Plans to move some proceedings out of open court and instead deal with them administratively pose a threat to the principle of open justice, Evening Standard courts correspondent Tristan Kirk has warned. In a guest blog for the Bar Council, Mr...

Speaking on competition reform within the digital market in an APPG Media webinar, officials across the CMA and Parliament agreed it was imperative that legislation be brought forward to level the playing field between platforms and publishers. The News Media...

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab MP has pointed to News Media Association evidence submitted to the consultation on reform of the Human Rights Act which stresses the importance of seizing the opportunity to strengthen freedom of expression.     During topical...

The Australian government should review government advertising expenditure across all departments and agencies with a view to ensuring a minimum of 20 per cent of government print advertising is placed in regional newspapers, MPs have said. In its report ‘The...

Newsquest has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Archant from Rcapital, a private investment firm which has owned the Archant business since September 2020.  Archant's news brands include the Eastern Daily Press, the East Anglia Daily Times, Norwich...

The News Media Association has welcomed the latest development in the reform of defamation law in Northern Ireland after a key piece of legislation completed its passage in Stormont.    Mike Nesbitt has welcomed the passage of his Private Member's...

Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers Journalists should be provided with access to documents from employment tribunal cases even in the aftermath of a judgment, it has been ruled, after a successful legal challenge by the...

The News Media Association has welcomed the commitments this week from the Culture Secretary to strengthen the exemption for news publishers’ content in the Online Safety Bill to improve “the requirements for platforms not to remove content from recognised media...

Newsquest has launched a campaign to help the victims of the war in Ukraine across the majority of its local news brands. The publisher is vowing to donate a proportion of the cover price from the sale of its daily...