NME to Host Launch Event

News Media Association members are invited to attend the launch of News Media Europe at an event in Brussels later this month.

Hosted by incoming president of NME, Fernando de Yarza Lopez, chief executive of Grupo Heraldo in Spain, the lunchtime launch event will be held on 26 January.

NME has said it will be an inclusive and progressive organisation that harnesses the dynamism and energy of multi-platform publishers across Europe, working in partnership with others representing the creative industries.

Members include Belgium (Flanders), Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Norway, and United Kingdom and NME is in advanced discussions with a number of other countries about joining.

Between them, the founding members represent publishers worth over Euro 12 billion and more than 2,100 titles.