Euromedia Ownership Monitor

While digital technology has lowered the entry costs of mass media and opened up a tightly regulated market to a wide range of new players, it has also brought about a trend towards concentration of ownership as the business model of traditional media has come under stress. Market failure, regulatory shortcomings and algorithmic news distribution have led to new risks in terms of media pluralism. Transparency of media ownership is consequently crucial, as it is a pre-requisite for meaningful understanding of the market, which, in turn, is required for any concentration control and/or regulatory intervention as well as meaningful media literacy.