New UK state funding of up to £12m for local media
Local Media Strategy aims to guarantee long-term sustainability of journalism across the UK.
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DMGT ‘determined to proceed at pace’ in Telegraph deal
Daily Mail owner has secured funding to facilitate purchase of The Telegraph.
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Media payments and freebies for Labour ministers: David Lammy tops the table
Labour’s shadow cabinet has not disclosed any meetings with media executives.
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DCMS seeks views as state-owned investors banned from any stake in UK newspaper
Rules brought to stop the Telegraph takeover unintentionally rule out sovereign wealth fund investments.
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BBC boss Tim Davie ‘highly empathetic’ to striking staff but says local radio cuts will continue
The director-general said BBC Local had taken less of a budget hit than other parts of the broadcaster.
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Why easier pathway to charity status could help boost UK local journalism income
To date, the Charity Commission has awarded charity to status to just one local journalism provider.
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Lucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as Culture Secretary
Frazer has made few interventions in DCMS’ policy area during her political career so far.
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PPA: New Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has ‘huge opportunity’ to support industry where she started
It was not so long ago that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was known as the…
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