Local news media plays a unique and vital role in society and is a cornerstone of our democracy, King Charles has said today. Ahead of a reception for regional media in the UK at Buckingham Palace this evening, King...

Sayra Tekin, legal director at the News Media Association, has welcomed a coroner’s decision to revisit a ruling, after a challenge from the media. Crispin Butler, the HM Senior Coroner for Buckinghamshire, announced last October that an inquest into...

The UK’s creative industries have today launched a bold new campaign – Make it Fair – to highlight how AI firms are exploiting British creative content without permission or payment, as the government’s consultation, closing today, proposes to weaken...

Responding to a report from The Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge that cautions against the government’s proposals to degrade copyright law in favour of AI firms, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith...

Responding to the government’s response to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s Future of News report, News Media Association chief executive, Owen Meredith, said: “We welcome the government’s commitment to supporting a sustainable local news media sector...

Responding to the news that Russia has issued an arrest warrant for a UK journalist, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said:  “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this attempt to criminalise and censor legitimate journalism. “Journalism...

Welcoming a vote in the Lords this evening in favour of Baroness Kidron’s amendments to the Data (Use and Access) Bill strengthen our gold standard copyright law and make it enforceable, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said:...

Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple’s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The CMA has a critical role to play in...

The Competition and Markets Authority has announced that its first strategic market status designation investigation under the new digital markets competition regime will be Google Search. News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “We are very pleased that...