The Government must follow through with a clear plan of action on tackling SLAPPs in the legal system, Baroness Stowell, the chair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee has said in a letter published yesterday to the Justice...

Nigel Newton has used his inaugural speech as president of the Publishers Association to call for greater regulation of tech platforms, saying that government must “restrain the tech platforms through legislation now or we risk publishing’s future.” Chief executive of...

The government has confirmed that the Online Safety Bill will be amended to make sure that journalistic content cannot be removed from tech platforms until “a proper right of appeal” has taken place. During the second reading of the Bill...

The editor of the Financial Times Roula Khalaf will give the 2022 Hugh Cudlipp Lecture, the first time the lecture has been given since the coronavirus lockdowns. The annual Cudlipp Lecture was created and named in memory of the late Lord Cudlipp, the...

Breaking the News, supported by Newsworks, is a new exhibition examining the role news plays in our society. Delving into the national collection of news, housed at the British Library, the exhibition explores issues of choice, interpretation, truth and...

The deadline to enter the second Behind Local News Women In Local News Awards, launched as part of celebrations for International Women’s Day, is on Monday. The awards, which first took place last year, have been set up with support...

Former Newspaper Society president Sir Ray Tindle, the founder of Tindle Newspapers, has died aged 95. Sir Ray was president of the Newspaper Society - which became the News Media Association when the NS merged with the Newspaper Publishers’ Association...

Legislation empowering the Digital Markets Unit to level the playing field between news publishers and the tech platforms should be included in the Queen’s Speech next month, Damian Collins MP has said. In a piece for The Times this week,...

The deadline for a new survey to capture information needed to improve protection for UK-based journalists against online abuse and physical threats or danger is midnight tonight. The survey is part of government plans to create a safer working environment for...