Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Sustainability of local journalism

Status: Closed Opened: 14 Feb 2022 Closed: 24 May 2023 7 recommendations 2 conclusions 1 report

The DCMS Committee will examine what challenges face local news organisations and what support should be put in place in order to maintain their democratic function. The Sustainability of Local Journalism inquiry will consider the operation of the market for local journalism and how that is affected by increasing competition from social media and public …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Sustainability of local journalism HC 153 25 Jan 2023 9 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
7 Recommendation Seventh Report - Sustainability of loca… Deferred

We welcome the Government’s indication that there will be support for local TV in the...

We welcome the Government’s indication that there will be support for local TV in the forthcoming Media Bill and are glad that provisions concerning radio now also look to be included. We also welcome the Minister’s indication that the Community Radio Fund (CRF) will be increased to reflect the growth …

Government response. While the government agrees on the vital local service that community radio provides, the wider economic context did not provide scope for an increase to the Community Radio Fund in the most recent Spending Review, but this will be considered …
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
18 Oct 2022 Julia Lopez MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Robert Specterman-Green · Department for Culture, Media and Sport View ↗
7 Jul 2022 David Floyd · Social Spider CIC, George Brock · Charitable Journalism Project, Karl Hancock · Nub News, Maria Breslin · Liverpool Echo, Matt Abbott · Independent Community News Network, Polly Perkins · Burngreave Messenger View ↗
28 Jun 2022 David Higgerson · Reach plc, John Severinson · Meta, Paul Hutchinson · Bedford Independent, Professor Natalie Fenton · Media Reform Coalition, Rhodri Talfan Davies · BBC, Tom Morrison-Bell · Google View ↗
17 May 2022 Adam Cantwell-Corn · The Bristol Cable, David Powell · Local TV Network, Jonathan Heawood · Public Interest News Foundation, Martin Steers · UK Community Radio Network, Michelle Stanistreet · National Union of Journalists, Owen Meredith · News Media Association View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
25 Oct 2022 To cttee Letter from Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infra…