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Strategies for Sustainable Media Business Models and Digital Content Trust

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Imagine the news world as a giant conversation where everyone is shouting and no one knows who to trust. This work looks at how journalists and regular people interact with apps and social media to find the truth. It's like creating a new rulebook for the internet so that reliable information wins over fake news.

By the numbers
2,592,095
EU Contribution in EUR
8
Challenges analyzed for disinformation
9
Consortium partners
The business problem

What needed solving

Media companies are struggling with eroding trust and outdated business models in a digital landscape filled with disinformation and complex new EU regulations.

The solution

What was built

A set of guidelines and policy recommendations to improve the relationship between citizens, media, and digital technologies.

Audience

Who needs this

Digital news publishersEU regulatory compliance officersSocial media platform policy managersMedia law firms
Business applications

Who can put this to work

Digital Media & Publishing
any
Target: News platform or digital magazine

If you are a news platform dealing with falling reader trust and outdated revenue streams — this project developed guidelines on new media business models that help recover the democratic value of information.

Legal & Compliance
mid-size
Target: Regulatory consultancy firm

If you are a consultancy dealing with the complexities of the Digital Services Act — this project developed policy recommendations that feed directly into the design and implementation of these EU regulations.

Social Media Technology
enterprise
Target: Content moderation software provider

If you are a software provider dealing with the spread of disinformation during crises — this project developed an analysis of 8 key challenges, including the climate crisis and pandemic, to help identify obstacles in information production.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

What is the cost or price for implementing these findings?

Based on available project data, no specific pricing or commercial costs are mentioned as this is a research project funded by a EUR 2,592,095 EU contribution.

Can this be scaled to an industrial level?

The project provides guidelines and policy recommendations for the media landscape, which can be applied across the digital media industry, though no industrial scaling tool was built.

What are the IP or licensing terms for the results?

Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not provided; however, the results are intended to feed into EU-wide debates on the Digital Services Act.

How does this affect current digital regulations?

The results are designed to directly influence the implementation of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

What is the timeline for the results?

The project period runs from 2023-03-01 to 2026-02-28.

Consortium

Who built it

The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 9 partners from 8 countries, with 8 universities and 1 other organization. There are 0 industry partners and 0 SMEs, indicating that the output is primarily theoretical and policy-oriented rather than commercially driven.

How to reach the team

Contact Universidad de Navarra

Next steps

Talk to the team behind this work.

Contact us to bridge the gap between these academic guidelines and your digital business strategy.