The number of cloned and ripped-off news articles successfully taken down from “pretty sophisticated fake sites” on behalf of UK publishers more than doubled in 2021 compared to the year before. NLA Media Access got more than 50,000 articles removed...

The next Prime Minister must tackle pressing issues facing the media industry such as ensuring robust protections for publishers are included in the Online Safety Bill and bringing forward the Digital Markets Unit legislation. In a piece for In Publishing,...

Surrounding plans to weaken the UK’s copyright framework by introducing a text and data mining exception for any purpose, the Government has responded to written questions from Lord Black of Brentwood on Government assessments of the financial impact on...

The latest AA/WARC report shows that ad spend in online national and regional news brands is set to grow in 2022. National news brands in both print and digital showed a year-on-year increase of 15.9% in Q1 2022. Digital news...

The Law Commission has given its backing to investigative journalism by agreeing that there may on rare occasions be an “editorial need and public interest” for news media publishers to engage with intimate images. Publishing the findings of its consultation...

Rishi Sunak has pledged to take forward in the autumn the vital legislation to give the Digital Markets the teeth it needs to level the playing field between news publishers and the tech platforms. Responding to a letter from News...

Peers have warned that the UK risks becoming a “rule taker rather than a rule maker” in the field of digital regulation unless the legislation to place the Digital Markets Unit on a statutory footing is brought forward as...

The Guardian Media Group announced yesterday outstanding financial results. Double digit revenue growth and strong operational management resulted in positive cash flow. The results for the 12 months to 3 April 2022 showed a cash flow of £6.7m, up to...

Information Commissioner John Edwards has said the Freedom of Information Act is “a priority” for the regulator and that FOI is of “fundamental importance to the functioning of democracy.” Launching the ICO’s new strategy, Mr Edwards stressed the importance of...