"With a new communications act still three years away, the rest of the media industry is watching intently. Trinity Mirror’s [Sly] Bailey said: ‘Given [Google's] strengths and market-leading position, it is critical that they remain true to their corpor

Sir Christopher Meyer’s comments on the PCC and online video: "the PCC’s concern was with, to put it in shorthand, editorial material not user-generated content. That, basically, is how it has come out in the PressBoF guidance note of February 8."

Ignore the non sequitur in the headline, this is actually a pretty interesting article: the Press Complaints Commission and Society of Editors say newspaper sites adhering to the PCC code offers a sort of kitemark for quality content online.

Gary Streeter MP proposes "a Bill to require media organisations to disclose certain information about any payments made by them to individuals for the contribution of those individuals to articles or broadcasts in which they are involved…"

PCC director Tim Toulmin: "the case for content regulation beyond the general law for citizen journalists has not been made out. … The case for a form of non-statutory independent regulation for print and digital media … is stronger than ever."

The London School of Economics’s great new media policy and regulation blog looks at the implications of the Kate Middleton privacy debate for small web-only publishers. Would tighter regulation just move gossip online?