An external review carried out by former Permanent Secretary Sir Joseph Pilling into the independence and effectiveness of the IPSO has found it to be an effective regulator which is taken seriously by newspapers and editors but remains sufficiently...

Lord Black of Brentwood has welcomed the latest amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill designed to protect journalists’ sources, adding that he hoped for “rigorous oversight” to ensure the safeguards have “real bite” in protecting the confidential sources of...

The Government must be sensitive to the pressures on the newspaper industry and the “huge amount of change” which newspapers have undergone over the last four years when considering whether or not to bring in the Leveson costs sections,...

The Press Recognition Panel has formally reported to Parliament today that it has not recognised any regulators in the first year it could receive applications and that the system of regulation does not cover all significant relevant publishers. In its...

Future’s anticipated acquisition of Miura (Holdings) Ltd, the parent of Imagine, could face an in-depth investigation over competition concerns, the Competition and Markets Authority has said. Future plc and Imagine Publishing Ltd are both prominent publishers of specialist magazines as...

Sir Ray has voiced his firm belief in the future of local press, recounting his seven decades in local news during which he built a local newspaper business of 185 titles starting with just £300 demob money. In a feature...

An exhibition of the very best of British press photography over the last 12 months is to open next week. The British Press Photographers’ Association exhibition, Assignments 2016, will be displayed as part of the London Photoblock exhibition this month...

WPP chief executive officer Sir Martin Sorrell has said that a Facebook video view does not have the same impact as a print or TV ad and reiterated his call for Facebook and Google to allow independent evaluation of...

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