The Methodology

Pilot database of opinion-shaping news media owners in all EU countries. Data from AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, GR, HU, IT, LT, NL, PT, SE and SI reflect the situation on 31st May 2022. Data from BG, CY, EE, FR, HR, IE, LU, LV, MT, PL, RO and SK reflect the situation on 30th April 2023.

Names of individual owners suppressed for privacy reasons.

Choose the search direction on the tabs Find owners or Find what they own
If desired, use filters to impose conditions (e.g., country, market sector)
Type an outlet or shareholder and see relevant information on the table, followed by an interactive ownership chain
On the ownership chain:
- Click on the name of the outlet or shareholder to open up the next ownership level
- To change the search direction of any outlet or owner, click on (to look for what they own) or (to look for owners)

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The Methodology

Databases

Findings