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Industry & sector

Who lobbies the Parliament on media & publishing?

Organisations classified under Media & publishing account for 1,440 declared MEP meetings across the 2019–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €16M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 12 September 2026.)

Most active organisations

OrganisationCategoryMeetingsMEPs met
Motion Picture Association EMEA Business / industry8367
EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision Business / industry8144
Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe Business / industry7052
The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA Business / industry6153
Spotify Business / industry5841
EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) Business / industry5744
IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide Business / industry5530
Netflix International B.V. Business / industry5541
Deutsche Welle Other / unclassified4425
Schibsted Business / industry4426
News Media Europe Business / industry4130
European Film Agency Directors NGO / non-profit4023

Also active here: organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in media & publishing - LA POSTE, Hong Kong Watch, Council for European Public Space, NOS, Industrieverband Körperpflege- und Waschmittel e.V., Tidningsutgivarna, THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Space Y, ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association, Deutscher Journalisten-Verband e.V. -Gewerkschaft der Journalistinnen und Journalisten, Hubert Burda Media Holding Kommanditgesellschaft, Clovek v tisni, o.p.s. (People in Need), Logitech, CIO Platform Nederland, Green REV Institute.

MEPs most met by media & publishing organisations

Sabine Verheyen
73 meetings in Media & publishing
Laurence Farreng
62 meetings in Media & publishing
Axel Voss
49 meetings in Media & publishing
Hannes Heide
40 meetings in Media & publishing
Mario Furore
37 meetings in Media & publishing
Diana Riba I Giner
36 meetings in Media & publishing
Sandro Ruotolo
32 meetings in Media & publishing
David Cormand
29 meetings in Media & publishing
Maria Guzenina
25 meetings in Media & publishing
Alexandra Geese
24 meetings in Media & publishing

Sector labels are a keyword classification computed by this site over organisation names, goals and register categories - see methodology.