Public Policy

WORKING TO SUSTAIN QUALITY JOURNALISM

The News Media Alliance diligently advocates on the pressing issues affecting today’s news media organizations, including monetization by the tech platforms, COVID-19 response and relief, technology policy and advancements, postal rates, journalist protection and free press issues, and other important issues that matter most to you.

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 safe harbor legislation that would allow news publishers to collectively negotiate with the platforms for this purpose.

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Latest Articles

Staff / June 23, 2022

Alliance Supports Robust, Uniform Anti-SLAPP Law

On June 23, the Alliance joined a coalition letter supporting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA)—the Uniform Law Commission’s model anti-SLAPP law … Read More

Staff / June 22, 2022

Policy Updates

On June 17, News Media Alliance, together with the Authors Guild and others, submitted an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith … Read More

Staff / June 13, 2022

Free Webinar: Understanding Periodicals: Things You Forgot — Or Maybe Never Knew — About Periodicals

June 23, 4:00-5:00 p.m, EDT – This webinar will cover some fundamentals that are baked into most newspapers’ Periodical usage. But why are they there and how do we use them? … Read More

Staff / June 10, 2022

Statement: Availability of Quality News and Information at Risk as Meta Reconsiders Commitment to News

Meta is allegedly reconsidering its commitment to news, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that Meta platform Facebook’s relationships with some news publishers, as part of its dedicated News section, are due to expire this year and Meta has not yet indicated that it plans to renew … Read More

Holly Lubart / June 10, 2022

Postal Regulatory Commission Approves Rate Increases & Requests Stakeholder Input

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has favorably reviewed new competitive and market dominant price increases that will take effect July 10, 2022 … Read More

Staff / June 3, 2022

Judiciary Moves Forward to Modernize PACER

On March 15, the Judicial Conference of the United States convened. The Committee on Court Administration and Case Management endorsed making searches free for non-commercial users in any future, modernized system … Read More

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