The Parliament.com

the parliament.com

Websitewww.theparliament.com provides up to the minute EU political news and developments, including a comprehensive agenda of what’s happening each day in the institutions, to a unique audience of European political stakeholders.

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News Articles

Policy-specific news articles are published and constantly updated with the latest stories from in and around Europe.

Interviews

Updated regularly, theparliament.com’s Interviews section contains discussions with key figures from influential European organisations. Published from Brussels, these provide crucial insight into the mindset of those involved in the shaping of EU policy.

Policy Video Channel

Exclusive website films provide a vehicle for EU organisations to communicate and disseminate directly to theparliament.com’s users.

EU Agenda Calendar

Every week theparliament.com publishes detailed agendas covering all upcoming activity taking place in the European Parliament, Commission, Council and wider EU.

Daily Press Review

The press team’s daily press roundup summarises the day’s major news stories into a short briefing, ensuring users never miss important events.

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Website User Rates

www.theparliament.comAverage monthly visits 21,283Average monthly page views 50,991

Average monthly unique visitors 10,154

Returns visits 59.70%

Average time on site 1.34mins

New Social Media Platforms

Theparliament.com is being promoted through new social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook, as part of an innovative cross-promotional marketing campaign, designed to provide users with up to date EU intelligence through a variety of formats. Through its presence on Twitter alone, theparliament.com is set to promote its services and increase current website traffic by around 5%

Audience

Theparliament.com is regularly used by a unique and powerful audience of:

MEPs, Commissioners and other European •

elected officials

Lobbyists, public affairs organisations and •

political consultants

Corporations with EU political interests•

NGOs, IGOs and other non-governmental bodies•

Stakeholder groups and industry organisations •

throughout the EU

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Digital Magazines

Every edition of The Parliament Magazine, Regional Review and Research Review are converted to a high-quality digital magazine format, allowing users to read them online.

This online format provides:

Professional digital viewer, with news feed linking to •

current website articles.

Quick, simple and convenient to use, with •

easy flicking between pages and zooming to

interesting articles.

Interactive capabilities including hyperlinks •

and video.

Comprehensive and fast search facility.•

Facility to download pages as PDFs or email articles •

to friends.

Digital Magazines, Newsletters and Daily Bulletins

The digital editions of the Parliament Magazine alone deliver an additional 5% of users to theparliament.com, with average monthly page views of nearly 15,000.

There are a number of promotional opportunities associated with the digital magazines. These include exclusive or shared use of the vertical ‘skyscraper’ or horizontal banners throughout the digital magazine edition as well as “live” pages with working email and web links. Options include video player over a page of advertising or upon opening of the edition in both automatic or “click to view” mode.

Additionally, the ‘page zero’ space is available with every copy of the digital magazine, which displays prominently alongside the front page every time the magazine is viewed by users.

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Newsletters

These digital magazines are emailed via theparliament.com newsletter to 20,000 recipients including EU institutions, European public affairs organisations and DODS stakeholders.

Sponsorship of the HTML emailed edition newsletter including banner logo, hyperlink and a mention in the introduction is also available.

Bulletins

Each of our daily or weekly bulletins is emailed directly to around 8000 subscribers, resulting in our bulletins reaching nearly 24,000 people every day.

Morning Bulletin - Our daily news service highlights the latest EU policy and political developments including key announcements and events taking place within the institutions and details of significant reports and statistics due for publication.

Press Review - A daily summary of the top EU political news stories with links to relevant articles from around the globe.

Today on TheParliament.com - Keep ahead of tomorrow today. Receive the following day’s agenda and the latest news articles from TheParliament.com in your inbox every afternoon.

Stakeholder Bullet - A day by day breakdown of the week’s key noninstitutional events taking place in the EU

Testimonials

“The Parliament Magazine provides the space to go into the issues in detail and is a good starting point for debate.”

Meglena Kuneva,Consumer Protection Commissioner

“The Parliament Magazine has its finger on the pulse of the European Parliament. It provides useful insights into the views of European Parliamentarians on today’s most critical issues.”

Robert Mack,CEO Burson-Marsteller, Brussels

“I read TheParliament.com’s Morning Bulletin and the daily Press Review every morning, it keeps me tuned in to what is happening in and around Parliament. The website also gives me access to a whole host of additional tools, such as its Policy Review, all-in-all an excellent service for anyone who needs a snapshot and needs to keep abreast of what is happening in European politics.”

Alistair Mark Humphreys,Tipik Communication Agency

More MEPs use theparliament.com web and email services than those of EUobserver, European Voice.com, Europarlpress, FT.com/brusselsbog, EUX.TV and WSJ.com/Europe ComREs survey

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RATE CARD

Locations Size Cost

Home Page Banner, Skyscraper, MPU € 2950 each p/m

Policy Focus Page Banner, Skyscraper, MPU € 1950 each p/m

Daily Bulletins Banner, Skyscraper € 750 each p/wk

Magazine Newsletter Banner € 1500 each p/wk

Digital Magazine Full magazine page € 1000 per issuePage Zero

Sizes:

Horizontal banner (468x60 pxl)Vertical skyscraper banner (160x60 pxl)MPU (300x250 pxl)

Address

DODSWestminster Tower3 Albert EmbankmentLondon SE1 7SP

International Press CentreBoulevard Charlemagne 1Box 2, 1041 Brussels

Contact

Paul Sanderst: + 44(0)20 7091 7658e: paul.sanders@dods.co.uk

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