The News Media Alliance is pleased to announce its newest member, Adams Publishing Group (APG), a family-owned community newspaper company providing high-quality news and media products and services.
On March 12, News Media Alliance President & CEO, David Chavern, testified at the House Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing, “Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Press.” Watch his testimony.
The News Media Alliance will testify today at 10:00 a.m. ET at a House Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing, “Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Press,” on the need for the dominant tech platforms, such as Facebook and Google, to compensate news publishers fairly for use of their content.
In the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act, which President Biden signed into law today, Congress included $1 billion in funding for an awareness campaign to build trust and acceptance of vaccines. The News Media Alliance recommends that trusted sources such as local news publishers be a top distribution channel for that campaign.
The News Media Alliance applauds the passage today of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) – the $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden – by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate approved the bill on Saturday. The legislation contains important pension relief that benefits community newspapers as well as pension stabilization for single-employer pension plans.
The News Media Alliance is saddened by the passing of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan on Monday at the age of 85.
News Media Alliance President and CEO, David Chavern, has been named to Washingtonian magazine’s Washington’s Top 250 Most Influential People.
Today, the Australian Parliament voted to pass the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission news media bargaining code, which requires the dominant tech platforms to, among other things, negotiate with and compensate news publishers in Australia for use of their content online.
Facebook has announced it will limit sharing and viewing of news by publishers and users in Australia on its platform, in response to the proposed news media bargaining code in the country
The News Media Alliance commends the release today of the Australian Parliament’s Economics Legislation Committee Report on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) News Media Bargaining Code.
