euractiv.com | The European Media Freedom Act, 22 Sep media operator

The Commission has finally released its long-awaited European Media Freedom Act, but it has stirred controversy in a number of directions. Renate Schroeder, Director of the European Federation of Journalists, and Ilias Konteas, Executive Director of EMMA-ENPA, join this week's podcast to discuss its contents and implications.

Politico.eu.com | We're fine as we are, Press tells EU as Brussels plans media freedom law, 16 Sep LOL

... The unprecedented move has press publishers -- which had already tried to kill the law during consultations -- up in arms.

"Media regulators can now interfere with the free press, while publishers are estranged from their own publications," said Ilias Konteas, executive director of the European Magazine Media Association (of which POLITICO's owner Axel Springer is a member) and the European Newspaper Publishers Association....

LSE[!] | The democratic fightback has begun: The European Commission's new European Media Freedom Act, 16 Sep

The European Commission has published a draft European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). If passed, this new law would represent a major shift in EU policy on the media, and a welcome shot in the arm for democracy across the Union. Freed of the Eurosceptic United Kingdom, during a perceived crisis of European democracy, there is widespread support for proposals to support media freedom, and the news media themselves are likely to give them full-throated support.

"The proposed Regulation includes safeguards against political interference in editorial decisions and against surveillance. It puts a focus on the independence and stable funding of public service media as well as on the transparency of media ownership and of the allocation of state advertising" Twitter and Facebook accounts? ooo boy howdy, wutarelief.

reference
EC | 1. Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market ( European Media Freedom Act)(.pdf), 67 pp
EC | 2. Recommendation - European Media Freedom Act (.pdf), 13 pp