Part of the Northcliffe Newspaper Group, the third largest newspaper group in the UK and based in Swansea. As well as its role of bringing news to local communities, SWWM was regarded as a key marketing and advertising tool for businesses in the area. Spencer Feeney, editor at South West Wales Media at the time, gave evidence, making clear that he had not been authorised to give evidence on Lord Black's proposals.
One of the four territorial police forces in Wales, with headquarters in Bridgend, and at the time of the Inquiry covering Cardiff, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea and the western South Wales Valleys. The largest police force in Wales in terms of population, and the seventh largest in the UK at the time. Chief Constable Peter Vaughan gave evidence on police relations with the media, which included keeping registers of all hospitality, accepted or refused. A media register of contacts between news media and police had been in place since 2011, Vaughan told the Inquiry.
