Italian media group MediaForEurope (MFE) is set to takeover German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 after the Czech major shareholder PPF announced its withdrawal, on 27 August 2025. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its German affiliate dju in ver.di in raising concerns about the effects on media pluralism in Europe. With this acquisition, Pier Silvio Berlusconi – head of MFE and son of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – seeks to create a pan-European media group with ProSiebenSat.1 and MFE’s channels in Italy and Spain. “International investors are primarily concerned with financial interests,” emphasises dju co-chair Lars Hansen. There … Continue reading Germany: Takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 raises questions about media pluralism in Europe