CEO: EU Antitrust Statement

Today’s decision by the European Commission to fine Google for violations of antitrust laws represents a significant step in global recognition of the platform’s dominance in the data, advertising and distribution markets.

Posted by David Chavern
On July 18, 2018

CEO: We Press On

I wonder how Facebook’s famous secret algorithms weigh and balance the value of Milo Yiannopoulos' garbage verses the work of real journalists – like those at the Capital Gazette?

Posted by David Chavern
On July 5, 2018

CEO: Facebook Needs to Learn Difference Between Journalism, ‘Political Advertising’ and Garbage

Published on USA TODAY website - Facebook presents many risks to the future of journalism.

Posted by David Chavern
On June 22, 2018

Global Media Groups: Exempt News Content from Political Ad Policy

Seven media organizations representing over 20,000 media publishers and professionals in over 120 countries around the world have come together to express concern over Facebook’s new advertising policy that labels quality news as political advocacy.

Posted by Staff
On June 11, 2018

Letter to Congress: Facebook Political Ads

News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern today sent a letter to Capitol Hill in response to Facebook’s new political advertising policy to classify news content as political advocacy.

Posted by Staff
On June 4, 2018

CEO Statement: Facebook Plan to Label Quality News Political Advocacy

Facebook’s plan to group quality publishers alongside political advocacy, which its ad archive will do, is a fundamental mischaracterization of journalism.

Posted by David Chavern
On May 18, 2018

Terry Kroeger Elected Chairman of the News Media Alliance

The News Media Alliance has elected Terry Kroeger, President and CEO of BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kroeger, who previously served as Vice Chairman, succeeds Michael Klingensmith, Publisher and CEO of Star Tribune. Klingensmith will serve as Past Chair.

Posted by Staff
On May 1, 2018

News Media Alliance Calls on Duopoly to Stop Filtering Quality News

News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern today called on the major technology platforms, namely Facebook and Google, to take responsibility for the role they play in deciding, via their “secret algorithms,” how and to whom news is distributed, and the subsequent impact of those decisions on civil society.

Posted by Staff
On April 26, 2018

Canadian Newsprint Is Not the Enemy — Tariffs Are

Every day at the News Media Alliance headquarters, a stack of newspapers [...]

Posted by David Chavern
On March 26, 2018

Holding Our Applause for the Google News Initiative

I was invited to the Google News Initiative event in New York this week. [...]

Posted by David Chavern
On March 23, 2018

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