It is "imperative" that the tech platforms are held to a level of responsibility that reflects both their financial dominance and the detrimental effect that this dominance has on other sectors such as the news media sector, the News...

Specsavers is running a Featurelink, the Local Media Works’ native content and advertising service for national advertisers, to promote its hearing tests. The ad, which is running next to native content explaining how hearing can deteriorate, is running in 400...

European publishing bodies have welcomed the fact that the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Council has called for the introduction of an exclusive right for press publishers in EU copyright law. On Friday (25 May), Coreper agreed its position...

The national and local news media industry has voiced its support for Leeds Live reporter Stephanie Finnegan who was targeted with rape threats and abuse on social media after covering a court case. Stephanie was targeted on social media after...

Associations representing more than 4,000 publishers across the globe including the News Media Association have accused Google of “effectively putting a gun against publishers’ heads” with its proposed framework for the new data protection regime. In a joint statement on...

Express & Star Keith Harrison has called for the local media industry to get on the front foot and be “positive” and “passionate” in order to capitalise on the huge positives and opportunities in local journalism.   Speaking at the Behind...

The Mail in Cumbria has won an 18-month Freedom of Information battle for transparency after the Nursing and Midwifery Council released a review looking at the regulator's decision not to suspend a midwife involved in the care of the two...

Members of the House of Lords have backed down on their campaign to use the Data Protection Bill as a platform to enact a sweeping Leveson 2-style inquiry into the media, allowing the Bill to receive Royal Assent yesterday...

News media publishers across the globe have called on Google to respond to a letter sent to chief executive Sundar Pichai more than three weeks ago expressing profound concerns over its proposed framework for the new data protection regime. Google...