Local media is reaching large audiences online and remains an “incredibly important” channel for police to communicate with the public, a force communications chief has said this week. Speaking to Radio 4’s The Media Show yesterday, Dorset Police head of...

Guardian Media Group has announced plans to launch a new, independent £42 million venture capital fund called GMG Ventures. GMG Ventures will support the development of GMG’s core news business in a sector that faces ongoing disruption, GMG said. The fund...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has announced that it will be providing targeted GDPR preparation guidance and assistance for small businesses. On 1 November, it will launch a dedicated telephone service to help small businesses prepare for the incoming changes to data...

Newsquest has launched a part-paid part-free weekly newspaper for Darlington and south west Durham. The team behind The Northern Echo has revived a weekly sister newspaper - the Despatch - which has not been published for 31 years. The launch is...

Steve Goodman, GroupM UK managing director of print trading, has said that newspapers could enter a new golden age as advertisers shun “murky, fraudulent” online advertising in favour of the “safe, trusted, quality media space” which newspapers provide. Writing for...

The Liverpool Echo has been praised in the House of Lords for a long running investigation which revealed the neglect and sexual abuse suffered by a child placed into care in Liverpool during the 1960s. Liberal Democrat peer Lord Storey...

Freedom of expression and the ability of journalists to expose wrongdoing must be safeguarded as the new data protection regime comes into force, Lord Black of Brentwood said in a speech in the House of Lords this week. In the...

Responding to the High Court’s judgement today on the News Media Association’s case for judicial review of the Press Recognition Panel’s decision to recognise Impress, the NMA said: “We are deeply disappointed by the Court’s decision but maintain that...

Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has acknowledged that more than 90 per cent of the press will never sign up to a regulator recognised by the Press Recognition Panel beacsue of concerns around press freedom. In a Digital, Culture, Media and...