Ms. Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, has confirmed she will present the closing keynote address at the Future Media Lab. conference on 23 April 2013.
Last week the German media market witnessed the announcement that two major national newspaper titles will close. This reopened a debate about how to fund quality journalism in the future, when the reader is not the one and only revenue source for the press. Exactly this question was addressed three weeks ago at the Future Media Lab. conference in Ghent, titled “creative funding for creative media”
The Print Media Group is a network of players in the print media chain who meet regularly to discuss common interests, share best practices and collaborate on common policy issues. Intergraf is the current chair of the group with 9 other member associations, including EMMA.
On November 6 and 7, the Future Media Lab. hosted the first European conference on innovative media funding in Ghent, Belgium. The event, which was part of the annual iMinds conference “Creative Media Days”, brought together leading experts in creative media funding approaches with journalists and publishing representatives. The discussions prompted a call for new forms of cooperation between donor organizations and media companies and a rethink of the way journalism is financed and published. There was also recognition of the need for journalists and publishers to effectively interact with their “communities” of readers.
On 6+7 November, the Future Media Lab. organized the conference "Creative Funding for Creative Media" in Ghent, Belgium. This event was part of the "Creative Media Days" hosted by iMinds.