2.2m extra people visited local news websites in June this year, compared to January, according to new Comscore figures, the Press Gazette has reported. The total number of monthly unique visitors jumped from 39.4m in January to 41.6m in June....

The News Media Association is looking to recruit a policy and regulatory affairs adviser to contribute to the NMA’s representational work on industry issues in Westminster and Whitehall. The post becomes available when our current adviser Sofia Pesce leaves the...

The public have “relied heavily” on local news media to “cut through the noise and hold decision makers to account” during the coronavirus pandemic, Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon has said. The MP for Oldham West & Royton said that...

Facebook has recruited ten former policy officials since the start of last year, heightening concerns of a close relationship between the Government and technology companies, The Times has reported this morning. The findings reveal a systematic hiring of Government officials...

News media publishers are united on the need for swift action to address practices by the tech companies which will create consumer harm by leading to the closure of news media titles and the loss of the high-quality independent...

Iliffe Media has launched a new website for Suffolk. Suffolknews.co.uk is powered by the brands the company operates in the East Anglian county, including the Bury Free Press, Haverhill Echo, Newmarket Journal, Suffolk Free Press and Diss Express. The website will...

The News Media Association has issued more than 700 press cards to newsgatherers working in the news media industry over the past year.   The coronavirus lockdown fuelled a surge in demand for identification, with the NMA issuing more than twice...

The latest Ofcom survey has found that UK Adults using social media for news has dropped from 49 per cent in 2019 to 45 per cent in 2020. The Ofcom report, published today, aims to inform understanding of news consumption...

The News Media Association has urged the CMA to consider a market investigation into Google’s presence throughout the digital advertising intermediation chain. The NMA has said: “Urgent pro-competitive reform to rebalance the platform-publisher relationship and restore competition to...