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Trinity Mirror is to take full ownership of Local World in a deal which will make it the biggest local newspaper company in the UK. The deal, which values Local World at £220m, will see the newly-merged operation control local newspaper publishing in most of the biggest UK centres of population. But the deal will [...]
PROPOSALS in a consultation on the Freedom of Information Act would seriously harm government transparency and the public right to know, the News Media Association (NMA) has said. Responding to the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information's consultation document, the NMA said proposals - which include charging for FOI requests and restricting what can be released under the Act – were [...]
MORE than half of consumers browsing highly trusted local media websites act upon the advertising on the sites, new research has found. Research by comScore for 1XL, the local media industry’s online advertising portal, found that 51% of local media site users undertook an action as a result of seeing an ad in the past month. 46% undertook [...]
JUDGES from across the industry have drawn up a shortlist for the 2015 NCTJ Awards for Excellencefrom an entry of more than 220 award hopefuls. The number of award entries have continued to grow year-on-year, with 2015 having the highest number of entries since the awards were launched in 2008. The awards are open to students [...]
THE News Media Association (NMA) has launched a drive to defend the Freedom of Infomation Act, which it says faces a grave threat following the launch of a consultation by the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information. The NMA is encouraging members to respond to the consultation and has created a new FOI section on its website with [...]
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 5 November at Stationers’ Hall in London. The Printing Charity was set up in 1827 to help aged, infirm, and distressed printers [...]
Informa partners with Picon and the NEC and establishes Joint Executive Committee to develop IPEX as a premier triennial print industry event in the UK Informa has forged a partnership with Picon and the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) and created a joint executive committee to shape a new IPEX in 2017 at the NEC in [...]
Content marketing agency Archant Dialogue has made two new senior appointments as it continues to expand its offering to clients. Dialogue works with high profile brands including Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Center Parcs, AGA Rangemaster, Harley-Davidson, Jeep, Royal Ascot and British Eventing on content strategy, consumer engagement and marketing solutions. Creative Director Jon Lilley joins from The Daily Mail where [...]
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) (“Gannett”) and Journal Media Group, Inc. (NYSE: JMG) (“JMG”) have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Gannett will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Journal Media Group for approximately $280 million, net of acquired cash. Under the terms of the transaction, which was unanimously approved by [...]
The News Media Association has stressed that any EU revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive must not lead to new controls over press online content and newspaper websites. The AVMSD harmonised the audiovisual rules of the Member States. It regulates television broadcasts and online on-demand services. It applies to programmes that are TV-like and for which providers have [...]
