The News Media Association has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement that it is to undertake a market study into the online platforms such as Google and Facebook. Announced as part of its digital markets strategy launch yesterday, the...

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has moved to reassure publishers that news media will not be affected by plans to introduce an age appropriate design code and standards for websites which the News Media Association fears would “wreak havoc” upon...

A growing list of problems including poor brand safety, potentially exploitative data practices and the prominence of fake news has led to increased consumer hostility towards social media platforms and a halving in global ad spend growth year-on-year, according...

The News Media Association has today called for a “robust and comprehensive” exemption for news media publishers and their content from the new regulatory framework for the tech giants, designed to crackdown on online harms. The NMA warned that the...

The Conservative Party Leadership bids by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip Boris Johnson have received wide press coverage over the last few weeks. From the initial leadership rounds a lot of focus has on Boris Johnson,...

Facebook’s call for regulation is nothing more than smokescreen designed to fend off an enforced breakup of the business, media commentator Ray Snoddy has argued. In a stinging piece for Mediatel this week, Mr Snoddy said Nick Clegg’s recent speech in...

IPSO has released new guidance to help editors and journalists report on major incidents. Based on the Editors’ Code of Practice, the guidance covers three key areas – the reporting of breaking news, the immediate aftermath of the incident and...

The Ozone Project has announced its partnership with OpenX, the independent advertising exchange, as Ozone Audience’s self-service partner. The partnership will see Ozone Audience’s segments made available to buyers via OpenX deals, giving brands and buyers’ greater control of...

The director of BBC England paid tribute to the “power of local reporting” at the inaugural Local Democracy Reporting Service conference and awards yesterday.  In a speech to 180 journalists, she said the scheme was now seen as a success...