The threat to press freedom posed by Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 has been blamed as one of the causes for a decline in the UK’s ranking in World Press Freedom Index this year. The UK...

As campaigning for the general election gets underway, the NMA reminds members in the local and national press of the comprehensive election guide available in the legal section of the NMA website. Unlike broadcast outlets, newspapers are free to be...

Media organisations including newspaper publishers, broadcasters, trade bodies and academics have warned MPs that online platforms are fuelling the rise of fake news while real news is being starved of revenues. In their responses to the Culture, Media and Sport...

In an article for this year’s Local Newspaper Week, the former Labour Party Shadow Chancellor and Strictly Come Dancing 2016 contestant champions the important role that local newspapers play in distributing highly trusted news. The article, which will be made...

Kate Langston Yorkshire Post lobby correspondent in Westminster, has been appointed chair of the Newspaper Conference representing London editors and political correspondents of News Media Association member regional newspapers. Kate was elected at the Conference’s annual general meeting...

Newsworks analysis of the ABC figures for March show that the UK national newspaper market enjoyed a 21 per cent year-on-year uplift across digital platforms, adding up to 36 million unique browsers daily. In the month that the Prime Minister...

The News Media Association has issued nearly 900 press cards to journalists, photographers and freelance newsgatherers in the first quarter of the year. The NMA is one of the UK Press Card Authority gatekeepers and issues press cards to professional...

Damian Collins, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has issued a warning to Google and Facebook that they must work to ensure fake news does not interfere with the UK general election. Speaking to Channel 4 News yesterday,...

The Daily Mail's advertising arm Mail Advertising has announced that Dominic Williams will join its leadership team as chief investment officer. Mr Williams is currently chief trading officer at Dentsu Aegis Network and will report directly to chief revenue officer Clare...