NLA Media Access Appoints New Chairman

London, 19^th October 2020

NLA Media Access is pleased to announce the appointment of Clive Marshall as non-executive Chairman. Clive joins the Board and will take over as Chairman with effect from 19^th October 2020.

Brian McCarthy will retire from the Board after eight years, including serving as interim Chairman for the past 12-months.

Marshall is currently CEO of PA Media Group, the parent company of PA, the national news agency for the UK and Ireland. Since taking up the role in February 2010, Clive has implemented a successful diversification strategy to reduce the Group’s reliance on the traditional media sector. This has enabled the PA Media Group to consolidate its position as the preeminent supplier of multimedia content and services to customers in the UK and overseas, across media, business and government. 

He was previously Chief Executive of the Australian Associated Press (AAP). With over 30 years of experience in the international media industry, he has held senior positions at several news organisations, including Canada’s CNW Group, Reed Elsevier Plc and Trinity Newspapers Limited.

Managing Director, Henry Jones said: “I’m delighted that Clive is taking on the Chairmanship of NLA. His knowledge of the industry, digital focus and track record will be of huge benefit to NLA at such an important time for the business”.

Clive Marshall commented: “I am looking forward to joining the team as the NLA continues to explore growth opportunities, driving value for publishers and supporting journalism.”

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Biography

Chief Executive, PA Media Group

Clive Marshall is Chief Executive of the PA Media Group, the parent company of PA, the UK’s leading multimedia news agency and provider of digital content & services.

Since taking up the role in February 2010, Clive has implemented a successful diversification strategy to reduce the Group’s reliance on the traditional media sector. This has enabled the PA Media Group to consolidate its position as the preeminent supplier of multimedia content and services to customers in the UK and overseas, across media, business and government. 

Under his leadership, the PA Media Group has grown to incorporate a range of specialist media companies. These are Alamy, a stock imagery business; EBS, a tv metadata business; Globelynx, a broadcast technology company; Sticky, a specialist marketing consultancy; and StreamAMG, a video streaming business. PA Media Group also owns stakes in the financial news provider, Alliance News, the automotive content business, Baize Group and the social video creation platform, Wochit.

Clive was previously Chief Executive of the Australian Associated Press (AAP). In the nine years that he led the company, AAP achieved strong and consistent growth in both revenues and profits. The business also built several successful subsidiaries, including Pagemasters, AAP Newscentre, and AAP Media Net.

With over 30 years of experience in the international media industry, Clive has held senior positions at several news organisations, including Canada’s CNW Group, Reed Elsevier Plc and Trinity Newspapers Limited.

In addition to his management and board responsibilities at PA Media Group, Clive chairs the board of Baize Group. He is a member of the advisory board at Sheffield University’s Department of Journalism and a committee member at the Thomson Reuters Trust. Away from the media industry, he is a Trustee of the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation.

NLA Simplified Licence

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of a completely new licence.  Whether you are renewing your NLA licence, or applying for a licence for the first time, you may wish to consider the Simplified Licence.

In a nutshell, the Simplified Licence provides the same cover as the current Business Licence and Web End User Licence combined.  It allows you to make and receive web, digital (e.g. scan, email, PDF) and paper copies from all the newspaper, magazine, and website titles we represent.  Plus, copying limits and user numbers are much simpler to understand.

The Simplified Licence is optional, but you may find the new licence gives you greater freedom and flexibility.  Just three factors determine the fee; level (bronze, silver, silver plus or gold), quantity (the number of unique articles copied) and staff size. 

The bronze level gives you the right to copy anything occasionally, and to receive a limited web media monitoring service.  The silver level covers you for any type of regular or frequent copying practices for up to 1% of staff, and to send content to an external recipient.  Silver plus and gold levels allow for increased numbers of recipients both internally and externally.  It’s very straightforward.

To find out more visit the relevant licensing section of our website here.

Whether you are looking for your first licence or you’re about to renew, we’ll give you costs to compare, and answer any questions.  Then you can choose the licence that works best for you.

NLA Appoints Chairman

NLA Appoints Chairman 

NLA Media Access is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian McCarthy as Chairman, with immediate effect. He succeeds Tim Brooks, who retired as Chairman in September.

Managing Director, Henry Jones said:

“I’m delighted that Brian is taking on the Chairmanship of NLA at an exciting time for the business. He brings with him a wealth of experience from the industry, including direct experience of the NLA Board, which will be invaluable in hitting the ground running.”

Brian McCarthy commented:

“I am looking forward to working with Henry and the team as the NLA continues to build on its strategy, driving value for publishers and supporting journalism.”

Brian has served on the NLA Board since 2012, representing regional newspaper publishers.

Brian McCarthy Biography

A qualified Chartered Accountant, Brian spent his early career with Arthur Andersen and Pearson Education, moving to Archant Regional newspaper division in 2004. In 2008 he joined the Archant  Group Board as Finance Director and was later appointed COO, a role he stepped down from this year. 

Brian has been a trustee and governor at Transforming Education in Norfolk, sat on the East of England Council of the CBI and has carried out a number of roles in the newspaper industry including the Regulatory Funding Company, and a number of committees at the News Media Association. He is also a non-Executive director of Norse Group, a services company owned by Norfolk County Council.

Introducing NLA’s new ‘Title Search’ tool

If you’ve been browsing our website lately, you may have noticed a new feature in our navigation bar labelled ‘Title Search’. We’re delighted to (formally) introduce you to this new tool.

Step 1/3: Visit NLA's new Title Search webpage

Title Search is a new tool from NLA media access that allows users to check which titles (print and online) are available under NLA licences. The search function provides all the information you need during a licence purchase to make sure you get the copyright permissions you require for your business.

NLA is pleased to debut this new service as part of our ongoing efforts to simplify the licence purchase and renewal process. To use, all you need to do is to enter a title in the search bar and select the relevant publication from the results. Step 2/3: Enter a title in the search bar to produce a shortlist of publications to choose from

You will then be shown further details about the publisher of this title, which licences cover this title, and the type of usage available (such as creating digital copies).

 Step 3/3: Licensing details for the chosen publication can then be viewed

NLA media access covers an extensive range of publications, including:

●      Print newspapers: National, plus more than 1,400 regional and foreign titles

●      Many print magazines, including specialist titles

●      Digital newspaper and magazine websites

By purchasing an NLA licence, not only are you complying with copyright law, but you are also supporting journalism. Since its inception in 1996, NLA has returned over £196million to publishers from licensing.

To try out the Title Search Tool for yourself and check you have the right licence for your most read and copied publications please visit: hhttps://www.nlamediaaccess.com/title-search/

Helping schools get the news they need with the NLA Schools Licence

NLA media access is dedicated to supporting journalism. Our efforts however are not just in the form of returning licensing revenue back to publishers.

As children around the UK prepare to go back to school, the summer break is also over for NLA’s News Library. Our online database of more than 150 national and regional newspapers is a free service that allows thousands of teachers to search, filter and access pdf news articles (dating back as far as 2006) for use in lessons.

From English lessons on writing the perfect exposé to science classes discussing the latest medical breakthroughs; newspapers play a key role in education.

Understanding the importance of news media and its role in democracy can also be the inspiration for the next generation of journalists.  Something NLA supports though the training of new journalists through the Journalism Diversity Fund.

 NLA has also developed the NLA Schools Licence which allows the photocopying, printing, scanning and use of newspapers and online news extracts for teaching purposes. These licences are purchased centrally by the Department for Education, for state funded schools in England, and at regional authority level for most state funded schools in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This combination of access to and the necessary rights  to access newspapers allows young minds to be exposed to and inspired by the high quality journalism the UK media is famous for.

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