Public database of news media owners from all EU countries, as of September 2025, without names of beneficial owners. Request data correction or update. Latest technical update: 12 December 2025.
Full database, including names of beneficial owners, can be accessed upon registration.
Database of EU media owners 2025 © 2025 by Euromedia Ownership Monitor (EurOMo) is licensed under CC BY 4.0
The Euromedia Ownership Monitor (EurOMo) is a project that enhances transparency in ownership and control of news media in the European Union. It provides a searchable database of media owners with several features, such as visualisation of ownership networks, advanced search for specific criteria and machine-readable data (see search above). The monitor also provides analysis of risks to transparency and narrative reports (see 2023 reports; 2025 reports to be published soon), among other resources. The project is co-funded by the European Commission.
Searchable database with more than 3,000 media outlets and owners, followed by databases of laws and digital platforms.
Country reports, visualisation of cross-country activity of media companies and risk index based on the 2022-2023 databases.
Media literacy toolkits in several EU languages for teaching media ownership and control to students aged 16-18.
We collect and organise data available in public sources of each country. We consider information about direct and indirect ownership of news media, cross-market operation, editorial responsibility, funding and revenues, role of algorithmic filtering, legal framework, role of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), among others.
EurOMo is a consortium of researchers based in higher education institutions (HEIs) or independent research institutes. The University of Salzburg coordinates the consortium. The European Commission co-funds the project.
