news organization headquarters belgium website www.newsmediacoalition.org the news media coalition nmc is a group of international news agencies and publications that is focused on preserving freedom of the press . 1 it consists of over fifty news organizations including founder members agence france presse afp associated press ap deutsche presse agentur dpa european newspaper publishers association enpa european press photo agency european publishers council getty images news international reuters world association of newspapers wan major clashes edit during the 2007 08 and 2008 09 seasons disputes between cricket australia and the coalition over restrictions to media rights lead to the ap afp and reuters suspending all coverage of cricket in australia . 2 after board of control for cricket in india refused to waive restrictions on photo agencies like getty images and action images nmc led news agencies such as reuters and ap suspended coverage of the test series between india and england which began on 15 november 2012 in ahmedabad after indian cricket authorities refused to lift restrictions on photo agencies . 3 in response this devendra prabhudesai who is the media manager of bcci released a statement saying that board was not seeking to bar news agencies . 3 references edit the news media coalition . archived from the original on april 15 2009 . retrieved january 7 2009 . ap staff november 13 2008 . ap suspends australia cricket coverage . sports . international herald tribune . retrieved january 7 2009 . a b coverage blackout hits india england series . wisden india . 13 november 2012 . external links edit news media coalition retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title news media coalition & oldid 738977528 categories freedom of expression organizationspublishing organizationsjournalism organizationsinternational organisations based in belgium navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 02 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view