On Wednesday 18 November, the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) approved the EU Council conclusions on safeguarding a “free and pluralistic” media sector - a copy of which was obtained by EUROPE.
The Ministers first point out that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated “some of the main challenges that the media sector has already been facing for quite some time” - such as declining revenues and increased spending on digital advertising that is more beneficial for...