In planning new measures that will undermine press freedom, the Labour Party is displaying a strange sense of priorities, flowing against the tide of both technology and history, writes Ray Snoddy.

There is a danger that regulators could find legitimate domestic reasons to block deals in the newspaper and TV industries while missing the bigger global picture, writes Raymond Snoddy.

A year into the role Sir David Clementi seems to be a safe pair of hands who has mastered his complex and ever-changing brief, writes Ray Snoddy – but the future still offers major challenges.

In any rational world, there should now be a renaissance in sophisticated media planning thanks to the new Audience Measurement for Publishers, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The only tangible outcome of what was supposed to be a searing examination in Congress of Facebook was a 5% rise in the company’s share price, laments Raymond Snoddy. At least the Lords are right on the money…

With their watersheds and regulatory imposed limitations on nudity, violence and profanity, public service broadcasters must look rather quaint to younger generations, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Robert Hannigan has warned that tech companies are becoming more powerful than governments and have a tendency to consider themselves above democracy. We should pay attention, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The time is now long overdue for a judicial inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the social media and their effect on society, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Nine years ago a joint online venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide was killed off in a wretched and arrogant decision, writes Raymond Snoddy – but now, a joey of sorts has been born…

Max Mosley’s reputation is in tatters, Tom Watson has suffered serious collateral damage, and Impress is now formally a joke regulator, writes Raymond Snoddy. So what happens next?