News permits required for news photography in the Royal Parks are to be reissued after a joint letter coordinated by the News Media Association expressing alarm over restrictions to photography at the back of Downing Street. A coalition of organisations representing professional...

Secret guidance issued by the College of Policing to all police forces in England and Wales risks equating the media industry with wrongdoing and corruption, industry bodies have warned. In a letter to the College of Policing, the Society of...

Tindle Newspapers has purchased the Cornwall-based Voice Newspapers series, extending its reach into the local Cornwall marketplace. The eight titles in the Voice series, based in Truro, will form part of Tindle Newspapers Cornwall Ltd following the acquisition from AD’...

The Cabinet Office has announced it will reexamine the function of the "FOI Clearing House" after recommendations called for greater transparency and more protections for those submitting Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The review, led by Sue Langley, recommended the...

A coalition of organisations representing professional photographers and journalists including the News Media Association has written to The Royal Parks to voice concerns about restrictions to news photography at the back of Downing Street. In a letter to The Royal...

Guardian Media Group has announced that Anna Bateson has been appointed as its new chief executive by the GMG board. Anna Bateson previously worked for GMG in a number of senior executive roles from 2016-2020. She joined the Guardian as...

Local and national newsbrands are urged to support an IPA ad campaign encouraging advertisers to increase their investment in ad spend in the coming year. The ads promote IPA research which shows that companies which increased their marketing budgets during...

Political propaganda masquerading as independent local news damages public trust in both local news media and politicians, the News Media Association has said, following fresh outburst over the publication of another fake newspaper. Political material masquerading as independent local news...

Concern is mounting over plans to introduce a new far reaching copyright exception which content creators fear will have a “severe negative impact” on UK rights holders such as news media publishers. In a letter to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng,...