairs director.   Sayra, an experienced legal advice and litigation lawyer most recently at the BBC, has now taken over from Santha Rasaiah who has retired...

Government must “move quickly” in taking forward legislation to underpin a new regulatory regime for the tech giants which will reset the relationship between publishers and the platforms, the Competition and Markets Authority has said.  In its advice to Government this...