The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a second investigation into Google’s practices in ad tech with a probe into whether Google has broken the law by restricting competition in the digital advertising technology market. The CMA said that until the...

The BBC must step back from its “misguided plans” to boost its own local news services, in direct competition with commercial providers, to avoid damaging local journalism, the News Media Association has said. Responding to BBC director-general Tim Davie’s speech yesterday...

The Ozone Project has announced that HuffPost UK and BuzzFeed UK will join the online digital advertising partnership of news brands, increasing Ozone’s reach by more than 200,000 readers every month. These titles, which sit under the BuzzFeed, Inc. group,...

Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting on the protection of journalists, Ambassador James Kariuki, the UK deputy permanent representative to the UN, said a free and independent press were vital to countering disinformation and propaganda. He said: “An independent...

Newsquest Media Group is launching new apprenticeships through its Young Reporter scheme across its titles in England. The Newsquest Young Reporter Scheme has been active for 14 years and is a schools’ programme for students aged 14-18 that runs for...

The Government paid tribute to Shireen Abu Akleh on Monday, after she was killed whilst working in the West Bank, and highlighted the vital and important work journalists carry out around the world. Ms. Abu Akleh worked as a reporter...

Former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale MP said in a Queens Speech debate this week that he looks forward to the repeal of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which acts a “sword of Damocles hanging over...

Further delay to the crucial legislation underpinning the Digital Markets Unit levelling the playing field between news publishers and the platforms could result in the closure of local news media titles, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said...

News content created by British publishers generates approximately £1 billion in UK revenues for Google and Facebook every year, a new paper from a leading academic has found. Published by the News Media Association today, the new ‘Value of News...