Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jul 2015 - Jun 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
News Corporation (News Corp)
EU Transparency Register
544873617314-08 First registered on 11 May 2015
Goals / Remit
News Corporation is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, book publishing, cable network programming in Australia, digital real estate services, digital education, and pay-TV distribution in Australia. Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corporation are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Main EU files targeted
EU Copyright Reform
Audio Visual Media Services Directive
General Data Protection Regulation
Anti Money Laundering Directive
VAT HarmonizationAddress
Head Office
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York 10036
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 May 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Mark Burr 18 May 2018 18 May 2019 Mr Todd Thorpe 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Antoinette Bush 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Mr James Marcovitz 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Mr Mark Burr 20 Mar 2017 02 Mar 2018 Ms Antoinette Bush 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr James Marcovitz 20 Mar 2017 11 Mar 2018 Mr Todd Thorpe 02 Feb 2017 01 Feb 2018 Mr Mark Burr 25 Feb 2016 24 Feb 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Mark Burr (Head of Public Affairs, News UK)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Antoinette Cook Bush (EVP, Global Head of Government Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Publishers Council - http://epceurope.eu/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2015 - Jun 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
19 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 11 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Digital advertising, Cookies pledge Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2021 Location Online Subject Recent developments in the newspaper publishing sector Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
- Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Security issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - David Knight (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Data and the impact of the e-privacy proposal on the news publishing industry. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Fake News Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Newscorp expressed support for the VAT proposal allowing to apply a reduced rate on e-publication, enquiring on the timeline and on whether we would need any information from their field experience Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM general, platforms, publishers' right Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Broad media issues related to DSM DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Broad media issues related to DSM DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 09 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject AVMSD DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and AVMS DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, copyright, media Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and AVMS DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, media Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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