1st Report - The future of news
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- 25 Nov 2024
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Select Committee · Communications and Digital Committee
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Status: Closed
Opened: 17 Jan 2024
Closed: 25 Apr 2025
1 report
Inquiry scope
News providers are facing a challenging future: new technologies, disruption to business models, declining trust and growing concerns around impartiality present a complex, interrelated and difficult problem. The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee will examine a selection of strategic challenges facing the sector, and identify the actions required over the next 12 months and 5 years to ensure news media can remain a core part of our democratic system. Read the key points in our report summaryReports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2024 | Robert Specterman-Green · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sam Cannicott · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Stephanie Peacock MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | View ↗ |
| 14 May 2024 | Cristina Nicolotti Squires · Sky News, Dame Melanie Dawes · Ofcom | View ↗ |
| 7 May 2024 | David Hooper, Fiona O'Brien · Reporters Without Borders, Juliet Oliver · Solicitors Regulation Authority, Paul Philip · Solicitors Regulation Authority, Sayra Tekin · News Media Association, Susan Coughtrie · Foreign Policy Centre | View ↗ |
| 30 Apr 2024 | Professor Jane Singer · City, University of London, Rasmus Nielsen · University of Oxford, Robert Colvile · Centre for Policy Studies | View ↗ |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Andrew Neil · The Spectator, James Harding · Tortoise Media, John Quinlan · JOE Media Group, Tom Slater · spiked | View ↗ |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Freddie Sayers · UnHerd, Katie Harbath · Anchor Change, Professor Ciaran Martin CB · Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Professor William H. Dutton · Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford | View ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2024 | Angelos Frangopoulos · GB News Limited, David Rhodes · Sky News, Jonathan Levy · Sky News | View ↗ |
| 19 Mar 2024 | Sam Shetabi · Acast, Sebastian Enser-Wight · Global Radio, Shini Pattni · Acast, Tom Cheal · Global Radio | View ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2024 | Deborah Turness · BBC, Guy Davies · Channel 5, Jonathan Munro · BBC, Louisa Compton · Channel 4, Michael Jermey · ITV, Rhodri Talfan Davies · BBC | View ↗ |
| 27 Feb 2024 | Anna Bateson · Guardian Media Group, David Dinsmore · News UK, David Higgerson · Reach plc, Henry Faure Walker · Newsquest, Jonathan Paterson · The News Movement, Jon Slade · Financial Times, Joshi Herrmann · The Manchester Mill, Peter Wright · DMG Media | View ↗ |
| 20 Feb 2024 | Mr Douglas McCabe · Enders Analysis, Mr James Frayne · Public First, Professor Charlie Beckett · London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | View ↗ |
| 13 Feb 2024 | Fraser Nelson · The Spectator, James Bennet · The Economist, Josephine Hansom · Savanta, Paul Lee · Deloitte | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Neil · Chairman | The Spectator | 1 |
| Angelos Frangopoulos · Chief Executive Officer | GB News Limited | 1 |
| Anna Bateson · Chief Executive Officer | Guardian Media Group | 1 |
| Cristina Nicolotti Squires · Director of Content | Sky News | 1 |
| Dame Melanie Dawes · Chief Executive | Ofcom | 1 |
| David Dinsmore · Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | News UK | 1 |
| David Higgerson · Chief Audience Officer | Reach plc | 1 |
| David Hooper | — | 1 |
| David Rhodes · Executive Chairman EMEA | Sky News | 1 |
| Deborah Turness · Chief Executive Officer News and Current Affairs | BBC | 1 |
| Fiona O'Brien · UK Bureau Director | Reporters Without Borders | 1 |
| Fraser Nelson · Editor | The Spectator | 1 |
| Freddie Sayers · Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer | UnHerd | 1 |
| Guy Davies · Commissioning Editor of Factual | Channel 5 | 1 |
| Henry Faure Walker · Chief Executive Officer | Newsquest | 1 |
| James Bennet · Senior Editor | The Economist | 1 |
| James Harding · co-founder | Tortoise Media | 1 |
| John Quinlan · Chief Executive Officer | JOE Media Group | 1 |
| Jon Slade · Chief Commercial Officer | Financial Times | 1 |
| Jonathan Levy · Managing Editor and Executive Director | Sky News | 1 |
| Jonathan Munro · Global Director and Deputy CEO, BBC News | BBC | 1 |
| Jonathan Paterson · Managing Editor | The News Movement | 1 |
| Josephine Hansom · Vice President and Youth Practice Lead | Savanta | 1 |
| Joshi Herrmann · Founder and Editor-in-Chief | The Manchester Mill | 1 |
| Juliet Oliver · General Counsel | Solicitors Regulation Authority | 1 |
| Katie Harbath · Chief Executive Officer | Anchor Change | 1 |
| Louisa Compton · Head of News and Current Affairs | Channel 4 | 1 |
| Michael Jermey · Director of News | ITV | 1 |
| Mr Douglas McCabe · Chief Executive Officer and Director of Publishing and Tech | Enders Analysis | 1 |
| Mr James Frayne · founding Partner | Public First | 1 |
| Paul Lee · Global head of research for technology, media, and telecommunications | Deloitte | 1 |
| Paul Philip · Chief Executive | Solicitors Regulation Authority | 1 |
| Peter Wright · Editor Emeritus | DMG Media | 1 |
| Professor Charlie Beckett · Professor of Practice, Director of Polis and the Polis/LSE JournalismAI project | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 1 |
| Professor Ciaran Martin CB · Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations | Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford | 1 |
| Professor Jane Singer · Professor Emerita of Journalism Innovation | City, University of London | 1 |
| Professor William H. Dutton · Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member | Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford | 1 |
| Rasmus Nielsen · Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication | University of Oxford | 1 |
| Rhodri Talfan Davies · Director of Nations | BBC | 1 |
| Robert Colvile · Director | Centre for Policy Studies | 1 |
| Robert Specterman-Green · Director, Media and Creative Industries | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 1 |
| Sam Cannicott · Deputy Director and Head of the Office for AI | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 1 |
| Sam Shetabi · Creator Network Director | Acast | 1 |
| Sayra Tekin · Director of Legal | News Media Association | 1 |
| Sebastian Enser-Wight · Chief Strategy Officer | Global Radio | 1 |
| Shini Pattni · Legal Counsel | Acast | 1 |
| Stephanie Peacock MP · Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 1 |
| Susan Coughtrie · Project Director, Unsafe for Scrutiny | Foreign Policy Centre | 1 |
| The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 |
| Tom Cheal · Managing Editor, LBC | Global Radio | 1 |
| Tom Slater · Editor | spiked | 1 |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2025 | To committee | Response from the BBC to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated March 2025 |
| 6 Feb 2025 | To committee | Response from Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated 27 January 2025 |
| 6 Feb 2025 | To committee | Response from the Competition and Markets Authority to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated January 2025 |
| 16 Dec 2024 | From committee | Letter to the Chair from Katie O'Donovan, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google dated 20 November 2024 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | From committee | Letter to the Chair from Matt Rogerson, Director of Global Public Policy & Platform Strategy, Financial Times, dated 18 October 2024 |
| 9 May 2024 | To committee | Letter from the Chair to Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, dated 9 May 2024 |