PDLN has a new President, Ruediger Baumberger (APA), who steps up to replace Sandra Chastanet (CFC). Ruediger is director content at APA-Comm, the information service business at APA, the Austrian national news agency. He has served on the PDLN board for several years, most recently as Vice President. Javier Diaz de Olarte (CEDRO) becomes Vice President. The PDLN members also elected Neil O’Brien (NLA media access). Virginia Morrison (Copyright Agency, Australia), Jacek Wotjas (Repropol), and George Zannos (OSDEL) to the board.

PDLN looks forward to playing an ever more active role as governments across the world move to encouraging press – platform licensing solutions.