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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
4 Recommendation Seventh Report - Sustainability of loca… Rejected

Statutory notices in local newspapers remain an important means of keeping the public informed and...

Statutory notices in local newspapers remain an important means of keeping the public informed and a vital revenue stream for many local news publishers. But the criteria used by some councils to determine where notices are published appear to be outdated. We recommend that the Government review existing rules and …

Government response. The government does not intend to conduct a review of rules and practices for placing statutory notices in local newspapers, but is aware of concerns about the audience reach of these notices and the desire for greater digitalisation. The government …
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…