Media Pluralism in Ireland

Key Findings

Transparency
How transparent is the German Media Industry really?
For the Media Ownership Monitor (MOM), which is already published in more than 27 countries, Germany would have been an easy undertaking. After all, owners and managing directors are listed in the...
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Concentration
The Giants of the German News Media
If you were to randomly ask passers-by in a German pedestrian zone about the most important news media on the internet, you would mainly hear brands such as Spiegel, Tagesschau or Bild. However, their...
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Political Control
Political Influence over Media in Germany
‘The press is free’ The same sentence is enshrined in the first place in all 16 state press laws: ‘The press is free.’ Article 5 of the German constitution Grundgesetz also protects media reporting...
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Pluralism
Tangled Threads of German Radio Ownership
The media sector and publishing industry have undergone significant transformation over an extended period. Pressure on media companies to transition the traditionally lucrative newspaper business...
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Indicators of Risk to Media Pluralism