Press release archive
2008
EPC Chairman warns Member States and Brussels of potential consumer
rebellion: "Public service broadcasting must be redefined and radically
changed" - 18th September 2008
Call for radical redefinition of public service broadcasting by EPC
Chairman Francisco Pinto Balsemão: "Don’t confuse the future with the
past of public service broadcasting" (PDF) - 18th September 2008
Publishers fear new threats to press freedom: Key meeting, 5 June,
Brussels - 27th May 2008
Comments from the European Publishers Council on the review of the
Commission’s Communication on the application of state aid rules to public
service broadcasting and a response to the questionnaire (PDF)
- 14th March 2008
Europe’s publishers call for radical change to public service broadcasting
rules
- 14th March 2008
Europe’s publishers respond to the Commission’s communication on Creative
Content Online
- 29th February 2008
2007
New copyright legislation for digital publishing imminent, says European
Commissioner at Publishers Forum
- 12th December 2007
Join Europe's leading publishers at annual roundtable with EU decision
makers
- 19th November 2007
European Publishers Forum programme 2007 (PDF)
- 19th November 2007
Commissioner Kuneva endorses European advertising self-regulation (PDF)
- 4th September 2007
Europe’s publishers welcome Commission working paper on media pluralism
- 16th January 2007
MEPs urged to vote for press freedom: Rome II vote, 18 January, Strasbourg
- 14th January 2007
2006
Europe’s publishers and journalists in joint plea to protect press freedom
in Rome II vote
- 15th December 2006
MEPs vote today on TVWF Directive: cornerstone of broadcasting regulation
in Europe
- 13th December 2006
Media declaration published in advance of first reading vote on AMS/TVWF,
11-14 December
- 4th December 2006
EPC calls on MEPs to stop members states interfering in free circulation
of media content
- 4th December 2006
Europe's publishers seek firm commitment from Commissioner on press
freedoms and other key media policy issues
- 1st December 2006
Parliament and Council on course to destabilise European broadcasting
services
- 13th November 2006
Global publishers head off legal clash with search engines: new rights
management pilot imminent
- 22nd September 2006
Response from the European Publishers Council to the public consultation
on the Future of the Internal Market Communication from the Commission
- 27th July 2006
(also
in PDF)
New Audiovisual Services Directive will stifle media competitiveness, say
Europe’s leading publishers
- 1st June 2006
EPC Response to the Commission's Green Paper on "Promoting healthy diets
and physical activity: Towards a European strategy for the prevention of
overweight, obesity and chronic diseases"
- 14th March 2006
Europe's publishers welcome Frattini's support for freedom of expression
- 22nd February 2006
Media exclusion possible compromise to unblock Rome II deadlock: majority
of member states remain split on forum shopping controversy
- 8th February 2006
2005
Europe's publishers speak out on today's TV Without Frontiers decision -
13th December 2005
Commissioner Reding looks set to back down on Rome II -
12th December 2005
Publishing leaders call for press freedom and competitiveness -
6th December 2005
Press invite: EU Commissioners meet with publishers to thrash out crucial
media policy -
30th November 2005
Media sector braces itself for constitutional row with the EU -
30th November 2005
Journalists sign up with publishers against Rome II: Constant threat of
legal action would seriously undermine press freedom - June
2005
2004
Media industry
sets out market distortions and calls for rigorous application of state
aid rules to publicly-funded broadcasters - March 2004
Safeguarding
the future - a white paper on the financing and regulation of publicly
funded broadcasters - March 2004
Behind
the scenes talks could lead to exemptions for Europe’s public broadcasters
from state aid rules - February 2004
2003
Tougher
EU enforcement directive essential to help Europe’s publishers fight
piracy, says EPC - November 2003
David
Byrne speaking note from EPC seminar for journalists -
September
2003
Commissioner
David Byrne joins Europe’s publishers at seminar -
September 2003
Europe’s
publishers hold essential seminar for media correspondents
- September 2003
Europe’s
publishers speak out against "censorship" directive
- September 2003
Positive
talks held with Prodi, Reding, Bolkestein,Liikanen and Byrne
- September 2003
Proposed
restrictions on food and beverage advertising fly in face of free press
and free market, says European Publishers Council - July
2003
EPC
slams commission for media censorship proposal - July 2003
2002
New
threat to financial journalists in market abuse directive
- September 2002
Last
minute cookies amendments vital to ecommerce and online publishing industries
- April 2002
Council
set to remove essential safeguards for financial journalists in market
abuse directive - April 2002
Tobacco
ad ban is disproportionate, discriminatory - and illegal
- April 2002
Hands
off the cookies - EPC calls for crucial amendments at this week's EP Plenary
- March 2002
European
parliament vote "significant step in right direction" for financial
reporting - March 2002
2001
Internet
cookies could crumble: MEPs set to outlaw user-friendly internet tools
at this week's plenary - September 2001
German copyright
law set to undermine EU's entire publishing sector: EU consults on contract
law
Journalists
face criminal charges: commission digs in heels on directive on insider
trading - November 2001
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