"A free and pluralistic media to sustain European democracy" - The Report of the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism


In the wake of the High-Level Group’s report on media freedom and pluralism, Benedetta Brevini, journalist and Lecturer in media policy at City University London, illustrates why the European Commission may wish to take a more proactive role in regulating corporate-owned media.

For the first time since the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental rights, which underlines the crucial importance of media pluralism for EU democracy, an Independent report commissioned by the European Commission vigorously recognizes that the main challenges to media freedoms in the EU come from corporate media ownership.Produced by the High expert group set up by the European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, the report lists the seven capital sins of corporate-owned media that generate some of the most insidious challenges to media freedoms in Europe.


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