Times Newspapers has reported an increase in digital and print subscription revenues for the 12 months to June 2015 with a pre-tax profit of £10.9 million. Times Newspapers reported a pre-tax profit of £10.9 million in the year to last...

Profits are up by nearly a quarter for both Johnston Press and Archant which published their financial results this week. Johnston Press announced that profit before tax increased by 23 per cent to £31.5 million while  Archant’s operating profits increased...

The Mail on Sunday scooped a clutch of gongs at the Society of Editors Press Awards which celebrate the best in national newspaper journalism. The Mail on Sunday won seven awards including the newspaper of the year title, scoop of the...

Waltham Forest Council has said it will continue to publish its £440,000-a-year fortnightly newspaper despite Government warnings that it must bring the publication into line with guidelines designed to rein in aggressive council papers. Waltham Forest Council is one of...

The Government has offered reassurance about protection for journalists’ sources amid concern over new laws aimed at reducing instances of miscarriages of justice.  Speaking on behalf of the Government , Baroness Evans of Bowes Park said the Government was “committed...

The Government will introduce business rates relief for local newspapers for a period of two years starting from 1 April 2017, the Chancellor confirmed in his budget.   The News Media Association had called on the Government to introduce business...

The Communities Department is to target nine new local authorities as part of its clampdown on aggressive council newspapers.   Local authorities Enfield, Hackney, Hillingdon, Lambeth, Luton, Medway, Newham, North Somerset and Waltham Forest have been served written notices by...

MPs have called upon the Home Secretary to introduce stronger safeguards to robustly protect journalists’ sources into the Investigatory Powers Bill which would weaken existing protections if passed in its current form. In a debate this week, Labour and SNP...

The BBC’s local activities should be “effectively policed” by the BBC’s future regulator to ensure that there is no damaging impact on independent news providers, with partnership playing a central role, the BBC Trust has recommended.   In a report...