9 Amendments of Ruth HIERONYMI related to 2007/2253(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions attaches considerable importance to, inter alia, the creation of conditions conducive to diversity of the media;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas experience shows that the unrestricted concentration of ownership might jeopardises pluralism and cultural diversity and whereas in certain markets it is approaching a limit whereby pluralism will no longer be automatically guaranteed by free market competitiona system purely based on free market competition alone is not able to guarantee media pluralism,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the primary concern of commercial media businesses may be financial profit, media remains an ideological and political tool of considerable influence, which should not be treated solely on economic terms,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas EU competence to act on media pluralism is confined to the area of competition law and whereaition law is rather limited in addressing media concentration issues the financial scale of activities directed at vertical and horizontal concentration of media ownership in the most recent Member States of the EU has not reached the limits where EU competition law would apply,
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas in certain markets the public service media is a dominimportant player in terms of both quality and market share,
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Suggests in this respect the creation of independent media ombudsmen in the Member Statesor comparable institutions in the Member States which do not yet have them;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes the introduction of fees commensurate with the commercial value of the user-generated content as well asSuggests that voluntary codes of conduct on ethical codes and terms of usage for user- generated content in commercial publications should be encouraged;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the disclosure of ownership of the media outlets to help to understand the media owners responsible, in so far as this has not already been done in the Member States to help achieve greater transparency regarding the aims and background of the publisher;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the European Commission to take due account of the UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity and the Council of Europe recommendation on the remit of public service media in the information society, and asks that measures or clarification which eventually will be proposed are measured against its impact on media pluralism;