Short videos on a newspaper’s website may fall under audiovisual media services legislation, according to a judgement from Court of Justice of the European Union last week. In the case of New Media Online, an Austria company publishing online newspaper...

The News Media Association has warned that RIPA powers must not be extended to police volunteers. Responding to the Home Office consultation on reforming the powers of police staff and volunteers, the NMA said no RIPA powers should be not...

Lord Burns, chair of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information, has said that evidence to the commission will not be anonymised unless the circumstances are “appropriate” to do so following an outcry by campaigners.  In response to a letter...

Trinity Mirror has announced the proposed acquisition of all of the shares in Local World not already owned by the publisher. The acquisition, which will see  Trinity Mirror purchase the 80.02 per cent shareholding that it does not already own,...

Lord Black of Brentwood, Telegraph Media Group executive director, is to speak at The Printing Charity annual luncheon next month. Lord Black, chairman of the News Media Association’s legal, policy and regulatory affairs committee, will address guests at the event on...

News UK hosted an event to mark the release of feature film The Program which highlights crucial role of newspaper journalism in exposing cyclist Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat.   The Sunday Times chief sports writer David Walsh was...

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said that journalism has “a direct impact on the institutions and laws that shape ordinary people’s lives” and that a free press “is one of the pillars of a free society.” Delivering the keynote speech...

The Society of Editors launched ‘Hands Off FoI’ campaign in conjunction with HoldtheFrontPage and Press Gazette to fight proposals to water down the FOI Act. At the Society of Editors Conference earlier this week, editors were asked to write...

News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore has spoken of the importance of newspapers to politics and their ability to “shape opinion and debate” in a way that no other media can. Speaking at the Society of Editors annual conference...