Holly Lubart Receives City and State PA Above & Beyond Women Award
Today News/Media Alliance VP of Government Affairs, Holly Lubart, will receive the Above & Beyond Women Award from City and State Pennsylvania.
Journalism
News/Media Alliance Rebuts Arguments That Canada’s Online News Act Violates Treaty Obligations
Following Canada’s adoption of Bill C-18, the Online News Act in June, the News/Media Alliance submitted a briefing to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in late June rebutting arguments that the law violates Canada’s international treaty obligations.
Global Reaction to Google and Meta Threat to Take Down News in Canada
On July 5, 2023, 18 publisher groups and media associations from around the world issued a joint statement in response to Google and Meta’s threat to take down news in Canada after Canada’s parliament passed the Online News Act (C-18) in June.
United States v. Hansen
The Supreme Court removes protections on speech “encouraging” illegal immigration. The ruling upholds a statute that allows for the criminal prosecution of speech considered as “encouraging” or “inducing” illegal immigration. Decided on June 23, 2023
Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Passage of the Canadian Journalism Compensation Bill into Law
The News/Media Alliance commends the Canadian government for passing the Online News Act (C-18). The Online News Act would help Canada’s free press prevail by requiring dominant online platforms to provide fair compensation to news publishers for the use of their content.
Statement: Bipartisan Federal Shield Bill, the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act Reintroduced in House and Senate
The Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act was reintroduced in both the House and Senate on a bipartisan basis. The News/Media Alliance applauds Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8), for introducing this important bill, which establishes reasonable ground rules for when the government can obtain confidential source information from the media.
News/Media Alliance Applauds Senate Judiciary for Passing Bipartisan Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA)
The Senate Judiciary Committee has favorably voted 14-7 for the bipartisan Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) (S. 1094), which would allow digital journalism providers to collectively negotiate with Google and Facebook for fair compensation for use of their valuable content.
News Take Episode 204: Navigating the Digital Media Transition: Lessons from the Music Industry
In this episode of News Take, Cherie Hu, founder of music collaboration and research firm Water & Music, joins News Take host Rebecca Frank for a fascinating discussion about how the music industry has navigated changes to the ways music is distributed and consumed. Hu draws parallels, as well as distinctions, between how musical content is protected and compensated, and those same aspects of publishing.
News/Media Alliance Applauds California State Assembly for Passing California Journalism Preservation Act
The California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA, AB 886) passed out of the California State Assembly today in a floor vote of 55-6. The bill, which was introduced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) in March, would require Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” to use the content of eligible digital journalism providers, as defined in the bill.
Statement: Meta Threatens to Remove News from Meta Platforms if CJPA is Passed
The California Broadcasters Association, California News Publishers Association and News/Media Alliance released a statement in response to Meta’s statement today that it would consider removing news from their platform if the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) is passed in California.