David Chavern

As we celebrate Free Speech Week, we highlight the important role that local media, who promote these freedoms, play in every local community ... Read More

News and magazine publishers have larger audiences than ever — but also need to create new products and distribution systems to drive a better future.  'Expanding the View' is designed to highlight interesting ideas and provoke some thinking ... Read More

News publishers and magazines have larger audiences than ever — but also need to create new products and distribution systems to drive a better future.  'Expanding the View' is designed to highlight interesting ideas and provoke some thinking ... Read More

Expanding the View is a monthly list of stories I've read in the last month to get you thinking. Examples of topics you'll find here include things on Web3, digital business models and other topics that have the potential to ... Read More

Expanding the View is a monthly list of stories I've read in the last month to get you thinking. Examples of topics you'll find here include things on Web3, digital business models and other topics that have the potential to ... Read More

While 2021 was another year full of challenges and uncertainty posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have many reasons to feel optimistic as we begin a New Year. The Alliance had a very exciting year of working on behalf of ... Read More

Facebook has announced it will limit sharing and viewing of news by publishers and users in Australia on its platform, in response to the proposed news media bargaining code in the country ... Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith today outlined Microsoft’s support for the proposed bargaining code in Australia that would, among other things, require dominant tech platforms to negotiate with and compensate news publishers for use of their content ... Read More

Today, the News Media Alliance submitted a Declaration with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to strongly advocate to keep the ad tech antitrust lawsuit against Google – filed by the State of Texas and nine ... Read More

Despite the unimaginable challenges we faced in the last year, we still managed to move the needle on key needs and priorities of the news publishing industry. Below, we outline some of our many accomplishments of 2020, in which the ... Read More

We applaud all 10 states that have stepped forward to take action to address Google's flatly anticompetitive ad technology business.   ... Read More

Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution, introduced by Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), calling for increased diversity in American media. The News Media Alliance applauds Rep. Demings and her fellow sponsors and co-sponsors, and joins them in their ... Read More

The past nine months have been uniquely trying for us all; yet as we enter the holiday season, I am reminded of all that we have to be thankful for – yes, even in 2020. It may not be the ... Read More

As we head into what is going to be a truly historic election, we must remember the importance of the freedoms granted by the First Amendment and the value of the free press. For many years – but especially in ... Read More

In response to the lawsuit filed today by the Department of Justice (DOJ) accusing Google of antitrust violations related to its search and advertising services, Alliance President and CEO, David Chavern, stated, "It is good that the DOJ is starting ... Read More

House Antitrust Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) and the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law have released their long-awaited report on the anticompetitive behavior of the big tech platforms ... Read More

The Supreme Court today announced that it will hear petitions filed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a group of industry stakeholders (including the News Media Alliance) seeking to reinstate the FCC’s steps to modernize the country’s media ownership ... Read More

Facebook's threat to block real journalism from its properties is simply an attempt to bully the Australian government and legislature.  It is also a clear attempted exercise of their massive, anticompetitive market power.   ... Read More

I wanted to take this opportunity, at just past the half-way mark of 2020, to update you on some of the key programs and issues in which the Alliance has been heavily involved, working to advance the needs and priorities ... Read More

The News Media Alliance commends the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the release of the Draft News Media Bargaining Code, aimed at rectifying the imbalance of power between news publishers and digital platforms ... Read More

The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, introduced in the House of Representatives today by Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) – and the bipartisan group of their colleagues who have joined them as original co-sponsors – would provide incentives ... Read More

Today’s guilty verdict of Filpino journalist Maria Ressa is a terrible setback in the ongoing quest to protect and preserve press freedom around the world ... Read More

We applaud Reps. Scanlon and Schiff for recognizing and reaffirming journalists’ Constitutional rights and calling for the protection of these journalists, who are risking their lives to bring critical news and information to the public ... Read More

Much of the news business is being hammered by the decline in advertising because of Covid-19, just when the public most needs reliable information. But in the midst of this crisis, something very good just happened for journalism: French antitrust ... Read More

During this unprecedented health crisis, the Alliance is working to provide accurate and real-time information; advocacy and representation with lawmakers; legal guidance and resources to navigate funding and regulations; and a portal to connect and exchange information among newspapers across ... Read More

President and CEO of the News Media Alliance, David Chavern, and CEO of America's Newspapers, Dean Ridings today sent a letter to President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, outlining the struggles ... Read More

Public officials across the country have begun ordering the shut-down of "non-essential" businesses for periods of time. The goal of these orders is to appropriately react to our COVID-19 health crisis. However, these orders can also lead to some confusion ... Read More

Ken Doctor did a recent piece on “epiphanies” that caused me to think of a few of my own. Ken is right that the ultimate answer lies in the consistent production of great news content. But as we all know, quality ... Read More

We are very pleased that Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has signed on as the latest co-sponsor and highest ranking official on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act ... Read More

In a year-in-review letter to members, News Media Alliance President & CEO, David Chavern recaps the Alliance's 2019 activities and accomplishments, and offers a look ahead to 2020.  ... Read More

We are encouraged by the creation of the Facebook News Tab and that Facebook is prioritizing – and paying for – quality journalism. However, we are concerned that anything less than a fully comprehensive solution could put some publishers at ... Read More

The News Media Alliance commends the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 2426, the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019” (CASE Act), by an overwhelming vote of 410-6 ... Read More

We strongly support Australia's Right to Know media freedom campaign, set to launch on October 20, which calls for ending the criminalization of journalists working to report the truth and to hold accountable the Australian government and those in positions ... Read More

As we celebrate National Newspaper Week, we are raising awareness about our five First Amendment freedoms, as outlined in the U.S. Constitution — freedom of the press, speech, religion, petition and assembly — and the ways the news media help ... Read More

The News Media Alliance strongly condemns Google’s announcement that, under the newly adopted European Union Copyright Directive, it will stop displaying previews of news articles in France unless a publisher waives its right to compensation ... Read More

There have been press reports that Facebook is contemplating a separate news section in its platform and that, as part of that, it would license news content from publishers ... Read More

After much anticipation, the two largest news publishers in the country have announced that they will merge ... Read More

One year ago, on June 28, 2018, the lives of five newsroom employees from The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, were senselessly taken by gun violence. Today, we honor those victims — and the three dozen other journalists lost around ... Read More

Google recently announced planned changes to its Chrome browser’s incognito mode that would remove the ability to detect when a reader is in incognito mode. This change would severely limit access to high-quality journalism for millions of Americans.  ... Read More

The News Media Alliance applauds Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Reps. Grace Napolitano (D-CA) and Tom Cole (R-OK) for introducing the "Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019.” ... Read More

Regardless of whether or not Julian Assange is a “journalist,” the May 23 indictment of Assange crosses a clear constitutional line. In the 102-year history of the Espionage Act, the United States has never deployed that Act to punish the publication ... Read More

The News Media Alliance applauds Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) for bicameral introduction the Journalist Protection Act ... Read More

Today, in response to the California Attorney General’s rulemaking process to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the News Media Alliance submitted written comments with the Attorney General regarding the CCPA and its effect on news publishers ... Read More

With the release of our newest ad last week, we — along with our Support Real News partners — are responding to recent attacks on the media, highlighting the importance of press access for the preservation of our democracy. In the ... Read More

We applaud Dame Frances Cairncross and her team for the release of their final report on the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the United Kingdom ... Read More

Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world’s best distribution platforms and could be an answer for journalism instead of a grave threat ... Read More

Yesterday, News Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern joined Simon Owens of The Business of Content on a podcast, "Should publishers be allowed to collectively bargain with Facebook and Google?" ... Read More

Looking forward to 2019, I think it is pretty easy to see that it is shaping up to be an absolutely pivotal year that may well determine the strategic landscape for news publishing for many years to come ... Read More

On November 8, the DOL proposed to change the way temporary job openings are shared with potential workers. Currently, employers are required by law to notify U.S. workers of these openings through publishing the listings in local newspapers. However, the ... Read More

We are very pleased to learn of Facebook’s announcement that news organizations will be exempt from its political ad policy ... Read More

It’s the time of year when we reflect on the things that matter most to us, and on my list – alongside family, friends and a team of hardworking and dedicated colleagues – is the opportunity I’m given every day ... Read More

The News Media Alliance stands in full support of CNN’s defense of its First Amendment rights. We need quality journalism – now more than ever – from respected news organizations employing professional journalists who will hold those in positions of ... Read More

Journalists are out there every day on the front lines to uncover the facts and understandings that will allow us to find our way back to a more productive democracy where decisions can be made based on mutually agreed-upon facts ... Read More

October 7–13 is National Newspaper Week. It serves as a wonderful reminder of the importance and strength of our industry. It is also a great time to reflect on what we have overcome and where we must go next. 2018 ... Read More

We are pleased that Twitter’s new political advertising policy recognizes the role of journalism as the “fourth estate” of civic society, rather than as political advocacy ... Read More

We applaud the International Trade Commission (ITC) for today reaching a final, negative determination that Canadian imports of uncoated groundwood paper, which includes newsprint used by newspapers, do not cause material harm to the U.S. paper industry ... Read More