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News Media Alliance Announces Newest Member, VICE Media
The News Media Alliance is pleased to announce that VICE Media has become its newest member. VICE is a global youth media company, headquartered in ... Read More
Podcast: Alliance CEO David Chavern Talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher on the Challenges Facing the News Business
David Chavern, the president and CEO of the nonprofit News Media Alliance, talked with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the unique challenges of representing the media ... Read More
Alliance Holds Video Call with Twitter
On February 14, the Alliance Digital Advisory Group — the Alliance’s hub for discussing issues related to the online ecosystem — held a video conference ... Read More
Federal Trade Commission Creates Big Tech Task Force
On February 26, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will establish a task force to examine and lead enforcement efforts against anti-competitive activities ... Read More
Congress Holds Two Hearings on Consumer Privacy
On February 26 and 27, the House and the Senate held separate hearings on the need for federal approaches to consumer data privacy. The House ... Read More
European Union Moves Forward with the Copyright Directive
Following the deal reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the language of the proposed Copyright Directive — including Article 11, which would ... Read More
LawView Now Includes State Data Privacy Bills
The Alliance LawView state legislation tracking tool now includes data privacy bills. The bills captured by the privacy tracker include the data privacy bills currently ... Read More
Germany Restricts Facebook’s Data Collection Activities
On February 7, the German competition authorities issued a decision prohibiting Facebook from linking user data it collects on its services and third-party sites with ... Read More
European Union Reaches a Compromise on Copyright
On February 13, the European Parliament and the Council reached a long-awaited deal on the proposed Copyright Directive, including Article 11, which would create a ... Read More
News Media Alliance Applauds EU’s Historic Move toward Global Copyright Protection for News Publishers
The EU today reached a final deal on the proposed Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market. The Directive creates a Publishers’ Right that provides ... Read More
