Wout van Wijk

Pointers and personal views from a proud European. Executive Director at News Media Europe @newsmediaEU

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

@HungaryintheEU Brussels will be full with MEGA merch (hats, T-shirts, umbrellas) ironically made in China

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

Congratulations on the adoption of a provisional agreement on the #EuropeanMediaFreedomAct. Greeting improvements to the text:
https://t.co/vbal0epXVB
@VeraJourova @sabineverheyen @RamonaStrugariu @spapresidency

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

@ami_asociacion representing 83 Spanish news media, claims 550 million Euros in damages from Meta for its systematic non-compliance with GDPR, thus benefitting from an illegitimately obtained competitive advantage.

Press release: https://t.co/a9BlKTRPfJ

[Norwich City FC @NorwichCityFC]

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.

Check in on those around you.

#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

[Pierre Petillault @PPetillault]

Disgusting propaganda currently being distributed amongst MEPs by People4BigTech… er, @PeopleVsBigTech, sorry. Definitely #BigTechparrots #EMFA #freedomofpress

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

Biniam Girmay ‘denied UK visa’ for Glasgow worlds. Shame on the @ukhomeoffice and why didn’t the @UCI_cycling sort this out properly? https://t.co/RKmkF79b3K

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

The Council intends to create a single market for the media but fails to help companies to compete. This is does not make sense.
#emfa #mediafreedom #journalism

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

@EUCouncil adopts a position on #EuropeanMediaFreedomAct. EU legislators must try harder for a free &competitive press, especially
🎙️protection of journalistic sources
💪competition w/ global players
🤐 political interference and opaque state advertising
https://t.co/eHYtCpAS8X

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

Whoa, the Canadian Prime Minister just viciously laid into Meta for threatening to block the news if forced to bargain with newspapers over ad revenue.

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

"Pizzakosten in Italië rijzen de pan uit" en "Vibrators en zweepjes leveren ook na corona bevredigende verkoopcijfers op" - de koppenschrijver van @NUnl heeft een lekker dagje vandaag.

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

Our President Victoria Svanberg explains in @EURACTIV why we need to change the ways in which we engage with AI! #AI #chatGPT #AIAct #trust #disinformation https://t.co/BnXr6N0Cdq

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay 2023 ♀️!

Key remarks from our President Victoria Svanberg to mark the occasion! 👇 #paygap #diversity #womenintech #womenonboards #lawsuitsandharrassment https://t.co/P3sMKvyJUk

[Asociace Online Vydavatelů @asociaceov]

Situace na mediální scéně je po novele autorského zákona diplomaticky řečeno neutěšená. Vyzvali jsme proto @P_Fiala ke schůzce na toto téma. K naší výzvě se formou otevřeného dopisu připojuje naše partnerská evropská organizace @newsmediaEU
https://t.co/zRh1VJEUuz

[Huub Stapel @HuubWStapel]

De overtreffende trap van knettergek

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

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[Eric Derksen @Careless2000]

@thijszonneveld Wat ik als vader wil voor mijn zoon? Dat hij een voorbeeld neemt aan Wout. In sport, in life, in everything. Wout for King voor heel Benelux.

[Wout van Wijk @woutvanwijk]

@iacob_gam looks at the DoJ's suit against Google. Worth a read 👇

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

@TheJusticeDept 🇺🇸 filed a lawsuit against Google for monopolising ad-tech. It wants to breakup Google’s ad business. Here’s our blogpost on the renewed antitrust heat facing Google: https://t.co/MjXvbBdROV

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

Love this map! 🇳🇱

Map shows the roads Dutch people use for their holidays (every blue dot is one person using a traffic app).

[Tim Hofman @debroervanroos]

free speeheech.
https://t.co/cgMFhhybtn

[News Media Europe @newsmediaEU]

📰 Press freedom is paramount to democracy.

Today we published our position on the European Media Freedom Act #EMFA.

🚩 https://t.co/uP5Xe7dQfB

[Sjoerd Mossou @sjoerdmossou]

Een speler geel geven die een statement maakt voor verdraagzaamheid.

Geen nieuws natuurlijk, maar de FIFA is alle schaamte voorbij.

[KATY PERRY @katyperry]

one of my favorite sounds ever is the sound of a crisp new newspaper being read over breakfast for an hour or so… The popping out of it, the folding, the scribbling on the crossword… I hope it never goes out of fashion in our digital world. It is too romantic. 🗞️♥️