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European citizens' media pluralism initiative launched
DATELINE: 22/2/13
On 7 February, a pan-European coalition of citizens and nearly one hundred media groups, professional bodies, Independent Journalists and Civil Society Organisations launched the online collection of signatures for the first European Citizens' Initiative targeting media freedom and pluralism. The European Citizens' Initiative allows citizens to collect at least one million signatures online or offline to present a legislative proposal directly to the European Commission to change EU law."This is an important initiative which the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom has strongly supported from the start," Granville Williams, the UK Coordinator, said. "Across Europe abuses of media power or the interference of politicians in the regulation of media, are problems which can only be addressed by passing legislation to protect media pluralism."
The proposed ECI calls on the Commission to pass legislation containing:
a) effective legislation to avoid concentration of ownership in the media and advertisement sectors;
b) guaranteed independence of media regulatory bodies, with a politically and culturally balanced and socially diverse membership;
c) definition of conflict of interests with media ownership;
d) broadcast, print and online media should be required to submit to a national media authority sufficient ownership information to allow identification of the beneficial and ultimate owners of media outlets.Countries participating in the launch of the ECI are: France, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.
Information:
Website of the initiative: www.mediainitiative.eu
For further details, contact Granville Williams at freepress@cpbf.org.uk or Anna Lodeserto at the Initiative: info@mediainitiative.eu
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World Press Freedom Day
More reporters are currently imprisoned in Turkey than in any other country in the world. Only a matter of weeks ago lawyers failed to persuade a Turkish court to release a 76-year-old journalist from a Turkish internet news station.
World Press Freedom Day on Friday May 3, 2013 is being marked in Britain by a rally to highlight the dangers facing journalists in Turkey and in this podcast, Nicholas Jones speaks to Barry White, Organiser at the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, and Sam Bamford, the TUC's policy officer for Eastern Europe and Africa about the importance of a campaign to highlight international press freedom.
The World Press Freedom Day rally is being staged by the National Union of Journalists at the NUJ head office, Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1 on Thursday May 2, 6pm-8pm.
DATELINE: 27/4/13
UK launch of EU media campaign
DATELINE: 13/3/13
The UK launch of a 'European Citizens' Initiative' calling for EU rules against concentration of media power will take place on Thursday March 21 from 11:00am – 12:30pm in Committee Room 4A at the House of Lords, London. Guest speakers will include actor and activist Hugh Grant (pictured), media consultant Claire Enders, Professor Steven Barnett, Barry McCall (President of the NUJ) and Marc Gruber (Director of the European Federation of Journalists).
A European Citizens' Initiative is an official petition, like a Downing Street petition. If it succeeds in gathering a million signatures across the EU, the Commission is obliged to respond.
This petition calls for the EU to act to protect media pluralism and press freedom.
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