Editorial goals -FIFA world cup, Olympics and other events

Andrew Moger – Rio June 29 2012

News Media Coalition key objectives

KEY CONCERNS

KEY CONCERNS

• Long term selling of media rights bundles

KEY CONCERNS

• Long term selling of media rights bundles

• News media focussed on short term

KEY CONCERNS

• Long term selling of media rights bundles

• News media focussed on short term

• Events which take exposure for granted

• News media failing to articulate its value

KEY CONCERNS

• Political support for mega-events without recognition of importance of sustainable independent news sector

KEY CONCERNS

• A temptation for individual news entities to ‘go it alone’ without realising impacts on shared opportunities

Accreditation slideAccreditation image

dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH;

European Pressphoto Agency;

Getty Images;

World Editors Forum;

International Sports Press Association;

Sports Journalists Association;

Football Writers Association;

Optasportsdata;

Press Association;

SIC - Sociedade Independente de comunicação, SA;

Associated Press Sports Editors;

American Society of Newspaper Editors;

National Newspapers of Ireland;

European Federation of Magazine Publishers;

PressesSports;

National Union of Journalists;

European Federation of Journalists

Scottish Daily Newspaper Society;

New Zealand Press Association;

World Association of Newspapers;

European Publishers Council;

European Newspaper Publishers Association;

Periodical Publishers Association;

Thomson Reuters;

PANPA;

Associated Press;

Agence France-Presse;

Newspaper Publishers Association;

Newspaper Society;

Society of Editors

Fairfax Media, Australia and New Zealand;

News Ltd;

News International;

L'Equipe

Mirror Group;

APN/Independent News & Media;

New Zealand Newspaper Publishers Association;

NMC contact network

- text reports delayed to websites

- no ‘live’ pictures and restricted by volume

- publication of news to mobile phones is banned

- event approval for magazine publication

- Veto on specialist websites

- special supplements restricted

- sales of wall-charts/photo-prints etc subject to veto

- journalist freedom to create content at events hampered

- attempts to restrict free comment

- innovation such as audio-visual reporting blocked

KEY CONCERNS for YOU

• Will your expectations be satisfied when the Olympic and FIFA circuses roll into town?

• How far does legislation protect broadcast and sponsor rights – and impact on the news media business

KEY CONCERNS for YOU

• Will your expectations be satisfied when the Olympic and FIFA circuses roll into town?

• How far does legislation protect broadcast and sponsor rights – and impact on the news media business

Andrew Moger, WAN-IFRA Sports News, Madrid 2012

CLUBS ARE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN US -FANS DON’T CARE ABOUT OBJECTIVE NEWS

‘WE’VE NOT HAD AN PLAYER INTERVIEW

FOR 2 YEARS!’

‘WE’RE DOOMED WITHOUT ORIGINAL CONTENT’

English Premier League rule:

‘No User Generated Content may be published during the Match to which they relate unless there is a delay of not less than 3 minutes between the time when the User Generated Content was submitted and the time of Publication.’

We don’t own the instant conversation with fans?

REPORTING RIGHTS…..

Ice-Hockey

...(access is subject to the) Photographer

assigning the future copyright in any and all

game action and/or venue photographs

(individually and collectively, the “Photographs”)

to the IIHF;

Zurich-based International Ice-Hockey Federation, World Championships in 2011, Slovakia

German football

…news content may not be used on mobile

devices and may not be used on internet until 2

hours after the game

Specifically on UEFA

- To bring clarity to mobile publishing- Papers behind paywalls not disadvantaged

News Media Coalition key objectives

News Media Coalition key objectives

NEWS REALITY

It’s global

Highly resourced sport/entertainment sectors

‘Monetise everything’ mind-set

Official ‘channels’ moving into our space

Contract restrictions increasing/harder to fight

Content-generating opportunities becoming fewer

News media in danger of losing influence

NMC and members are targets

THE NMC ACTIVITIES

Tackling ‘rogue’ terms from new events

Seeking support in Asia on new project

Global conference calls amongst NMC ‘activists’

Redrafting legal access contracts

Communicating ongoing negotiations

Editing and posting website content

Creating new networks of aligned organisations

Lobbying public policy-makers

Editorial Integrity