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What is the EPC?The European Publishers Council is a high level group of Chairmen and CEOs of European media corporations actively involved in multimedia markets spanning newspaper, magazine and online database publishers. Many EPC members also have significant interests in commercial television and radio. The EPC is not a trade association, but a high level group of the most senior representatives of newspaper and magazine publishers in Europe. The EPC was founded in January 1991 with the express purpose of reviewing the impact of proposed European legislation on the press, and then expressing an agreed opinion to the initiators of the legislation, politicians and opinion-formers.
Publishers want an integrated information industryThe success of an integrated information industry is vital to the future viability of Europe's publishers. Publishers are in the content business whether in traditional printed publications or through internet based interactive media. EPC members are major providers of the news, information and entertainment across Europe and key to the EU's growth and competitiveness as the integrated information industry becomes the largest single economic sector in Europe. The EPC seeks a coherent approach to legislation for the content industry. Publishers must not be prevented by outdated or restrictive legislation from safeguarding their future prosperity and viability.
Protecting a Free Press in EuropeThe EPC is pledged to do everything it can to promote the concept and operation of the Internal Market, which it believes is fully in the interests of Europe's citizens. In February 1991 the EPC adopted a set of Principles and in January 1992 it adopted a Declaration, which can be summarized as follows:
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