Public Service Media in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan - Reports

The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, published a new report on public service media (PSM) in the Transcaucasian countries

Freedom of expression and media in transition: studies and reflections in the digital age - Books

Globalization and digitalization challenge our shared understanding of freedom of expression. This volume reflects on the role of media in a time of uncertainty

European Commission Public consultation on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy' - Opportunities

In the frame of the 2016 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights, the European Commission opens a public consultation on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy'

Johnston Press and the crisis in Ireland’s local newspaper industry, 2005-2014 - Academic Sources

Local press is not only experiencing declining circulation and revenues, but also a process of corporatisation. The case of the Irish industry illustrates very well some of the main ongoing trends in the field

The Imperial Legacies of Television within Europe - Academic Sources

The study gives a postcolonial account of intra-European broadcast regions through industrial collaborations, imperial vestiges, and imperial connections

European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services - ERGA - Stakeholders

The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) gathers high level representatives of national independent regulatory bodies in the field of audiovisual services, to advise the Commission on the implementation of the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) .

ERGA was established in February 2014 by the European Commission, having as its main objectives:

- to assist the Commission in ensuring a consistent implementation of the AVMSD

- to facilitate cooperation between the regulatory bodies in the EU

- to allow for an exchange of experience and good practices.

Since 1 January 2016, ERGA is chaired by Prof. Madeleine de Cock Buning, Professor of Media Law at Utrecht University and president of the Dutch regulator. Mr Oliver Schrameck (ERGA Chair in 2014-2015) is now Vice-Chair, along with Ms. Mirjana Rakić, Chairman of the Croatian regulator until April 2016.

Attacks on the Press: Gender and Media Freedom Worldwide - Books

The 2016 edition of CPJ's focusing on gender-based threats to journalists and the media

Ten obstacles to accessing company register data using the right of information - Reports

The report identifies a total of 10 obstacles to accessing company register data

Call for Policy Papers: Audiovisual Media Services within the Digital Single Market - Opportunities

The LSE Media Policy Project and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) opened the call for policy papers for the conference on "Audiovisual Media Services within the Digital Single Market", to be held on 14-15 June 2016 in Brussels

Protection of business secrets does not rule out the right of the press to be informed by government - Legal Resources

On 25 March 2015 the Federal Administrative Court of Germany in Leipzig ruled that representatives of the press can demand information about facts that protect business secrets from government agencies, if their right to be informed outweighs the interest of business secret protection.