Officials are investigating a London local authority over concerns that its magazine could be breaching rules designed to protect local news media from unfair competition.   Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister Lord Greenhalgh said officials were looking into...

Polymer tech and media experts, Dr Sally Beken and Andy Wilson have joined the Stationers' Company Innovation Excellence 2022 Awards panel this year. Dr Beken holds a degree in CHemistry and PHD in Polymer Science. She has been in tech transfer for...

The News Media Association has welcomed the much needed inquiry into the sustainability of local journalism from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The Committee announced earlier this week that they will launch an inquiry to examine the challenges...

It was ruled by the UK Supreme Court yesterday that a person under criminal investigation has “a reasonable expectation” of privacy prior to charge. A ruling which could have serious effects on the media’s ability to report on the...

The NCTJ announced on Tuesday that 14 new publishers, covering 18 communities, were joining the Community News Project, following on from recent news that Meta were expanding the scheme with a further £6 million funding. The new publishers joined after...

Last week the European Publishers Council filed a complaint against Google over its digital advertising business to the European Commission, in a bid to break Google’s dominant position in the ad tech ecosystem over press publishers and other businesses. The...

The UK Government announced yesterday new funding for a new secretariat to help advance the work of the Media Freedom Coalition. The UK has now committed up to £600,000 and Thomson Reuters Foundation will now provide administrative support to the...

The News Media Association has welcomed a “much-needed” press exemption to protect freedom of expression within new communications offences designed to make the internet safer.   In a statement last week, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Chris Philp MP...

The government’s review of the human rights framework will “strengthen and reinforce the right of free speech,” the Justice Secretary told MPs this week.   During a Parliamentary debate, Dominic Raab MP also said he was “very happy” to look at...