Award winning actor and director and campaigner Michael Sheen OBE has launched a passionate defence of the Freedom of Information Act, describing the Government's review of the regime as a "full frontal attack" on the public right to know....

A City media analyst has written of his belief that Trinity Mirror's acquisition of Local World will provide a boost to the local press sector.  In an article, Ian Whittaker, head of European media research, Liberum, wrote that media agencies...

DRAFT DRAFT  Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has been announced as the new chairman of the News Media Association, following a meeting of the NMA Board today.   News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore was elected NMA vice chairman. The...

A senior DCMS civil servant has said that the BBC must tread “as lightly as it can” to minimise the impact it has on the commercial sector through its activities.  At a Westminster Media Forum seminar entitled ‘The future of...

Commenting on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill,the News Media Association said:“The Draft Bill provides insufficient safeguards for journalism. The Draft Bill would enshrine sweeping powers affecting all citizens, including journalists and their sources, leaving unchanged other RIPA...

Responding to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Inquiry into the digital economy, the News Media Association emphasised  that copyright law was a “positive force” in the digital economy. It is submission the NMA said: “it is...

A News Media Association briefing on AVMSD and Online Regulation can be found here. Newspapers seeking to avoid Ofcom regulation of their online audiovisual content, including short clips, should now consider the European Court of Justice’s recent preliminary ruling, in addition...

Baroness Anelay marked International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and remembers the threat facing journalists. In a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Baroness Anelay said: “No one should be terrorised into self-censorship or a...

Google’s Digital News Initiative has opened its Innovation Fund for applications. The Fund makes available €50 million a year for three years to “incentivise innovation and risk taking in the European digital news ecosystem”. It is part of the wider Digital...