News Media Association

The organisation operates as a private company limited by guarantee functioning as a trade association for UK news publishers. It creates value by representing members’ interests to government and regulators, coordinating industry positions, and delivering shared services including audience measurement guidance, editorial press facilities (e.g. press cards, Royal Rota) and operational or technical support. It also sponsors or coordinates sector-wide digital projects such as the online public notice portal, developed with third-party grant funding and publisher collaboration.

Revenue is generated from ongoing membership subscriptions that fund core advocacy and member services, from transactional fees charged for specific services (for example press card issuance and associated media facilities), and from time-limited grants and partnership contributions to fund industry projects and campaigns. As a company limited by guarantee without share capital, any surplus is expected to be reinvested into member-facing activities rather than distributed as profit.

The Newspaper Organisation Limited, trading as the News Media Association (NMA), is a UK industry body representing national, regional and local news publishers. It provides policy and regulatory advocacy, sector coordination and practical services such as audience and distribution guidance, media facilities, and shared industry projects.

The organisation generates income primarily from publisher membership subscriptions, fees for press cards and related media-facilities services, and project or grant funding tied to industry initiatives such as the Public Notice Portal. Its direct customers are news publishers and journalists working for those publishers; the wider public uses certain platforms (e.g. public notices) but does not pay the organisation directly.