International free speech groups have warned that the birth of the UK's first state-sponsored regulator will be a fillip to repressive regimes where authorities strive to silence journalists through intimidation and excessive regulation.     Press freedom bodies have welcomed...

International free speech groups have warned that the birth of the UK's first state-sponsored regulator will be a fillip to repressive regimes where authorities strive to silence journalists through intimidation and excessive regulation.     Press freedom bodies have welcomed...

Lord Best, chair of the House of Lords Communications Committee, is to speak at a lunch hosted by the News Media Association today and attended by local and national press publishers, editors and legal directors.   The lunch will be...

Wirral Council is facing a growing backlash after becoming the first local authority to launch a monthly council newspaper since Government guidelines designed to protect independent local press from unfair competition were introduced.   Ministers have roundly condemned council papers...

Archant’s Ilford Recorder is launching a new edition  for Wanstead and Woodford giving residents a dedicated newspaper with a strong focus on community news and a platform for the issues which matter. The launch of the new edition coincides with...

Lynne Anderson, NMA Deputy Chief Executive, said: “We are disappointed by the PRP’s decision to recognise Impress, a regulator funded by Max Mosley and set up in order to trigger punitive costs sanctions against Britain’s press. However, we welcome reports...

The ABC figures for September show that the UK national newspaper market enjoyed a 13 per cent year-on-year uplift across digital platforms with print circulations holding steady, according to Newsworks. In the month that England football was shaken up by...

The Prince of Wales has described Sir Ray Tindle as a legend and a brilliant media businessman in a letter congratulating him on his 90th birthday.   “There are very few people of which it can be genuinely said they...

Costs sanctions which could see newspapers financially penalised for telling the truth could ruin newspapers, the new Society of Editors President has warned. Speaking at the close of the Society of Editors conference in Carlisle, incoming president Ian MacGregor, weekend...