Pope Leo XIV Says Press Freedom Is A ‘Precious Gift’
Pontiff praises courage of those who defend right of people to be informed Pope Leo XIV issued a powerful defence of press freedom and the public’s right to know, calling for the release of journalists imprisoned for “seeking and reporting the truth.” Just days after his historic election as the first American pontiff, Pope Leo paid tribute to journalists who [...]
Pressure Increases to Ensure AI Firms Pay Up
UK Parliament vote pushes for AI-system transparency on use of scraped copyright content Campaign efforts to force AI firms to compensate news organisations and other creative sectors for their use of copyrighted material have received a significant boost. Members of the UK Parliament’s upper chamber voted last night (13 April) by a large majority to support an amendment to the [...]
News Sector Presses On To Safeguard Primary Source Journalism
UK government praises ‘greatest innovators’ but rejects campaign calls to rein in AI misuse Collective efforts are to continue across the broad content industry - including the news sector - to ensure AI companies pay for use of copyright material. Musicians, authors, artists and journalists had anticipated the decision of the government last night to reject amendments in the House of Commons to the [...]
NMC Joins Other Creative Sectors To Address Damage From Unlicensed AI
UK Government Orders Task Forces To Work On Needs of Content-Makers and AI Systems Members of Parliament from across the political divide today (Wednesday, May 7th) lined up to praise the news media sector's value as one part of the UK's 'superpower' content industry. They were speaking during a Commons debate about government proposals seeking to identify how both the [...]
Press Freedom Under Pressure: Global Downturn and the Cost of Journalism
The 2025 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) paints a stark picture: global press freedom is now in a “difficult situation,” driven largely by unprecedented economic pressures on news outlets and persistent threats—physical, legal, and political—against journalists. For the first time, RSF’s economic indicator shows that nearly 90% of countries report media outlets struggling to survive financially [...]
EU Commission launches review of piracy rules for live events
NMC calls for continued protection of journalists’ right to use short, real-time event footage for news coverage The European Commission has launched a Call for Evidence to assess the effects of its 2023 Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events. The Recommendation, adopted on 4 May 2023, encourages Member States, rightsholders, online service providers and other players to [...]