The Ozone Project has appointed Martin Harriman as its first chair in a move to further boost the strategic direction and commercial success of the cross-publisher venture. Mr Harriman was most recently non-executive chair for augmented reality company WaveOptics Ltd....

Recent profit announcements by tech platforms demonstrate how rapidly they are using their monopoly positions to extract revenues from markets in which they operate and generate “abnormal” levels of profit, European publishers have said. News Media Europe, of which the...

News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker has paid tribute to the achievements of outgoing NMA chief executive David Newell at his final NMA annual general meeting today. Addressing the meeting of NMA members this morning, Mr Faure Walker welcomed...

The NMA does not support an “entirely disproportionate” total online ban on HFSS advertising because the evidence does not demonstrate a compelling causal link between advertising exposure and childhood obesity. Ahead of a Commons debate on obesity today, the NMA...

Newsquest has announced today a major recruitment drive to hire 50 new digital sales consultants as part of its ongoing expansion of its digital marketing activities. This follows on from the company’s announcement earlier this month of a £1.5 million...

The need for trusted and verifiable sources of journalism has never been greater yet the threats it faces have become existential as advertising revenues evaporate, Lord Black of Brentwood has warned. Speaking in a House of Lords debate on the...

National, regional and local news publishers are continuing a variety of initiatives to support media literacy across the UK. In March 2021, The Telegraph launched a Media Literacy Programme for 16-18 year olds about the importance of quality, edited news...

Former Prime Minister Theresa May has backed local news media over its campaign for public notices to stay in local newspapers, while praising the industry’s moves to make the notices more visible. The local news media industry is creating an...

The “significant data advantages” enjoyed by Google and Facebook which stifle fair competition exist at such a scale that they are “insurmountable without regulatory intervention,” the Competition and Markets Authority and Information Commissioner’s Office have said...