Public Policy

WORKING TO SUSTAIN QUALITY JOURNALISM

The News/Media Alliance diligently advocates on the pressing issues affecting today’s news and magazine media organizations, 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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Staff / December 5, 2022

Statement: Meta Threatens to Remove News from Facebook if JCPA is Passed

In response to Meta’s statement today that it would consider removing news from Facebook if the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act – a bill that would require the dominant tech platforms to fairly compensate news publishers for use of their content – is passed in the U.S., the News/Media Alliance … Read More

Staff / November 21, 2022

News/Media Alliance Calls on Federal Trade Commission to Safeguard Journalism, Adopt “Data Poaching Rule”

The Alliance today, in its comments in response to the FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on commercial surveillance and data security, recommended the adoption of a “Data Poaching Rule” that would prohibit dominant tech platforms from poaching first-party consumer data from publishers … Read More

Holly Lubart / November 11, 2022

News/Media Alliance Files Comments on Rate Proposals & USPS Reports Fiscal Year 2022 Results

The Alliance filed the comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission on November 7 in response to the Postal Service’s notice of market-dominant price adjustments … Read More

Staff / November 11, 2022

Op-Eds and Editorials Supporting the JCPA

The following op-eds and editorials are just a sample of the many articles that have been published in support of the JCPA … Read More

Holly Lubart / November 2, 2022

Alliance Submits Comments on USPS Service Performance

The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on October 31 in response to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to USPS service performance and customer satisfaction reporting … Read More

Staff / October 31, 2022

Free Webinar: Understanding Periodicals: Governing the Nation’s Monopoly Mail Service — Who is in Charge?

Thurs., November 3, 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT – This session will be part of Newspaper Mail School, a certification opportunity for newspaper people who want to become proficient in dealing with USPS … Read More

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