The European Media Pluralism Monitor: Bridging Law, Economics and Media Studies as a First Step Towards Risk-Based Regulation in Media Markets

at the Workshop on Competition Policy and Regulation in Media Markets (Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 4–5 June 2009) and at the 27th Annual Research Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (National Autonomous University of Mexico, 21–24 July 2009). The working paper was based on contributions from the key experts and principal investigators on the study team, but has been substantially rewritten and updated by Peggy Valcke, Professor of Media and Communications Law at KU Leuven and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT (ICRI), and Robin Kerremans, legal researcher at the ICRI. The other members of the study team were (in alphabetical order): Johan Carton (Ernst & Young Consultancy Belgium), Peggy Excelmans (Ernst & Young Consultancy Belgium), Oliver Fueg (University of Exeter), Mihaly Galik (Corvinus University of Budapest), Sandra Hrvatin (University of Ljubljana), Aleksandra Kuczerawy (ICRI KU Leuven—IBBT), Katrien Lefever (ICRI KU Leuven—IBBT), Laura Ranca (CEU—CMCS), Bruno Stas de Richelle (Ernst & Young Consultancy Belgium), and Artemon Vogl (Corvinus University of Budapest). All websites were last accessed on 31 March 2010. 2 The study results, presented in a Final Report, a User Guide, the software for the Media Pluralism Monitor, and preparatory country reports, are available in electronic form from the Commission’s website http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media_taskforce/pluralism/study/index_en.htm, and in book form via Lulu.com: P Valcke, R Picard, M Sukosd, J Sanders et al, Indicators for Media Pluralism in the Member States—Towards a Risk-Based Approach (European Commission, 2009): Volume 1: Final Report, 179 pp (ISBN 978-1445207698), and Volume 2: User Guide, 363 pp (ISBN 978-1445225197).