European Publishers Council

According to the European Publishers Council website the organisation is

a high level group of Chairmen and CEOs of leading European media corporations actively involved in multimedia markets spanning newspaper, magazine, book, journal, internet and online database publishers. Many EPC members also have significant interests in commercial television and radio. Since our formation, we have played an active part in the remarkable development of the Information Society: a new and ever-changing new media landscape. We have worked with legislators to ensure the regulatory environment has been conducive to the continued development of both traditional and new media. .

The group are primarily concerned with ensuring minimum regulation for its members they boast of their excellent relationship with European policy makers.

In this ever-changing media landscape, we are proud to represent the business interests of Europe's leading media companies and proud to have earned the respect of leading regulators and legislators in the European Union.

Members

• Executive Director Angela Mills Wade
• Press Relations Heidi Lambert
• Copyright Adviser Laurence Kaye Solicitors
• Chairman Francisco Balsemao, Chairman and CEO, Impresa, Portugal
• Kjell Aamot, CEO, Schibsted, Norway
• Sly Bailey, Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror plc, UK
• Sir David Bell, Chairman, Financial Times Group, UK
• Carl-Johan Bonnier, Chairman, The Bonnier Group, Sweden
• Oscar Bronner, Publisher & Editor in Chief, Der Standard, Austria
• Hubert Burda, Chairman and CEO, Burda Media, Germany
• Carlo Caracciolo, President, Editoriale L'Espresso, Italy
• Juan Luis Cebrian, CEO, Groupo Prisa, Spain
• Sir Crispin Davis, Chief Executive, Reed Elsevier, UK
• Mathias Döpfner, Chief Executive, Axel Springer AG, Germany
• Tom Glocer, Chief Executive, Reuters PLC, UK
• Stefan von Holtzbrinck, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH
• Steffen Kragh, President and CEO, The Egmont Group, Denmark
• Bernd Kundrun, Chief Executive, Gruner + Jahr, Germany
• Christos Lambrakis, Chairman & Editor in Chief, Lambrakis Publishing Group, Greece
• Murdoch MacLennan, Chief Executive, Telegraph Group Ltd, UK
• James Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation, Europe and Asia
• Sir. Anthony O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Independent Newspapers PLC, Ireland
• Didier Quillot, Chairman and CEO, Lagardère Active, France
• Michael Ringier, President, Ringier, Switzerland
• The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Rothermere, Chairman, Daily Mail and General Trust, UK
• Marek Sowa, CEO, Agora, Poland
• A.J. Swartjes, CEO, De Telegraaf, Netherlands
• Hannu Syrjänen, CEO, SanomaWSOY Corporation, Finland
• Christian van Thillo, Chief Executive, De Persgroep, Belgium
• Jose Manuel Vargas, CEO, Vocento, Spain
• TBC CEO RCS Quotidiani S.p.A, Italy