Newspaper editors are to meet later to try to agree proposals for a new press watchdog that would be independent of publishers and politicians.
The gathering on Wednesday comes after editors met the prime minister on Monday to discuss the Leveson report.
David Cameron warned newspaper editors "the clock was ticking" for them to avoid a system set up by law, as recommended by Lord Justice Leveson.
He told them to "urgently" draft plans for an independent press regulator.
And the press's proposals "absolutely" had to meet the report's requirements, he added.
The Editors' Code of Practice Committee, which is part of the current system, is also meeting on Wednesday to discuss the report's recommendations.
- Lord Justice Leveson said the press needed a tough new independent regulator
- He also said the regulator should be backed up by a new law
- The Conservatives say a law will not work and could threaten a free press
- Labour and the Liberal Democrats disagree
- Lord Black and Lord Hunt have been leading the industry's attempts to draw up a replacement for the Press Complaints Commission
- Lord Justice Leveson said the Black/Hunt proposals did not go far enough
- The Society of Newspaper Editors will meet on Wednesday to see if it can reach an agreement that can be put to the government.
In his report into press standards and ethics last week, Lord Justice Leveson recommended an independent self-regulatory body for the press, backed up by legislation.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats both support statutory underpinning, but the prime minister, many Conservative MPs and parts of the press are against it.
The prime minister is resisting calls to adopt the findings in full and change the law to underpin a new body.
Monday's Downing Street meeting was organised by the Culture Secretary Maria Miller. She said the industry had "responded positively" to the challenge of establishing a new regulator.
She said she expected the timescale of the plan to be presented to the government this week.
Mrs Miller is also meeting regional newspaper and magazine editors on Wednesday.
Lord Hunt, who is chairman of the existing Press Complaints Commission, also attended Monday's Number 10 talks and has been leading the industry's attempts to draw up a replacement watchdog.
He claims 120 publishers, representing 2,000 editors, are supporting his plan and believes legally-enforceable membership contracts could be used to avoid the need for statutory backing.
But the department's statement said the editors at the meeting had been reminded that Lord Justice Leveson had found Lord Hunt's model "unconvincing".
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Among editors attending Monday's meeting were The Sun's Dominic Mohan, The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger, the Daily Telegraph's Tony Gallagher, James Harding from The Times, Lloyd Embley from the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People and The Spectator magazine's Fraser Nelson.
Mr Cameron said the industry had to take action and added: "They have got to do it in a way that absolutely meets the requirement of Lord Justice Leveson's report.
"That means million-pound fines, proper investigation of complaints, prominent apologies, a tough independent regulatory system."
Labour leader Ed Miliband said he had spoken to victims of press intrusion, who wanted to see "more than good intentions" from newspaper editors.
An online petition in favour of statutory underpinning, launched by campaign group Hacked Off and supported by many victims of press intrusion, has collected more than 138,000 signatures.
Cross-party talks are ongoing and the government is drawing up draft legislation to enact the Leveson recommendations . Labour says it is drafting its own bill in case no agreement can be reached.
In Scotland, MSPs are also debating press regulation and whether to take a UK-wide approach or create a separate system.
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