Independent Media Association

Below is UNESCO's draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News (June 2026), a companion to its 2023 Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms.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.

A legal challenge from independent publishers argues the CMA's proposed AI Overviews rules do not fully address the impact on competition in search.

Three Geneva summits spent a week asking who gets to govern AI, but Courtney Radsch says the real story is much simpler: a handful of firms already own the compute everyone else is being trained to depend on.

We welcome the government's recognition that Big Tech is shaping what people see, but the Media Green Paper still falls short.

CMA opens fourth SMS probe under the DMCC Act, examining whether Microsoft's dominance across Windows, Office, Teams and Copilot limits customer choice and competition."