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A primer on EU funding for NGOs
Non-profit organizations which realise that some of their capabilities have a market value and deploy them accordingly can defend their autonomous status while reducing dependency from external donors, many of whom have an agenda of their own.
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Joy and jeopardy: Revisiting the Anthem of Europe
The main issue with the European anthem lies in the fact that it takes a short tune completely out of context and – even worse – re-arranges it into a syrupy, self-contained, instrumental piece of music. The fact that renowned Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan was put in charge of cutting it to size does…
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How Internet structure affects content pluralism
We should start to re-assess Internet infrastructure and content repositories from the point of view of a public service that must not be entrusted to the business interests of a handful of companies alone.
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Brussels: Exile or opportunity for German politicians?
German Christian democrat Günther Oettinger might not be a bad choice to fill the role of a European Commissioner. What is unsettling about Oettinger’s nomination lies not in his person, but in the way the German political sphere has handled it.
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The Curriculum Trap: Future-proofing Youth Media and Education
On 15 and 16 October, 2009, the EJC hosted yet another conference in its Innovation series, titled “Innovations in Youth Media and Next Generation Classroom”, and I was kindly invited to moderate the Maastricht event. Here are some conclusions I drew.
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Rebuilding ambition in television
RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler: “We have to face up to the fact that the heady days of the television industry that we’ve all known and loved, are gone at least for a while.” If not for good, one might add.
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Pluralismus-Algebra. Eine EU-Studie will die Informations- und Angebotsvielfalt der Medien messen
Nicht weniger als eine innovative Grundlage für die Medienregulierung erwartete die Europäische Kommission von ihrem “Media Pluralism Monitor”. Das Ziel der Übung besteht darin, einen EU-weit einheitlichen Maßstab für das Konzept des Medienpluralismus zu entwickeln.
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The benign ecology of Public Broadcasting
Public broadcasters anywhere would be well advised to convert the current tailwind into genuine and verifiable long-term Public Value strategies. Surprisingly, the best may be still to come.
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German mobile TV a non-starter
After an endless preparation phase and numerous unkept launch dates, German mobile TV is now being terminated before it even really started. This is hardly surprising, because the commercial players’ business optimism was neither matched by an appropriate regulatory environment, nor a clear notion as to what kind of content should be distributed.
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Globalised business and the limits of media regulation
When you look at it from the perspective of media pluralism and public value, there is no discernable difference between financial and strategic investors.