CALLS for greater public support for local newspapers have been hailed by news industry chiefs.
The government-backed Cairncross Review into the future sustainability of quality news called for greater regulation of tech giants and more public support for local news publishers to tackle the "uneven balance of power."
Henry Faure Walker, CEO of Newsquest Media Group, welcomed the recommendation for greater public support and expansion of initiatives like the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter scheme
“As Dame Cairncross says, there is no other area of journalism so important for the health of local democracy than local news, and finding a way to support local news is now a matter of urgency," he said.
“The focus now moves on to Government who we hope will be bold and ambitious."
Among the recommendations are a new funding-body called the Public Interest News and a public investigation into the dominance of Facebook and Google.
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