The European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) and the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan aim to strengthen media freedom and media pluralism. One of the measures announced is to improve the understanding and public availability of media ownership information. Improving media ownership transparency is also an objective of the European Media Freedom Act.
This project is expected to provide up to date and comprehensive information on media ownership in a publicly available database.
The project should also update the assessment of the relevant legal frameworks as well as risks to media ownership transparency, taking into account of the work carried out by the Media Pluralism Monitor in the area of media ownership and control.
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