The value chain of the digital news environment is unfairly skewed in favour of those who aggregate and distribute content at zero cost, to the detriment of publishers who produce it at considerable financial and legal risk, the News...

Tony Hall has spoken of the importance of the Local News Partnership between the BBC and the News Media Association to strengthening news coverage in local communities and upholding local democracy. In a speech in Coventry last night, the BBC...

GSK’s media director for Europe Andy Bolden, a judge for this year’s Local Media Works Awards, has said that it is “critical” for national advertisers to use local newsbrands amid widespread concern around brand safety and audience measurement in...

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has issued directions to Hackney and Waltham Forest to stop publishing their newspapers so frequently, or risk court action. Mr Javid has this week issued directions to the two councils - which are currently publishing their...

Specsavers is running a Featurelink campaign encouraging people to book eye tests in more than 360 local news brands this week. Featurelink, the Local Media Works service, allows national advertisers to get closer to local communities by placing local media...

Ad revenues for the digital aggregators have nearly doubled over the last four years while newsbrands have declined by more than a quarter over the same period, according to the latest Advertising Association/Warc ad expenditure report this week. Full year...

Johnston Press has achieved record web traffic during the third quarter of this year, led by the Yorkshire Evening Post growing 64 per cent year on year, the publisher said in a trading update today. The i newspaper had continued to...

Peers Lord Clement- Jones (Lib Dem), Lord McNally (Lib Dem) and Lord Skidesky (Cross Bench) have tabled amendments to the Data Protection Bill which is in committee stage at the House of Lords, and would see the Impress code...

The best Featurelink campaign of the past year will be commended in a new category at the Local Media Works Awards next week. Sponsored by JICREG, the awards were set up by Local Media Works to celebrate the power of...