The local news media sector is leading the way in boosting engagement with public notices with innovations such as the public notices portal and the new public notices publishing guidelines, the News Media Association has said. In a response to...

Calls have been renewed for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide a vital lifeline for local journalism by extending the business rates relief scheme for local newspapers in the budget on 3 March. Rates relief schemes are in place for local...

Facebook’s sudden ban on news in Australia in response to new laws to level the playing field between news publishers and the tech giants is a “classic example of a monopoly power being the school yard bully,” News Media...

    The News Media Association, the voice of the UK’s local and national news media industry, has announced the appointment of Owen Meredith as its next Chief Executive. Currently CEO of the Professional Publishers Association, Owen has held a number of...

The risk of consumer harm from under-enforcement is high in many digital mergers, and ‘self-correction’ in the digital market is unlikely, Andrea Coscelli has warned during a speech at the Bannerman Competition Lecture. Coscelli said: “In many digital mergers the...

The Scottish Parliament has voted to continue business rates relief for local newspapers after MSPs from all opposition parties rallied behind a Conservative Party motion to extend the support measure into the next financial year. A Scottish Government amendment which...

More than a dozen current and former Fleet Street editors have today called on MPs to “urgently” investigate the Government's handling of Freedom of Information requests, amid wider concerns about deteriorating press freedom in the UK. This letter, to Public Administration...

Newsquest Media Group is launching a new national title for Wales called The National, Wales, which will launch on St David’s Day, March 1, online and with a souvenir print edition. Editor Gavin Thompson said: “We believe there is a...

Entries have opened for the Society of Editors’ Regional Press Awards , celebrating the best of UK regional and local newspaper journalism and including the News Media Association's Cathryn Nicoll Award for young journalists. Society of Editors executive director and chair...