We, the Coalition of Innovative Media Publishers, represent associations of small and medium-sized publishers, media companies and native digital outlets, committed to providing high quality, daily news stories to our 140 million readers. Our members decided to pool their resources together when they realised that the debate…
Red lines of small and medium publishers ahead of this week’s trilogues
Today, 11 February, we the Coallition of Innovative Media Publishers together with 41 small and medium sized publishers, media companies and digital native outlets, renewed our call to policymakers to introduce the appropriate safguards needed to ensure that all-sized media publishers can continue to co-exist…
Open letter to the Romanian Presidency of the European Council on Article 11 of the proposed Copyright Directive
Today, 7 February, we the Coalition of European Innovative Media Publishers together with 25 small and medium sized publishers, media companies and digital native outlets, sent a letter to the Member States representatives, European Commission and MEPs with our concerns on Article 11 of the…
Our opinion on EuroActiv: ‘protecting journalism is not synonymous with protecting the interests of big press publishers’
Today, 18 January, EuroActiv published an opinion article written by our Chairman and spokesperson Carlos Astiz in reply to an opinion of the European Publishers Council Chairman, Christian Van Thillo. In his opinion, Carlos Astiz explains how the European media landscape has evolved and change…
Letter to the EU Ambassadors on Article 11 co-signed by consumer organisations and the European innovative media publishers
Today, 17 January, we, the Coalition of European Innovative Media Publishers together with 5 consumer associations (Asociación de Usuarios de Internet, Asociación de internautas, Unione Nazionale Consumatori, Asociación de Consumidores y Usuarios Digitales de España and Federacja Konsumentów), sent a letter to the Member States…
Publishers’ Declaration against Article 11
(This post was updated on 18 December). Today, we the coalition of Innovative Media Publishers together with 37 associations of small and medium sized publishers, media companies and digital native outlets across Europe, sent a Declaration to all Member States Representatives and Parliament rapporteurs on…
Open letter to the Austrian Presidency of the European Council and rapporteur Axel Voss MEP on Article 11 and Recital 32 of the proposed Copyright Directive
On 29 October, we sent an open letter to the Austrian Presidency of the European Council and rapporteur Axel Voss MEP on Article 11 and Recital 32 of the proposed Copyright Directive as adopted by the European Parliament, urging them to reject these hamful provisions…
Open letter to MEPs – Stand up for a free, competitive and innovative press industry
On Wednesday 12 September, Members of the European Parliament will cast their vote that will determine the fate of the European press industry for the coming decades. We support a balanced proposal that ensurespublishers can better enforce their rights whilst preserving the fundamentals of the Internet. Join…
Press Release – AFP: A Front for Publishers?
We read Agence France Presse’s (AFP) tribune last week on the copyright directive with great disappointment. Although we understand the concerns of the journalists who signed it, we sadly note that it doesn’t take into account the views and concerns of small independent digital media…
Small digital publishers crashed by the Parliamentary vote on the Copyright Directive.
Yesterday, 20 June, the European Parliament found an agreement on the creation of an EU neighbouring right. The provision puts the digital press in jeopardy by disrupting digital publishers’ presence online and access to readers. Despite the industry’s reiterated reservations against the proposal, the parliamentary…
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