Welcoming the Chancellor’s commitment this morning to bring forward legislation for the Digital Markets Unit, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said “We are delighted that the government has used the Autumn Statement today to restate the commitment...

Media organisations, including the News Media Association, have called on government to amend the National Security Bill legislation by adding in a public interest defence. The Bill returned to the House of Commons yesterday and in its current form,...

MPs from across the political spectrum have joined with the news media sector to condemn the arrests of three journalists covering climate protests on the M25, leading to Hertfordshire constabulary promising an investigation into the arrests of journalists. Prime...

Ofcom must “awake from its slumber” and intervene to prevent the BBC crowding out commercial providers with plans to ramp up its own digital local news services, Newsquest chief executive Henry Faure Walker said. Speaking on The Media Show...

Independent journalists in Ukraine are working from the bomb shelters without electricity supply and often without the internet “yet they thrive in their willingness to inform the world about the war crimes as well as to tell personal stories...

The Sun and the West Midlands Express and Star have won this year’s Making a Difference national and local awards for their campaigns Give It Back and Feed A Family. Making a Difference is part of the News Media Association’s...

The House of Commons Justice Committee has warned that the court system needs to do more to support open justice in the digital age, accepting industry recommendations for a digital portal which the media and the public can use...

Trusted journalism is playing a vital role for society through its coverage of the cost-of-living crisis, a new study reveals. Most Brits (62 per cent) believe journalists are playing a “valuable role” in covering the cost-of-living crisis.   The survey...

BBC plans to further boost its digital local news provision are “totally misguided, unwelcome, and unwarranted,” the News Media Association has said. Responding to reports, that the BBC is set to invest more in its digital local news provision, NMA...