The Government, responding to urgent approaches from Media Reform and others, has confirmed that the cost benefits available to those who sign up for regulation will be extended to all those news bloggers who are too small to sign up. This is a major victory for small publishers and for news pluralism which Media Reform welcomes. Moreover, it has announced proposals for a … [Read more...]
DCMS stakeholder meeting report
Last Thursday, April 11th, the Media Reform Coalition were invited to take part in one of three stakeholder discussions at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). All of these meetings concerned the amendments to the Crime and Courts (C&C) Bill which will affect online journalists and small publishers. While they requested that anything said by participants was … [Read more...]
Results of our consultation on the new Crime and Courts Bill, updated
Today Media Reform is releasing the results of our consultation on press regulation for bloggers. [UPDATE: these results now incorporate responses up until April 21st. The survey is now closed.] Over a period of two and a half weeks we asked bloggers and small publishers to comment on various options for amending the Crime and Courts Bill - which will support the Royal … [Read more...]
Consultation for bloggers on the new Crime and Courts Bill
Today Media Reform is launching a consultation for small publishers, online bloggers and journalists to speak up on the new press regulation deal. On April 15 the House of Commons will return from Easter recess, and soon after that will consider the Crime and Courts Bill - a crucial part of the statutory backing to the new Royal Charter which provides for independent media … [Read more...]
Leveson makes way for PCC Mark II
Well, well, well... Who would have thought it. It's back to the bad old days as 2013 kicks off with some gentle back-slapping from the Press Complaints Commission. In their annual 'self-satisfaction' survey, the PCC claim that 86% (of those who gave an opinion) said their staff were either very helpful, helpful or satisfactory (goodness me!); 79% of those who provided an … [Read more...]