FIFA and WAN meet to discuss FIFA World Cup coverage
Posted by John Burke on January 9, 2006 at 7:06 PM
FIFA and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) have decided to set up a joint working group to try to resolve some of the differences about how media can cover the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
This decision was taken at a meeting on 9 January at FIFA headquarters in Zurich between representatives of the two organisations chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. The WAN delegation included a representative of the major global news agencies, AFP, AP, Reuters and Getty.
WAN has asked FIFA to eliminate restrictions on the use of photographs in digital publishing, including on the Internet.
The goal of the working group will be to attempt to find mutually agreeable solutions to the current different positions, including the existing post-match embargo of one hour on the publication of photos, as well as editorial restrictions on the use of photographs in printed editions of newspapers and the manner in which photos can be distributed.
FIFA invited WAN to name a representative to its Media Committee, which deals with all matters related to working conditions of media at FIFA events.
The two organisations agreed to meet again within a month to review progress.
The WAN delegation included: Hans Heinrich Coninx, WAN Vice President and Chairman of TA Media in Switzerland; Timothy Balding, Chief Executive Officer of WAN; George Brock, President of the World Editors Forum and Editor of the Saturday Times of London; Daniel Kaczynski, Managing Director of the Swiss national newspaper association, Swiss Press; Pierre Louette, Chairman and CEO of Agence France-Presse, representing AFP, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty; and Steve Oram, the Chairman of the WAN Sports Rights Working Group and Director of the Newspaper Publishers Association in the United Kingdom.
The FIFA delegation included: Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA President; Urs Linsi, General Secretary; Markus Siegler, Director Communications; Andreas Herren, Head Media Department: Tom Houseman, Head Legal Affairs; and Paul Ruschetti, Head Marketing Services Department.
The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 73 national newspaper associations, newspapers and newspaper executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications, WAN, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: lkilman@wan.asso.fr
The goal of the working group will be to attempt to find mutually agreeable solutions to the current different positions, including the existing post-match embargo of one hour on the publication of photos, as well as editorial restrictions on the use of photographs in printed editions of newspapers and the manner in which photos can be distributed.
FIFA invited WAN to name a representative to its Media Committee, which deals with all matters related to working conditions of media at FIFA events.
The two organisations agreed to meet again within a month to review progress.
The WAN delegation included: Hans Heinrich Coninx, WAN Vice President and Chairman of TA Media in Switzerland; Timothy Balding, Chief Executive Officer of WAN; George Brock, President of the World Editors Forum and Editor of the Saturday Times of London; Daniel Kaczynski, Managing Director of the Swiss national newspaper association, Swiss Press; Pierre Louette, Chairman and CEO of Agence France-Presse, representing AFP, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty; and Steve Oram, the Chairman of the WAN Sports Rights Working Group and Director of the Newspaper Publishers Association in the United Kingdom.
The FIFA delegation included: Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA President; Urs Linsi, General Secretary; Markus Siegler, Director Communications; Andreas Herren, Head Media Department: Tom Houseman, Head Legal Affairs; and Paul Ruschetti, Head Marketing Services Department.
The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 73 national newspaper associations, newspapers and newspaper executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications, WAN, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: lkilman@wan.asso.fr
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