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The Independent Media Association has elected its new Board of Directors following a vote by members.

From 30 October, businesses will carry the risk for Meta’s AI mistakes and grant it wider rights over their content and websites.

Major international publishers are backing a growing effort to establish industry-wide standards for how AI companies access and use news content.

The IMA has joined a coalition of publisher bodies responding to the CMA's proposed Google search choice screen. We back it in principle, but warn that the current plans leave too much in Google's hands.

Below is UNESCO's draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News (June 2026), a companion to its 2023 Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. The document looks at how journalism can receive a fairer share of the value it creates when digital platforms and AI companies use it.

The IMA-backed SPUR Coalition has nearly doubled its reach to almost 60 members, as it pushes ahead on technical standards to give publishers real control over how AI systems use their content.