Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Oath EMEA Ltd. / Verizon Media (previously Yahoo! EMEA Ltd.)
EU Transparency Register
58885623470-56 First registered on 19 Apr 2010
Goals / Remit
Verizon Media (previously called 'Oath'), a subsidiary of Verizon, is a values-led company committed to building brands people love. We reach one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of media and technology brands. A global leader in digital and mobile, Verizon Media is shaping the future of media. For more on Verizon Media, visit www.verizonmedia.com.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Single Market, GDPR, e-Privacy, Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), Copyright Reform.
Address
Head Office
5-7 Point Village
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
IRELANDEU Office
Rond Point Schuman 11
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Apr 2019
Name Start date End Date Mr François-Xavier Dussart 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Mr François-Xavier Dussart 26 Nov 2016 25 Nov 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr François-Xavier Dussart (Director, EU Public Policy)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Patrick Scully (Managing Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
IAB Europe: www.iabeurope.eu
EDiMA: www.europeandigitalmediaassociation.org
EuroISPA: www.euroispa.org
CCIA: www.ccianet.orgMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) completed in June 2016 its acquisition of the operating business of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO). Verizon has combined these assets with its existing AOL business to create a new subsidiary, Oath. The Oath portfolio includes HuffPost, Yahoo Sports, AOL.com, MAKERS, Tumblr, BUILD Studios, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Mail and more. Oath is now called Verizon Media. At this time, Verizon Media is undergoing a transformation involving commercial and legal steps to unify the legacy companies.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Data Protection, eCommerce, Intellectual Property, Human Rights, Telecoms
- Meetings
Meetings
10 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 23 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Search engine’s responsibility under the DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Financial regulatory reform agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Aug 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject DSM agenda (copyright, online platforms) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2016 Location BXL Subject data protection; cybersecurity DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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