BBC delivers government policy as it scraps free licence fee concession for most over-75s

Honest journalists need a regulator to protect them

By Angela Phillips As four more journalists are arrested in connection with phone hacking it is worth remembering that it…..

PM’s parliamentary machismo serves only his pals in press

David Cameron has crossed the Rubicon. No, we don’t mean the Rubicon of statute he spoke of back in November…..

Job done, Lord Puttnam: the “terrible silence” is broken

By Mike Jempson In tabling his contentious amendments to the Defamation Bill, Lord Puttnam made clear that they were “designed…..

Finally, editors are breaking ranks on press reform

By Angela Phillips As cross party talks on press reform enter a critical phase, the editors are, at last, breaking…..

Rupert Murdoch: it’s about wealth and power, not profit

By David McKnight A great many books have been written about Rupert Murdoch. So why write another one? In my…..

Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks

Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks The Defamation Bill is in danger of being lost……

Left, right or nowhere? Building a broad-based coalition for media reform

Deborah Grayson is the Campaigns Coordinator for the Media Reform Coalition. She delivered the following paper at Media Policy Post-Leveson:…..

Back to Methusalah…with the Black/Hunt gang

Mike Jempson, Director of MediaWise considers the latest developments in press regulation. A free (and pluralist) press is one of…..

The seven capital sins of corporate-owned media: how ownership concentration curtails media freedoms in Europe

By Benedetta Brevini 2 February 2013 For the first time since the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental rights, which…..

Was the EU report on media regulation reported fairly by our press?

by Horatio Mortimer A group of experts convened by the vice president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, this week…..

The Post-Leveson Quest for The Recogniser

In his Report Lord Justice Leveson recommended statutory underpinning for a replacement to the PCC. Although the Prime Minister adamantly…..

Labour promises to vote on statutory underpinning

By Carolina Are According to the Press Gazette, the Labour Party has promised to vote on the issue of statutory…..

Media ownership battles in Argentina

Media Reform is committed to limits on media ownership to tackle concentrated media power in this country and to establish a foundation for more ethical news media. You may therefore be interested in a debate over the implications of the Audiovisusal Communication Services Act in Argentina, passed in 2009, which aims to diversify the airwaves and introduce tough rules on media ownership. We publish below a response by Argentine academics and activists to a recent post on the LSE Media Policy Blog which criticises the law – and its supporters – for underestimating the threat it poses to media freedom. We look forward to a debate over these issues in the UK!

Honest journalists need a regulator to protect them

PM’s parliamentary machismo serves only his pals in press

Job done, Lord Puttnam: the “terrible silence” is broken

Finally, editors are breaking ranks on press reform

Rupert Murdoch: it’s about wealth and power, not profit

Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks

Left, right or nowhere? Building a broad-based coalition for media reform

Back to Methusalah…with the Black/Hunt gang

The seven capital sins of corporate-owned media: how ownership concentration curtails media freedoms in Europe

Was the EU report on media regulation reported fairly by our press?

The Post-Leveson Quest for The Recogniser

Labour promises to vote on statutory underpinning

Media ownership battles in Argentina

Lords support limits on ownership

Leveson makes way for PCC Mark II

Media corporations: too big to fail?

Ministers are realising they might need statute after all

Royal Charters and media independence: past lessons

Leveson’s best cure is to limit the power of media empires

Leveson round up: the good and the bad

The spinning of Shami Chakrabarti