Media monitoring companies have been advised by Dutch newspaper owners Mediahuis that their Netherlands titles have made an exclusive agreement with LexisNexis. This means any client with more than 100 staff would need a licence with…

The PDLN EPC seminar on DSM licensing in Brussels 4th February drew the largest delegate numbers we have ever experienced, with 46 attendees from 19 countries gathering to share news on how the directive is being implemented across Europe

The German government has followed up its farcical maladministration of the old German publisher's right (which led to the publishers legal action against Google being halted by the ECJ) with a draft implementation of the EU directive that

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A lively and very well attended PDLN seminar was held on 21st November on the topic of text and data mining, and the implications of Article 4 in the DSM Copyright Directive. Conversation ranged widely over many related topics, reflecting member interest in how implementation will change licensing models.

PDLN board members Javier Diaz Olarte and Thomas Veljemand have been elected to the boards of IFRRO and FIBEP respectively. Sandra Chastanet was re-elected to the IFRRO board. Congratulations to all.

Cision (which ownes Gorkana, Prime, PR Newswire and other assets) has been sold by its primary investor GTCR to another US VC, Platinum. The deal values Cision at USD2.7b, more that the USD2.48 paid by GTCR.

German CMO VG Media, best known for broadcast licensing and its work for German publishers on leading the attempt to license Google in Germany, has joined PDLN. The new 2019 EU DSM legislation creates new opportunities for publishers,

In the past few days, in response to the new DSM legislation, Google has presented publishers across Europe with an ultimatum; “accept that we can display your content including text snippets free of charge or we will reduce your coverage to a bare link”.