The BBC’s massive digital presence presents a “serious challenge” to the ability of commercial publishers to commercialise their content in the online environment, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has said. Speaking on The Media Show yesterday, Owen restated...

The News Media Association has welcomed stronger protections for freedom of speech contained within the Bill of Rights by introducing a stronger test for courts to consider before they can order journalists to disclose their sources.  Published this week, Ministry...

The News Media Association has strongly condemned the banning of Local Democracy Reporters from the Bristol mayor’s briefings as a “blunt assault on the principles of local democracy” and called for the journalists to be allowed access immediately. LDR Alex...

Media organisations including the News Media Association have written to the Conservative Party to oppose the introduction of a £125 fee for all journalists wishing to attend its upcoming October party conference in-person. The Society of Editors letter, addressed to...

Russia has banned 29 UK journalists from a wide range of British national newspapers and broadcasters from visiting Russia, in response to the UK Government’s measures against the country over their invasion of Ukraine. The barred 29 journalists included those...

Tindle Newspapers have launched new website designs for every news brand within their portfolio across the UK as part of an initiative to expand their digital growth. All the new website designs have been launched with updated content workflows, designed...

European news publishers fear that the platform’s proposals to tackle online fake news, the revised code of practice on tackling disinformation, focusses on the symptoms, rather than its underlying cause. The code presented in Brussels, still does not adequately...

The unprecedented All Together campaign with the news media sector enabled government to reach communities with targeted public health messages with speed and agility, Downing Street chief of staff Steve Barclay said yesterday.  Speaking at the Festival of News event, attended by...

The News Media Association considers that the introduction of a simple, broad public interest defence to the Official Secrets Act is essential to enable matters of public interest to be scrutinised and debated and allow malpractice to be exposed...