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Sep 23, 2021

Press releases

EMMA & ENPA welcome joint call of Media Associations across the American Continent for Fair Remuneration of the Press

Eighteen trade associations representing more than 40,000 news publishers from North and South America - including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina - made this week a joint call for coherent approaches at a global level to enforce a right that is based on copyright and antitrust regulations.

Aug 20, 2021

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European Magazine and Newspaper Publishers are worried about abrupt change in media regulation in Poland

The European Magazine Media Association (EMMA) and the European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA) are deeply concerned about the planned changes in Polish media law referred to as "Lex TVN", that would deliberately curtail media plurality.

Jul 14, 2021

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European press publishers welcome the decision by the French competition authority forcing Google to remunerate newspaper and magazine publishers for the use of their content

In the context of the implementation of the publishers’ right in France, the Autorité de la concurrenceimposed on Google a sanction of EUR 500 million for disregarding several injunctions issued in its decision of April 2020 relating to requests for precautionary measures presented by the Syndicat des éditeurs de la presse magazine or SEPM (EMMA member) and the l'Alliance de la presse d'information Générale or APIG(ENPA member).

Jun 22, 2021

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EMMA&ENPA welcome Europe’s media sector’s joint statement to protect media freedom & editorial content, but call for the exclusion of all platforms owned by media organisations from the disproportionate due diligence obligations in the DSA

EMMA, the European Magazine Media Association and ENPA, the European Newspaper Publishers’ Association welcome the joint industry statement of Europe’s media sector on the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Jun 22, 2021

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European Press Publishers welcome the launch of a competition investigation on Google’s conduct in the online advertising and data market

The European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA) and the European Magazine Media Association (EMMA) welcome today’s launch of an antitrust investigation by DG Competition to assess whether Google’s position in the advertising market constitutes a violation of competition law.

May 31, 2021

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European press publishers call for action to defend core European values in Protasevich case

A dictator on our continent imprisons journalists and crushes freedoms.By hijacking a European airline flight between two EU capitals to capture an opposition journalist, the Bielorusia regime has committed a brutal attack on the fundamental value of democracy, shared by all Europeans, freedom of expression and against freedom of the press.