The media in Europe today : introduction -- Comparing media systems : the European dimension -- Newspapers : adapting and experimenting -- Radio : a resilient medium -- Commercial television : business in transition -- Online media : changing provision of news -- Deficits and potentials of the public spheres -- Media serving democracy -- From media regulation to democratic media governance -- Media industries : ownership, copyright and regulation -- From public service broadcasting to public service media -- Changing practices of journalism -- Media and ethnic minorities -- Europe as world news leader.