Parliamentary questions highlight the value of specialist publishing to the economy
Alexander Stafford MP has recently asked the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the value of the magazine publishing industry to the UK economy.
Alexander Stafford MP has recently asked the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the value of the magazine publishing industry to the UK economy.
Leading parliamentarians debating the future of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) highlighted the threat to magazine subscription businesses if Saturday deliveries are removed.
The Reuters Institute “Journalism, media and technology trends and predictions 2023” report states that the relationship between platforms, publishers, and regulators will be critical over the coming year.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Ofcom have set out their plans for 2023/24.
It is alleged that the tech giant abused its dominant position in ad tech to earn excessive profits at the expense of thousands of UK publishers.
Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez has stated that she is “fairly confident” that proposals for a copyright exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) will not be taken forward.
Ofcom is consulting on proposals to update its guidance on how the BBC’s competition impact is assessed.
In the Autumn Budget, it has been announced that the government will bring forward the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill – the legislation that will empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) – to parliament in the current parliamentary session (i.e. before next summer). This is a significant victory as before now the Government had only promised to introduce a draft Bill with no timetable on when it would materialise.
It has been reportedthat the long-delayed Online Safety Bill will return to Parliament later this month, but with the ‘legal but harmful’ content category removed from the Bill’s scope.
Paul Scully MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy, overseeing online safety, digital markets regulation, and online advertising. He will also retain the role of Minister for London.
Meta has stated it may be compelled to block news content in Canada in response to a new law that would force platforms to compensate publishers for the value that their content brings to tech giants.
The Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Select Committee has published a reporton the proposed Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill.
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