Archive for Press Releases
Staff / Statement: Antitrust Bills Offer Long-Term Solution to Reining in Big Tech
Over the last year, multiple lawsuits, bills and investigations have been introduced to examine the anticompetitive behavior of Big Tech companies, such as Facebook and ... Read More
Staff / New Polling Shows Majority of Republican Voters Support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act
New polling from Echelon Insights, in partnership with the News Media Alliance, found that a majority of the 956 Republican voters surveyed support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act ... Read More
Staff / American Press Institute Executive Director Tom Rosenstiel to Join Faculty at University of Maryland Journalism School
The American Press Institute (API) announced today that after nine years of innovative growth, API Executive Director Tom Rosenstiel will be joining the faculty at ... Read More
Staff / Statement: U.S. Postal Service Announces Staggering Postage Rate Increases
The United States Postal Service (USPS) filed proposed postage increases that are, in some cases, seven times the rate of inflation. This increase will have ... Read More
Staff / Statement: News Media Alliance Remembers Career Newspaper Leader and Free Press Advocate, Scott Schurz, Sr.
Longtime newspaper leader and free press advocate, Scott Schurz, Sr., passed away on Monday at the age of 85. Schurz was a passionate and active ... Read More
Staff / Statement: News Media Alliance Remembers Longtime Journalist, Jim Klobuchar
Jim Klobuchar, father of Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), was a longtime champion of our industry, working in journalism for four decades as a columnist for ... Read More
Staff / Publishers Call on President to Use Local Newspaper Advertising to Help Reach Their Goal of 70% Vaccinated by July 4
The News Media Alliance and the National Newspaper Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the Administration to use advertising in local newspapers ... Read More
Staff / News Media Alliance Hosts Congressional Meetings to Advocate for Passage of the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act
This week, the News Media Alliance will host virtual meetings between Alliance member newspaper executives and their members of Congress to advocate for the passage ... Read More
Staff / News Media Alliance Announces Recipients of 2020 John P. Murray Award for Excellence in Audience Development
The News Media Alliance has named the Arizona Daily Star’s #ThisIsTucson (Small category), The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH) (Medium category), and McClatchy (Large category) as ... Read More
Staff / Supreme Court Reinstates FCC Media-Ownership Reforms, Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Repeal of Ownership Restrictions
The Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision in Prometheus Radio Project vs FCC, upholding 2017 reforms that streamlined and modernized the Federal Communications Commission’s ... Read More
