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1 Submission to the Lords Select Committee on Communications: media plurality
Our submission to the House of Lords select committee on communications, for their consideration with reference to the issue of media ownership and plurality.
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2 Charters compared - March 18 vs April 25
Highlighted differences between the Royal Charter agreed on March 18 and that published on April 25. Compiled by Hacked Off.
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3 Charters compared - February 12 vs April 26
Highlighted differences between the Royal Charter published on February 12 and that published on April 25. Compiled by Hacked Off.
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4 Response to MRC consultation “Press regulation and small news organisations”
The amendments to the Crime and Court Bill (C&C Bill) to support the Royal Charter on press regulation have caused a great deal of confusion and concern amongst bloggers and small news organisations. These are the results of our online consultation, collected between April 4 and April 14 2013.
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5 The elephant next door: a survey of international media ownership regulations (Jan 2013)
Ownership regulations in a number of developed countries are compared and contrasted with those in the UK, including national, local, cross-media and foreign ownership rules.
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6 The Leveson report: recommendations for media plurality (Dec 2012)
The MRC picks up on the principles for media plurality outlined by Leveson in his report, including new methods of measuring ownership concentration, allowing plurality concerns to arise at significantly lower levels of concentration than competition concerns, and the need for a range of remedies and interventions. These principles are discussed in relation to our own recommendations.
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7 The media and the public interest (Nov 2011)
The preliminary briefing from our plurality working group, looking at concentration of media ownership, reforming the public interest test in bids and mergers, and making the case for fixed ownership limits.
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8 Regenerating public interest media
This briefing describes the twofold problem facing the media - the decline in advertising revenues and concentration of media ownership - and the threefold solution of caps, obligations and levies.
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9 Reform of the public interest test
This briefing makes the case for additional public interest obligations for large news organisations which would require them to commit to accuracy and fairness, investment in newsgathering, internal plurality and editorial autonomy.
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10 Promoting a democratic and accountable media (Aug 2012)
Chapter written for 'The phone hacking scandal: journalism on trial' by Richard Keeble and John Mair (eds), summarising many of the ideas developed in the preliminary briefings.
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11 Submission to Module 4 of the Leveson Inquiry (May 2012)
A merged and shortened version of our proposals, looking at new obligations for large media corporations, fixed ownership caps and new levies unprofitable sectors such as news aggregators.
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12 James Curran's witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry
A brief but comprehensive history of the toxic relationship between the British press and the political establishment and the key issues facing the industry today.
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13 Funding models for news in the public interest (Nov 2011)
The preliminary briefing from our funding working group which discusses profitability within the communications sector, how to reconcile public support and independent journalism, and new ventures such as community radio and local news hubs.
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14 Ethical practice: the new settlement and British news publishing (Nov 2011)
The preliminary briefing from our ethics and regulation working group, covering topics such as a right of reply, ethical working environments and using new transparency technologies online. This report also contains our initial proposals for a replacement to the PCC, which are astonishingly close to Leveson's recommendations a year later!
