Publishing Bodies Form Alliance To Represent Industry Concerns

Publishing companies in the UK have joined forces to ensure positive recognition of their industry as convergence gains pace. The Newspaper Society, the Publishers Association, Newspaper Publishers and the Periodical Publishers Association have formed the UK Publishing Media alliance to reflect the rapidly evolving nature of publishing into a range of connected and overlapping businesses.

A statement from the group read: “The associations forming UK Publishing Media have traditionally represented the main print-on-paper publishing sectors. These are now increasingly engaged in interactive media development and are major investors in the information society.

“This process of transition has prompted the repositioning of the publishing sector as primary players in a rapidly evolving interactive industry. The alliance serves the objective of securing the government’s recognition of this role and a corresponding involvement in the policy making process. The creation of UK Publishing Media will increase the representational effectiveness of the publishing media sector, recognising convergence and community of interests.

“The objectives of UK Publishing Media will be to develop stronger representation, for example, to government. It will also be able better to balance the competing or conflicting interests of other major lobby groups on matters ranging from IT development, regulation and competition issues, freedom to publish, freedom of information, copyright and data protection.”

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