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Netherlands – (C3) Transparency of data on leading news media

Score in short:

On its mediamonitor.nl website, the media authority describes the current media ownership relations.

Score in detail:

The websites of the commercial media’s parent companies and their annual accounts usually provide all the data needed about their (major) shareholders, but they don’t mention advertising markets. The information regarding Indicators E1, E2, and C3 do not appear in the colophons of newspapers or magazines, nor on the websites of television or radio channels. Some media organisations (such as NRC Handelsblad or Investico) make their editorial statutes and mission statements available online, while others (such as nu.nl and Twentsche Courant Tubantia) do not.

On mediamonitor.nl, which is open to the general public, the media authority describes both the current ownership situation, and the news consumption trends.