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EU offers e37m for media monitoring service. Are they licensed?
A new call for tenders was published for the provision of impact assessments, evaluations and evaluation-related studies and services in the field of communication.
PMG Presse-Monitor appoint Natascha Thomas as deputy managing director
Natascha Thomas (42) has been appointed deputy managing director of PMG, heading up Sales and Business Development. Thomas was previously a member of the management…
PDLN Webinar on Australia Publishers v Platforms Case
Adam Suckling, CEO Copyright Australia and Virgina Morrison, Senior Solicitor, presented background and detail on the widely reported government intervention on platform licensing.
Italian Publishers win Eco della Stampa Case
A ruling from Italian regulator Agcom on 5th May has required MMO Eco della Stampa to remove the content of leading newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore from its services. This ruling comes after many years of legal battles with two leading Italian MMOs
New York Times Features at Exclusive Webinar
Alice Ting, who heads licensing at New York Times, was the main publisher voice at a joint PDLN, FIBEP and AMEC webinar on exclusive MMO - publisher agreements, attended by over 70 MMOs, publishers and licensing bodies on May 7th….
Alliance Grows
Thanks Alliance de la Presse d’information générale and especially Samir Ouachtati for sharing insights on their initial success enforcing the DSM in France. PDLN hosted 37 publishers,…
Licensing And COVID-19
PDLN had a strong turnout for a webinar on the impact of the health crisis on press licensing in late April, with attendees from most continents. There was a universal concern for the…
Australia Says No to Isentia
On 22 April 2020 the Copyright Tribunal handed down a decision on leading local MMO Isentia’s application for the Tribunal to reduce Isentia’s interim copyright fees to the same fees that Meltwater is paying.
Opinion; France forces Google to pay publishers – and why it matters
The Thursday before an Easter weekend used to be a good day to release bad news. The only comfort Google can take from a trouncing from French regulators was that bigger sadder…