There is a significant disconnect between print’s strong marketing performance and the perceptions of its performance by marketers who are causing print advertising to become undervalued, Morag Blazey, managing principal for Ebiquity Intel has said. In a piece for The...

Local newspaper publishers have come together to launch a new website called Behind Local News which features the latest news about local journalism in the UK. The website contains news from the local journalism community with launch articles including an...

The Government has stated its commitment to “closing the value gap” and helping rights holders such as news media publishers realise the full value from the use of their works online in the Industrial Strategy White Paper. “Government understands that...

Conducting a Leveson 2-style enquiry into data protection issues in the media would be “to look for cobwebs while Rome burns in front of our eyes,” the chairman of the regional press lobby in Westminster has said.  In his submission...

KM Media Group chairman Geraldine Allinson has called for brands to move spend back into highly trusted local media in the wake of further revelations about social media.   In a piece for Mediatel this week, Geraldine pointed to recent YouGov research...

Dominic Carter has been appointed as group chief commercial officer, a new role that will oversee all national advertising revenue for News UK and Wireless Group operations in the UK and Ireland. In this new role, Mr Carter will oversee...

Dobbies is running a campaign in local media through Local Media Works' Featurelink service which allows brands to connect with communities through a powerful combination of native content and advertising.  Planned and bought by MediaCom, the campaign encouraging people to...

Global Witness is the latest campaigning body to warn that widely condemned costs sanctions which would punish publishers for refusing to join a state-recognised regulator would have “a highly undesirable impact on non-profit and civil society organisations.” The global campaigning...

Publishers have pointed to the high trust levels placed in news media by the public as advertisers threaten to abandon Facebook following “deeply concerning” allegations of personal data misuse on a mass scale. Representing leading UK advertisers, ISBA demanded yesterday...