The Government has been urged to extend Freedom of Information Act to contractors providing public goods and services as part of plans for post-Brexit public procurement. The Government’s ‘Transforming Public Procurement’ green paper uses the terms “transparent” or...

The new regulatory regime to rebalance the digital advertising market will focus on making sure that the process of negotiation between publishers and the tech platforms is fair, rather than setting prices for transactions, the Competition and Markets Authority...

There have been six journalists and four media assistants killed globally since January 2021, according to Reporters Without Borders, and the death of Giorgos Karaivaz last week marks the fourth death of a journalist in Europe in the past...

Today is the last day to enter the first Women In Local News Awards, launched by Behind Local News as part of celebrations for International Womens Day. The awards have been set up with support from publishers and trade organisations...

The National, Wales’ new national news service, will become a weekly newspaper, starting on Saturday. The National launched in Wales on St David’s Day, March 1, as a digital news service and with a special launch print edition. Following the...

The Digital Markets Unit to help make sure tech giants such as Facebook and Google cannot exploit their market dominance to crowd out competition and stifle innovation online has been launched. The Government said the new unit had launched in “shadow”...

A female journalist has spoken of the vile abuse on social platforms including a “too ugly to get raped” comment posted after sharing a video designed to raise of safety concerns faced by women.     Natalie Higgins, the Harrogate and...

Authorities in Poland are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to clamp down on the free media and the rest of Europe needs to wake up this threat to democracy, Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash said. In the World...

The founding editor of the Islington Tribune and the Camden New Journal Eric Gordon passed away on Monday after a short illness. The 89-year-old had been our only editor since the newspaper’s formation. The CNJ had been formed out of...