ABSTRACT
The media landscape is increasingly governed by international regulation, and much of the policy is determined by the European Union. The Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice protect the rights of the media to exercise their freedom of expression, whereby the freedom of the press is central. Apart from these approaches based on human rights, media policy is generally regulated by laws governing the internal European market and legislation governing competition and monopolies (Larouche and Van der Haar 2005).
