The 2019 anniversary listings, which have details of companies in the UK that are celebrating a significant anniversary during 2019, are now available from Local Media Works. The anniversary listings can open up lots of new advertising and promotional opportunities...

The News Media Association has welcomed the Government's recently announced reform of conditional fee agreements to control the costs of defamation cases. In a written statement last week, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced that lawyer’s success fees would no longer...

Government should act as an “enabler” by creating the right conditions for high quality journalism and broadcasting to flourish, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has said. Addressing the Paley Conference on 'Maintaining a healthy media sector in the digital age', Mr...

Labour, Lib Dem and SNP MPs have raised concerns about the threat to journalistic sources after the News Media Association raised concerns about new legislation granting authorities new powers to seize information. The NMA has called on Ministers, MPs and...

Media freedom has suffered a sharp decline globally with increasing intimidation of journalists, including verbal and physical attacks, a new report has found. ARTICLE 19’s XPA metric found that a global decline in freedom expression was being driven by attacks on...

Mark Lund OBE, McCann Worldgroup UK chief executive, has been appointed chairman of the Advertising Standards Board of Finance and the Broadcast Advertising Standards Board of Finance.  He will start in June 2019, when Sir Chris Powell, who has been...

JPIMedia titles have launched a campaign to boost newspaper sales in order to fund high quality local journalism. The campaign was launched this week with an op ed explaining the importance of quality local journalism and urging readers to encourage...

The High Court has today upheld the Government’s decision not to proceed with part two of the Leveson Inquiry after a judicial review brought by four claimants after a fundraising drive by Hacked Off.   Alongside the local and national news...

The new counter terror regime endangers the ability of journalists to fulfil their important role of investigating and reporting on terrorism, extremism, and national security issues, as well as their ability to protect their sources, the News Media Association...