Canadian Newsprint Is Not the Enemy — Tariffs Are
Every day at the News Media Alliance headquarters, a stack of newspapers arrives for myself and the staff. But with […]
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Holding Our Applause for the Google News Initiative
I was invited to the Google News Initiative event in New York this week. Among many other things, they revealed a series
Statement: Preliminary Antidumping Duties
In response to the Department of Commerce’s announcement today of preliminary antidumping duties on Canadian imports of uncoated groundwood paper – which includes newsprint used by tens of thousands of publishers and printers in the United States.
Statement: We Will Fight Newsprint Tariffs
We are stunned that a single U.S. mill (NORPAC) has been able to manipulate the trade laws to their gain, while potentially wreaking financial havoc on newspapers and other commercial publishers across the country.
CEO Column: Things I’m Thankful For
It is the time of the year to reflect on blessings, and I certainly have a lot to be thankful
Statement: FCC Chair Circulates Order Repealing Media Cross-Ownership Ban
Chairman Pai circulated an Order repealing the 1975 ban on cross-ownership between a broadcast television or radio station and a newspaper in the same market during today’s House Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology FCC Oversight Hearing.
Statement: Facebook Testing Subscriptions in Instant Articles
The future of quality journalism requires that we find new and better ways to provide economic returns to news publishers. We view Facebook’s announcement today as a positive one and we strongly support any and all experiments to increase reader engagement and subscriptions.
Statement from CEO: Google Subscription Support Update
This morning, Google announced an update to First Click Free and other initiatives to help support digital subscriptions for publishers.
The News Diet: Nutritious, Balanced and Real
Is your news making you unhealthy? Think about what you consume: Is it click-bait and garbage shared by a crazy
CEO: Don’t pivot from what makes you great
Recently there has been an industry-wide battle cry for the pivot to video. Many are crediting it as the singular solution to engaged audience, revenue and solving all newsroom problems.