What are “news deserts” in Europe?
What are “news deserts” in Europe? Our researchers developed a definition for a new project aimed at supporting struggling local, regional and community media. Read More …
Tag: media pluralism
Breaking the filter bubbles: recommendations to promote pluralism online
A series of recommendations on the pluralism of curation and indexing algorithms, to the attention of States and digital platforms. Read More …
New podcast – Media Freedom Act: how to fix media plurality
Professor Elda Brogi, Scientific Coordinator at the CMPF, speaks in the last episode of the Media Lab Series curated by Information Labs. Read More …
Media Freedom Act: Elda Brogi gives testimony at the European Parliament
Professor Elda Brogi took part in a public hearing organised by the Committee on Culture and Education at the European Parliament. Read More …
What is state advertising, and why is it such a big problem for media freedom in Europe?
State advertising emerged as one of the prime sources of risk for both fair competition and media independence in various countries across the European Union, as well as in the EU candidate states. Read More …
Media Pluralism Monitor’s findings presented at the European Parliament
Pier Luigi Parcu and Elda Brogi presented the Media Pluralism Monitor’s findings at the European Parliament’s premises in Brussels. Read More …
New article: Cascading risks to media pluralism and a European approach to tackle them
Elda Brogi surveyed the current initiatives to protect media pluralism at the EU level, including the European Media Freedom Act, in this blog post for Heinrich Böll Stiftung. Read More …
Prof. Parcu joins the Working Group on Pluralism of Information in Curation and Indexation Algorithms as Chair of the steering committee
The Working Group on Pluralism of Information in Algorithms will gather input from experts worldwide to provide policy recommendations. Read More …
New study assesses media pluralism and diversity online in Europe, concomitant with the publication of the EMFA proposal
Media pluralism requires as much protection in the digital environment as in the traditional offline media environment, warns the new Study on Media Plurality and Diversity Online. Read More …
Orlen’s Takeover of Polska Press: Media Market and Pluralism Issues Are Intertwined
In 2020, amid revenue losses, German Verlagsgruppe Passau sold Polska Press Group (controlling a majority of Polish local and regional press market) to the state-owned PKN Orlen oil company. The takeover has been approved swiftly by the competition authority UOKiK even though this ownership change sustained a monopoly on the regional and local press market (UOKiK, 2021a). UOKiK’s President justified his decision by arguing: Read More …