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Alliance Applauds Passage of EU Copyright Law to Protect Online News Content
The News Media Alliance applauds today’s passage of a landmark legislation updating the European Union’s copyright law for the digital age ... Read More
Letter to EC Re: Publishers’ Right
On behalf of the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), I write to express our support for publishers’copyright protection under European Union law, a right currently ... Read More
Alliance New(s) Ideas Grand Prize Winners Are Subatomic Digital, Viafoura
The News Media Alliance announced today the grand prize winners of its New(s) Ideas contest, Subatomic Digital and Viafoura ... Read More
Congress Continues Hearings on Antitrust and Privacy Issues
Over the last two weeks, Congress has continued its investigations into antitrust and privacy issues with multiple hearings by both the Senate and the House ... Read More
Senator Warren Calls for Breaking Up Big Tech
On March 8, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) proposed breaking up the dominant tech companies — Amazon, Google, and Facebook, adding Apple to the list the ... Read More
Alliance Files Privacy Comments with the California Attorney General
On March 8, the Alliance filed comments with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California in response to its ongoing rulemaking ... Read More
New York Supreme Court Rules Firm Misled Newspaper Subscribers
The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled on February 21 that Orbital Publishing, which claimed to have authorization from newspapers to operate as a ... Read More
Legislation Introduced Would Make it a Crime to Assault or Intimidate Journalists
In our current polarized society, journalists have experienced threats, intimidation and, in some cases, physical attacks as they attempt to gather and report the news ... Read More
Labor Proposes Increase to Salary Threshold for Determining Overtime
On March 7, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released long-awaited revisions to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The proposed rule ... Read More
More Than 250 Organizations Sign a Letter Supporting the EU Copyright Directive
On March 11, more than 250 organizations representing the news media industry, authors, composers, writers, publishers and other creative industries signed a letter urging the ... Read More
