Press Release: Nine editors-in-chief mull future of written press and media pluralism with Commission

EU Media Commissioner Viviane Reding met nine editors-in-chief of European newspapers such as Le Monde (France) and Lidové Noviny (Czech Republic) for a high-level dialogue on the health of print media. On the agenda: Is the press maintaining high editorial standards online or is there a rush to be first with the news at all costs? Are print journalists being forced to take on too many roles in the multi-platform world of print, web, podcast and video clip and if so, is quality suffering? Do editors-in-chief from old and new Member States have any common views on media pluralism that could help the Commission in its quest to devise indicators for measuring media pluralism? How could public funding of online activities of broadcasters come into conflict with freedom of the press?