First in the Nation Legislation: New York Passes the “New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act,” Prohibiting Deceptive Bots from Accessing New York News Sites
This week the New York State Senate and Assembly passed landmark legislation (A.11292/S.9934A) protecting news media from being bombarded by deceptive “stealth crawlers” from unscrupulous tech companies ... Read More
Hearst Magazines President Elected News/Media Alliance Board of Directors Chair
The News/Media Alliance (NMA) has elected Debi Chirichella, President of Hearst Magazines, as its Board of Directors chair ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Applauds NY Senate for Passing First-of-its-kind Bot Transparency Legislation
The New York State Senate voted to pass the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act, a bill that would require transparency for online scrapers, prohibiting “bad bots.” ... Read More
News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content
The News/Media Alliance, representing a collection of leading news publishers, submitted a letter to Common Crawl demanding the archive site stop its unauthorized scraping and storage of content, and establish additional protocols to prevent publisher content in its database from ... Read More
Announcing a Joint National Gathering for the News Media Industry
The News/Media Alliance and America's Newspapers announced a landmark collaboration that will bring together top leaders from across the news media industry for a combined event on September 27-30, 2026 in Washington, DC ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Applauds Introduction of SECURE Data Act
The SECURE Data Act, which would create a consistent and predictable national standard by drawing on consumer privacy language already adopted by nearly twenty state legislatures. ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Applauds New York Legislators for Introducing Landmark Bot Transparency Legislation
The New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act is a set of common-sense rules that require bots to identify themselves and their purpose, and a necessary step towards transparency and accountability for bad actors ... Read More
Book, News, and Journal Publishers Join with Authors in Amicus Brief in Support of Music Publishers in Concord v. Anthropic
On March 30, 2026, the News/Media Alliance (NMA), Association of American Publishers (AAP), International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), and Authors Guild (AG) filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic ... Read More
