The Australian government should review government advertising expenditure across all departments and agencies with a view to ensuring a minimum of 20 per cent of government print advertising is placed in regional newspapers, MPs have said. In its report ‘The...

Newsquest has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Archant from Rcapital, a private investment firm which has owned the Archant business since September 2020.  Archant's news brands include the Eastern Daily Press, the East Anglia Daily Times, Norwich...

The News Media Association has welcomed the latest development in the reform of defamation law in Northern Ireland after a key piece of legislation completed its passage in Stormont.    Mike Nesbitt has welcomed the passage of his Private Member's...

Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers Journalists should be provided with access to documents from employment tribunal cases even in the aftermath of a judgment, it has been ruled, after a successful legal challenge by the...

The News Media Association has welcomed the commitments this week from the Culture Secretary to strengthen the exemption for news publishers’ content in the Online Safety Bill to improve “the requirements for platforms not to remove content from recognised media...

Michael Fabricant has become the latest MP to call on government to bring forward the legislation to give the Digital Markets Unit the powers it needs to tackle competition issues posed by the tech platforms. Mr Fabricant’s intervention follows calls...

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is setting out proposals to protect the free press from Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, ranging from strengthening legislation to introducing new court checks to curb this type of activity. These lawsuits typically involve wealthy...

Newsquest has launched a campaign to help the victims of the war in Ukraine across the majority of its local news brands. The publisher is vowing to donate a proportion of the cover price from the sale of its daily...

The Competition and Markets Authority is focusing on whether the companies restricted or prevented the uptake of header bidding services and whether Google also affected the ability of other firms to compete with its products in this area. Header bidding...