Our Values

Name of code

Our Values

Originator of code

European Publishers Council (EPC)

Country

European

Original language

English

Year of creation

N/A

Type of code

Other

Main frame of accountability

Professional

Transparency

Public

Legal and regulatory context

Non-mandatory

Implementation and enforcement

Voluntary

Diversity

Yes

AI/automation

No

Abstract

The European Publishers Council (EPC) is a group of chairmen and CEOs of leading European (multi-)media companies. They advocate for several key freedoms, including the freedom to report, the freedom to earn advertising revenue, the freedom to manage our intellectual property, the freedom to flourish along gatekeeping platforms, the freedom to compete with public service media and the freedom to regulate ourselves. These values voluntarily occur to all EPC members.

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