Media Bill to repeal Leveson–inspired Section 40 and create Broadcast Code for streamers
The never-activated clause would make publishers pay both sides' costs if they are sued.
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Rishi Sunak and the media: New PM’s relationship with the press and media policy positions
Rishi Sunak will shortly become prime minister. His appointment may bring another change to government media policy and the third…
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Truss vs Sunak: What are the Conservative leadership contenders’ plans for media?
The fight to be Britain’s next prime minister has come down to a former newspaper editor versus a scholar of…
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Queen’s Speech media briefing: Big tech crackdown, Section 40 repeal, sources concern
The Queen’s Speech 2022 has revealed a series of legislative changes that will have serious ramifications for UK media. Based…
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Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell on C4, big tech and regulating Fleet Street
Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell has spoken to Press Gazette about Labour media policy and said the party could not…
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Conservatives repeat pledge to scrap Section 40 cost penalties on newspapers
The Conservatives have repeated their pledge to repeal “crippling” Section 40 cost provision laws which would force newspapers to pay…
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‘Business as usual’ on Section 40 as Government yet to repeal it, says Press Recognition Panel chairman
The chairman of the Press Recognition Panel has said as far as he’s concerned it is “business as usual” on…
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Government wins fight to overturn Data Protection Bill cost provisions but battle not yet over
Provisions inserted into the Data Protection Bill, which would have left newspapers having to pay all the costs of legal…
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