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The News/Media Alliance diligently advocates on the pressing issues affecting today’s news and magazine publishers, including monetization by the tech platforms. As the media landscape becomes increasingly digital, it is critical that publishers find ways to monetize digital content and be fairly compensated for use of their digital content, including in search engines and for advertising sold against that content. The Alliance strongly supports legislation that would allow news publishers to collectively negotiate with the platforms for this purpose.

The Alliance also advocates for state and federal public policies that allow media publishers to deliver trusted and valued content to readers and to generate jobs and growth for the national and local economies, including technology policy and advancements, postal rates, journalist protection and free press issues, and other important issues that matter most to you.

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Holly Lubart / October 16, 2024

FTC Announces Final Negative Option Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final Rule on October 16 regarding Negative Option programs. The Alliance advocated for numerous changes to the proposal in comments, letters, and three follow-up meetings with the FTC … Read More

Staff / October 14, 2024

News/Media Alliance Stands in Support of the Colombian Association of News Media’s Call for Greater Support for the Free Press in Colombia

The News/Media Alliance joins the Colombian Association of News Media (“AMI”) in its call to highlight the dangers the free press in Colombia face, and for its plea to the people of Colombia to ‘demand and defend their rights to freedom of expression, the right to information, and freedom of … Read More

Staff / October 12, 2024

Free Speech Week

October 21-27, 2024 – Free Speech Week is nonpartisan, non-ideological event to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States … Read More

Staff / October 11, 2024

AI Tech Briefing: Learnings on Thwarting LLM Scrapers

The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C … Read More

Charlotte McBirney / October 10, 2024

News/Media Alliance Joins Coalition Letter Urging Administration to Prioritize Drone Rulemaking

On October 3, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of news media organizations in a letter to senior policymakers urging the Administration to prioritize the publication of a proposed rulemaking to enable routine unmanned aircraft system (“drones”) beyond visual line of sight (“BVLOS”) operations in the U.S. national airspace … Read More

Charlotte McBirney / October 10, 2024

News/Media Alliance and 100+ Media and Press Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Advance the PRESS Act

On October 8, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined letters of support for the ‘Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act’ (PRESS Act), led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and joined by 107 news media and press rights organizations, including almost every state press association across the country … Read More

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