In the most recent edition of our bi-weekly news roundup, Veronika Jermanova shares the news that caught her eye in the past two weeks. The news round-up is a way for the Future Media Lab. team and members of the Future Media Lab. network to share articles about innovations and developments in the media sector, […]
Copyright is undergoing serious scrutiny and pressure these days. Some describe the copyright system as “flawed” in a recently published Copyright Manifesto. A draft own-initiative report presented to the European Parliament by MEP Julia Reda earlier this year calls for more exceptions and limitations without any compensation for rightsholders. A handful are interested in having […]
Last month, the Juncker Commission announced that the modernization of Europe’s copyright directive (the “InfoSoc Directive”) is one of the key priorities in the development of a digital single market. Since the adoption of the Directive in 2001, some have argued that the current European copyright rules are not only outdated, but also inappropriate for […]
The idea for LaterPay GmbH came to Cosmin-Gabriel Ene as he sat in a restaurant trying to decide what sushi to order. As he sifted through his options, he began wondering why he couldn’t buy individual pieces of content online in a similar way. “You pick the sushi you like, collect the little plates and […]
Advances in technology and media innovation have had an enormous impact on Europe’s media environment. From changes in consumer behaviour and perpetually advancing technology to changing business models and the shift from paper to mobile, publishers have been scrambling to find solutions for these new challenges. Could start-ups be the answer? This phenomenon was examined […]
Mario Tedeschini Lalli, Deputy Director of Innovation and Development at Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso, writes an article on technological disruption and how it impacts journalism for the 2014/2015 EMMA magazine. Tedeschini Lalli outlines the ways in which technology innovation changes journalists’ work, and how new challenges and constant new competition change and reshape the industry. Technology […]
In the latest edition of our bi-weekly news roundup (the earlier posts can be read here), Susan Clandillon shares the news that caught her eye in the past two weeks. The news round-up is a way for the Future Media Lab. team and members of the Future Media Lab. network to share articles about innovations and developments in […]
In the second edition of our bi-weekly news roundup (the first can be read here), Karin Fleming shares the news that caught her eye in the past two weeks. The news round-up is a way for the Future Media Lab. team and members of the Future Media Lab. network to share articles about innovations and […]
In this interview with Lorena Boix Alonso, Head of Unit, DG CONNECT at the European Commission, we discuss the role of regulation when it comes to funding journalistic content and the need for media to adapt and innovate in order to shape their own future.
The Future Media Lab. introduced a new feature on the Future Media Lab. blog: the bi-weekly news round-up. From Axel Springer’s CEO’s open letter to Google, the hit that net neutrality recently took in the United States, to shape-shifting devices and and wearable technology, Karin Fleming, Communications/Administration Officer at EMMA/FML shares what she’s been reading this week.
