Before revision: Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on media pluralism and diversity of media content, adopted 31 January 2007 According to this recommendations, to understand who and how effectively owns or control the media the public should be in the condition of accessing the following information: data concerning the persons or bodies participating in the structure of the media; the nature and share of such participation and, where possible, the ultimate beneficiaries of such participation; information on the nature and extent of the interests held by persons and bodies participating in a media structure in other media and in other economic sectors; information on the persons and bodies in the position to exercise a meaningful influence on the editorial policy of a given media; information regarding the support measures benefiting media organisations.
After revision: According to this recommendations, to understand who and how effectively owns or control the media the public should be in the condition of accessing the following information: data concerning the persons or bodies participating in the structure of the media; the nature and share of such participation and, where possible, the ultimate beneficiaries of such participation; information on the nature and extent of the interests held by persons and bodies participating in a media structure in other media and in other economic sectors; information on the persons and bodies in the position to exercise a meaningful influence on the editorial policy of a given media; information regarding the support measures benefiting media organisations.