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Digital Innovation: Made in Europe

On 26/27 February 2015 the Future Media Lab., in cooperation with EMMA and VDZ Akademie, is organising a Start-up Tour of Berlin. The tour will visit nine media-based start-ups in the city that is quickly becoming one of Europe’s favourite locations for start-ups. Participants in the tour will not only meet the founders of some of Berlin’s most innovative companies face-to-face, but they will also obtain valuable insight into the latest developments and innovative workflows relevant to the magazine media industry.

The Future Media Lab. is collaborating with media start-ups for upcoming conference on media diversity

The Future Media Lab. is collaborating with a variety of media start-ups from the European Union and United States in developing the programme of its annual conference, “Media Diversity in the Digital Age”, taking place on 20 January 2015 in Brussels. The start-ups represent the enormous innovation going on in the media sector today, covering such topics as the monetization of digital content, the improvement of mobile readability, implementation of data strategies and more.

EMMA Media Night 2014 in Brussels | Picture Gallery

On 18 November 2014, the European Magazine Media Association organised the EMMA Media Night. The event featured a keynote address from Anna Jones, CEO of Hearst Magazines UK, as well as the launch of EMMA's biennial magazine, "Empowering Citizens." Approximately 140 representatives of the media sector, as well as key policy makers, gathered together for a night to celebrate the diversity of Europe's magazine sector.

EMMA’s third biennial magazine “Empowering Citizens” launched yesterday at the EMMA Media Night

The 3rd EMMA Magazine was launched last night at the EMMA Media Night in Brussels. The magazine’s theme is “Empowering Citizens”, an idea that was reflected in the keynote address of industry leader Anna Jones, CEO of Hearst Magazines UK, who spoke about empowering women in the publishing industry. 

European Journalists and Press Publishers urge the Justice Council to maintain current safeguards for Press Freedom in Europe

Following the Council’s orientation debate on the draft General Data Protection (GDPR) Regulation, journalists and press publishers in Europe urge Member States to prevent any weakening of press freedom and give their full support without delay to a robust, directly applicable and legally binding exemption for journalistic data processing in Article 80 of the GDPR.

Europe's magazine publishers welcome new president for their representation

Members of the European Magazine Media Association, EMMA, welcome Auke Visser as the new EMMA President, effective as from today. He succeeds David J. Hanger, who is retiring following his nine-year tenure as President of the European association, which represents more than 15.000 magazine publishers publishing over 50.000 titles in both print and digital.

European press publishers urge the Commission to stop Google's abusive promotion of its own services and restore competition to the digital economy

Publishers and their trade associations call for rejection of a flawed deal and to enforce EU competition law properly to the benefit of consumers, publishers and businesses 

EMMA, ENPA and OIP to host event to open a public discussion on fair competition in Europe

The European Magazine Media Association (EMMA), together with the European Newspaper Publishers' Association(ENPA) and the Open Internet Project (OIP) are hosting an event on 10 September in Brussels aimed to promote a public discussion about the need to enforce antitrust regulation and consumer protection in Europe. The event, titled "Internet and Neutral Search: Safeguarding fair competition to the benefit of consumers and businesses in Europe," will bring together online publishers, digital entrepreneurs, consumer organisations, and policy makers.

European press publishers reject the suggestion of the Commission-appointed High Level Group on Taxation concerning VAT on print and digital press

European newspaper and magazine publishers have written to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta and Vice President Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) to express their deep disappointment following the publication last week of the Report of the Commission-appointed High Level Group on Taxation of the digital economy.

EMMA signs stakeholder letter raising concerns about the WIPO copyright exceptions discussions

Earlier this month, EMMA joined other international and European creative sector organisations in requesting that WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) clarify its mandate before committing to further work with regard to copyright limitations and exceptions.

Open Internet Project – a rising voice for search neutrality took stage last week in Paris

With more than 200 high level delegates and an impressive programme – including the French Minister of Economy, Arnaud Montebourg, Axel Springer Executive Vice-President, Christoph Keese, and Lagardere Active CEO, Denis Oliviennes – OIP opened on Thursday, 15 May 2014 in Paris a debate about neutral search in the internet.

The Future Media Lab. to host a crowdfunding workshop for media professionals in Brussels on 2 April

The Future Media Lab., in cooperation with the European Crowdfunding Network(ECN) and the European Magazine Media Association (EMMA) is organizing a highly interactive and educational Crowdfunding Workshop on 2 April 2014 in Brussels. This one-day workshop is tailored specifically for media professionals in order to learn more about the opportunities crowdfunding presents.