Advocacy

The News/Media Alliance has successfully secured the takedown of notorious paywall bypass website 12ft.io ... Read More

On July 8, a federal appeals court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s pending final implementation of the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which would have overhauled federal regulations around subscription and membership renewals ... Read More

The Alliance Privacy Working Group invites you to an interactive summer lecture series: Privacy Tech Talks! Join industry privacy experts for a discussion on various privacy-focused issues that impact the news and media industry.  ... Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s  (FTC) “Click-to-Cancel” rule on July 8 noting the FTC failed to follow required procedures under the FTC Act during the rule-making process ... Read More

President Donald Trump is slated to sign an executive order today delaying the reciprocal tariffs that were set to take effect on Wednesday, July 9. The reciprocal tariffs will now take effect on August 1 ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance, the largest trade association representing the news media industry, released a statement upon President Trump signing his major policy package into law today ... Read More

Earlier today, a collection of news and magazine publishers suing AI company Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement filed a brief opposing the company’s motion to dismiss parts of the case.  ... Read More

On Monday, June 30th, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a line-item veto of a budget item that would have removed the state's century-old sales tax exemption for newspaper subscriptions ... Read More

On June 18, 2025, News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Gray Media (KSWO-TV) v. Comanche County Facilities Authority ... Read More

Learn more about our educational webinar series showcasing various companies that make up the artificial intelligence (“AI”) vendor landscape ... Read More

On June 10, 2025, the News/Media Alliance submitted a comment to the California Privacy Protection Agency opposing a proposal to expand the definition of “direct relationship” in the Agency’s proposed text of data broker regulations ... Read More

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) filed two orders today. They announced a phased approach to revising the rate system and will issue multiple notices of proposed rulemaking ... Read More

The next event will take place in the Fall. Check back soon for updates! Description: The News/Media Alliance will host a virtual ‘State of the States’ briefing and discussion exclusively for Alliance members covering the top state legislative trends impacting ... Read More

On May 28, 2025, the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief, led by RCFP, in CNS v. Omundson in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ... Read More

The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission approved the Postal Service’s proposal to raise rates for Market Dominant products consistent with applicable law on May 30 ... Read More

On May 29, the News/Media Alliance submitted comments with the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science & Technology Policy regarding the Administration’s development of an updated version of the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic ... Read More

The decision recently issued by The Court of International Trade (CIT) was temporarily stayed by the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit on May 29, allowing the tariffs to continue to apply while it considers Trump’s appeal ... Read More

On May 28, the Court of International Trade (CIT) unanimously struck down the recent tariff actions imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ... Read More

October 7-8, 2025 - Make your voice heard! Join your peers in Washington, D.C. to reinforce the need for legislation compensating news publishers for our valuable content ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on May 19 commending the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for investigating technology platforms' implementation of "opaque or unpredictable" internal procedures to restrict users’ access ... Read More

Yesterday, Google announced a new feature called A.I. mode, which will allow users to interact with its search engine as if it were an A.I. chatbot ... Read More

On May 14, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn, Richard Blumenthal, John Thune, and Chuck Schumer re-introduced the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) ... Read More

On May 9, News/Media Alliance filed an amicus brief in United States v. Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the remedy phase of the Google search antitrust trial ... Read More

Amber McReynolds, chair of the Postal Service Board of Governors announced on May 9 that they have selected David Steiner as the 76th Postmaster General and CEO ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on May 9 on the USPS Notice of Market-Dominant Price Changes ... Read More

The U.S. House Workforce Protection Subcommittee held a hearing on May 6 examining the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act to consider how it might be improved to benefit injured federal workers while also protecting taxpayers from waste, fraud and abuse ... Read More

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has filed a notice of proposal for new proposed rules with the state Office of Administrative Law.  The rules would codify the NJDOL’s interpretation of the ABC test for independent ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on May 1 that ‌it would cease enforcement of its 2024 Final Rule regarding independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-1 (FAB) instructs field personnel on how to handle ... Read More

Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced the USPS SERVES US Act (H.R. 3004) on April 24. The USPS Services Enhancement and Regulatory Viability Expansion and Sustainability Act makes needed updates and reforms to the postal regulatory process to ensure fairness and ... Read More

S.J. Resolution 49, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), ended in a tie vote of 49-49 on April 30 ... Read More

The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 to favorably report the nomination of William Kimmitt to be the Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of Commerce on April 29 ... Read More

On Tuesday, April 29th, the California Senate Public Safety Committee unanimously voted to advance SB 690, which seeks to close a loophole in the 1967 California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) that is being used to sue businesses, including news media ... Read More

On March 24, 2025, the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief led by RCFP in Gopher Media LLC v. Melone, on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ... Read More

On Wednesday, April 16th, the Iowa Senate unanimously passed House File 472, which provides anti-SLAPP protections against lawsuits aimed at limiting the constitutional freedoms of speech and press ... Read More

The brief urged the court to reject GitHub’s contention that Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act imposes an identicality requirement, establishing liability for the removal of copyright management information (CMI) only if the copied work is identical to ... Read More

On April 16, a coalition of 68 House Democrats issued a letter to United States Trade Representative Greer, Secretary of Commerce Lutnick, Secretary of the Treasury Bessent, and Small Business Administration Administrator Loeffler warning them to consider the impacts of the Trump ... Read More

Representative Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced a joint resolution H.J. 93 on April 10 that would formally withdraw the U.S. from the World Trade Organization (WTO) ... Read More

Joint Resolutions terminating the trade deficit "emergency" underlying the Administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for reciprocal tariffs were introduced in both the House and Senate on April 8 ... Read More

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who serves on the Senate Finance Committee, submitted News/Media Alliance concerns on tariffs for the record at a hearing on “The President’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda” on April 8 ... Read More

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the Trade Review Act of 2025, S 1272, on April 3, which introduces a requirement for the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of imposing or increasing duties on imported articles, ... Read More

The Senate passed S.J. Resolution 37, sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) with a vote of 51-48 on April 2. The resolution terminates the emergency declaration, which the President used for the authority to issue his Executive Order imposing 25 percent ... Read More

Arlington, VA - Today, the News/Media Alliance announced the launch of an AI licensing framework agreement with ProRata AI, who is working to ensure publishers and creators are fairly credited and compensated by generative AI.  As the leading trade association ... Read More

This amicus brief outlines the historic function of the White House press pool in guaranteeing the free flow of information about the presidency to the public, and makes the case that any attempt to punish a news organization for “the ... Read More

Following the announcement of the USPS agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and US General Services Administration (GSA) on March 13, the Alliance participated in a call with the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service (C21) to ... Read More

This country needs more, not less, transparency, at every level of government. The American people deserve to know what government officials are doing behind the scenes that might impact their lives, and they deserve a free press ... Read More

Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Peter Welsh (D-VT) re-introduced the Deliver for Democracy Act this week ... Read More

As much as FOIA and the local FOIL statutes have helped us all, there is still so much work to be done ... Read More

Noting the rapid development and deployment of generative artificial intelligence, the comments noted that the review comes at a critical time for “defending the contributions of American workers and businesses in the creative sector to US economic growth, job creation, ... Read More

These products will not be subject to the 25% tariffs until April 2. Through multiple sources, we have confirmed that newsprint is covered under this agreement ... Read More

President Trump signed a memo on March 1 for the Commerce Department to initiate a national security investigation into U.S. lumber imports and their derivative products, including paper, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ... Read More

The brief stresses that the anti-SLAPP law was enacted to counter threats to First Amendment expression posed by the weaponization of libel and defamation suits ... Read More

The brief stresses the purpose of New Jersey’s anti-SLAPP law—to counter the threats to First Amendment expression posed by the weaponization of libel and defamation suits against critics ... Read More

The Alliance argues that expanding the definition of “automated decisionmaking” would deprive consumers of benefits like content personalization and subscription deals ... Read More

The letter affirms the importance of player privacy, which has been upheld by members of the press and notes that the existing policy empowers players to request that an interview take place outside the locker room ... Read More

On January 28, the News/Media Alliance, together with the Association of American Publishers, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of the plaintiffs in American Society for Testing & Materials ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief on December 16, 2024 in the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in support of LCMedia Productions in a public records disclosure case ... Read More

President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on Inauguration Day, January 20, stating that he plans to enact 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on February 1, citing the flow of both migrants and fentanyl from both countries. Trump did ... Read More

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing, “Understanding Proposed Service Changes” on December 5 ... Read More

On Monday, December 9, News/Media Alliance SVP & General Counsel Regan Smith held a call for the Alliance's Copyright Working Group to provide the latest copyright registration updates ... Read More

More than 60 participants gathered at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C. on December 5, 2024 for an off-the-record briefing ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance applauds Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) for introducing the Free Speech Protection Act, which would provide protections on the federal level from strategic lawsuits against public participation (“SLAPPs”) designed to ... Read More

On November 4, 2024 the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief in Valdez v. United States, in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, in support of a challenge to the trial court’s use of a “husher." ... Read More

On November 15, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 26 media organizations in an amicus brief in the New York Court of Appeals in NYP Holdings v. NYPD in support of the ... Read More

A Texas federal judge struck down a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule on November 15 that would have expanded overtime eligibility to about four million new workers ... Read More

The prohibition on misrepresenting information with respect to a negative option/automatic renewal offer will become effective in 60 days ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C ... Read More

Please join the News/Media Alliance on Tuesday, November 12 at 4:00 p.m. EST for a virtual briefing on the outcomes of the election ... Read More

On October 22, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of media organizations in a letter, led by Freedom of the Press Foundation, to New York District Attorney Gary Pasqua urging him to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter ... Read More

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determined on October 22 that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) established are sold at ... Read More

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final Rule on October 16 regarding Negative Option programs. The Alliance advocated for numerous changes to the proposal in comments, letters, and three follow-up meetings with the FTC ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance joins the Colombian Association of News Media (“AMI”) in its call to highlight the dangers the free press in Colombia face, and for its plea to the people of Colombia to ‘demand and defend their rights to ... Read More

October 21-27, 2024 - Free Speech Week is nonpartisan, non-ideological event to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States ... Read More

On October 3, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of news media organizations in a letter to senior policymakers urging the Administration to prioritize the publication of a proposed rulemaking to enable routine unmanned aircraft system (“drones”) beyond visual ... Read More

On October 8, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined letters of support for the ‘Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act’ (PRESS Act), led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and joined by 107 news media and press rights ... Read More

The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its proposed remedies framework to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection to the historic antitrust lawsuit against Google for its anticompetitive practices in U.S. general search services and U.S. general search ... Read More

On October 1, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a media coalition in an application to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting that Judge Chutkan grant the DOJ’s request to file a lightly redacted superseding indictment in ... Read More

The U.S. Senate confirmed Commissioner Ann Fisher and Commissioner Ashley Poling to a second 6-year term at the Postal Regulatory Commission on September 25 ... Read More

The House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a hearing on September 26 on election mail. Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy was the only testifier ... Read More

Congressman Jake LaTurner (R-KS) introduced H.R. 9839, the USPS Serves Us Act on September 25, which makes needed updates and reforms to the postal regulatory process by empowering the Postal Regulatory Commission with a clear mandate to hold the USPS ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance today applauded Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for signing California Assembly Bill 2863, legislation governing automatic subscriptions, authored by Assembly member Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth). The bill passed the Legislature with broad bipartisan support ... Read More

On September 18, the News/Media Alliance submitted a response to the European AI Office's consultation on the upcoming General-Purpose AI Code of Practice ... Read More

The United States Postal Service announced on September 20 that there will not be a price increase in January 2025 for Market Dominant products, which includes Periodicals, Marketing Mail, First-Class Mail, and Package Services ... Read More

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) held a hearing on September 17 to consider proposed tariffs on Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from China and Japan ... Read More

Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) announced that he is introducing the Postmaster General Reform Act, which would change how U.S. postmaster generals are appointed and how long they serve ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance submitted reply comments on September 12 to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Statutory Review of the System for Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products ... Read More

More than 120 participants representing news, magazine and digital-only publishers met with Members of Congress from 36 states on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2024 for the News/Media Alliance's 'Support Journalism' Fly-In to advocate for the importance ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance joined a coalition letter on September 13 urging the International Trade Commission (ITC) to oppose antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from Japan and China ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance applauds several U.S. Senators for sending a letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission that raises antitrust concerns regarding new generative AI features that summarize or use creators’ work verbatim to answer questions, ... Read More

Today, over 120 participants representing news, magazine and digital-only publishers will meet with Senators and Representatives from 36 states on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. as part of a Support Journalism Fly-In hosted by the News/Media Alliance ... Read More

The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its proposed remedies framework to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection to the historic antitrust lawsuit against Google for its anticompetitive practices in U.S. general search services and U.S. general search ... Read More

On August 9, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in support of the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) motion to unseal records in a patent ... Read More

The Alliance, along with other leading trade associations representing record labels, music publishers, book publishers, and various artist and songwriter groups, moved to file a new amicus brief in an ongoing litigation between Anthropic and three music publishers, after the ... Read More

The USPS will consider comments received during the virtual conference on September 5 at 1:00pm ET, and will then file a formal request for an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) ... Read More

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced a public-private partnership agreement with the state of California and Google to fund journalism. This is the first deal to be reached in the United States to compensate news ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance has successfully prompted the removal by several online code repositories of illegal web browser add-on software offerings from their websites ... Read More

Access presenter slides - The News/Media Alliance hosted a virtual ‘State of the States’ briefing and discussion exclusively for Alliance members covering the top state legislative trends impacting the news, magazine and digital media industry ... Read More

August 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m. ET - Register for a free webinar focusing on managing your address list, properly addressing your newspapers and preparing the mailing to minimize cost and service delays ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance applauds California Senators for their continued support and steadfast commitment to passing the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA, AB 886) ... Read More

On August 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled against Google in an historic lawsuit, finding that Google violated antitrust laws for its anticompetitive practices in search and advertising, including against news media companies ... Read More

Dear News/Media Alliance Members, On Monday, August 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) won its landmark case against Google, finding that Google violated antitrust laws for its anticompetitive practices in search and advertising, including against news media companies ... Read More

The Copyright Office just made registration of publisher website content easier than ever by adopting its proposed Rule on Group Registration of Updates to News Websites. Join News/Media Alliance to learn all about this new rule and how to start ... Read More

Danielle Coffey, President & CEO of the News/Media Alliance appeared on San Diego News 10 on August 8 to talk about the need to pass the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) and the Alliance's new video ad calling for support ... Read More

On July 23, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the ‘Judicial FOIA Expansion Act’ in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would expand the right of public access to records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the federal judiciary, ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance has created video and static digital ads calling on Californians to contact their state Senators to support the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA, AB 886) ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance joined two stakeholder letters urging the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin its rulemaking proceeding governing Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems ... Read More

Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled against Google in its historic lawsuit, finding that Google is in violation of antitrust laws for its anticompetitive practices in search and advertising, including against news media companies ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance today urged the International Trade Commission (ITC) to reject antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from Japan and China ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance celebrates the news that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been released in a multicountry prisoner swap on August 1st ... Read More

Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) have introduced Amendment #2874 to the NDAA for FY ’25. The amendment would require an advisory opinion by, and adequate response from USPS to, the Commission and Congress, on ... Read More

On July 25, President Joe Biden nominated two individuals to serve on the USPS Board of Governors ... Read More

Congressmen Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced the Deliver for Democracy Act (H.R. 9078) in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 23. The bill is identical to the Senate version (S. 4378) introduced by Senators ... Read More

The brief, led by RCFP, urges the Court of Appeals to affirm the decision to require the disclosure of unsubstantiated and pre-June 2020 complaints ... Read More

The new rule applies to news websites, and will become applicable immediately. The rule is based on the same application as the pre-existing group registration option for newspapers – which the Alliance played an important role in developing prior to ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance commends the U.S. Copyright Office for today adopting the rule on group registration of updates to news websites ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance joins The Wall Street Journal and the broader journalism industry in condemning the wrongful conviction of journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a Russian prison ... Read More

On July 17th, Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania signed into law H.B. 1466 which provides Pennsylvania with stronger protections against SLAPP lawsuits that are designed to prevent an individual or organization from exercising their First Amendment rights ... Read More

The Court considered whether the Florida and Texas state laws regulating large internet platforms violated the First Amendment. In a 9-0 decision the judgments of the Eleventh and Fifth Circuit are vacated and remanded. Decided on July 1, 2024 ... Read More

On July 15, the News/Media Alliance submitted comments to the Department of Justice following the Department’s workshop on promoting competition in artificial intelligence (AI) ... Read More

The News/Media Alliance filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on their Statutory Review of the System for Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products on July 9 ... Read More

On July 1st, the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief in the Indiana Supreme Court in support of Christopher Nardi who brought a lawsuit against the Indiana Election Division for wrongfully denying his access to three documents he had requested ... Read More