One and a half years ago, the Australian parliament adopted legislation creating the News Media Bargaining Code, a revolutionary measure aimed at protecting news publishers from the dominance of a few big online platforms. Now, as the JCPA is making progress in Congress, it is a good time to evaluate the success of Australia’s Code.
During this briefing, Douglas Schoen, Founder and Partner of Schoen Cooperman Research; Chris Reen, President & CEO of Clarity Media Group; and Danielle Coffey, Executive VP & General Counsel at the News/Media Alliance discuss the national poll results on the JCPA and the widespread support for this important legislation.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) enjoys broad support from conservative publications and leaders. Multiple conservative outlets have vocalized their support for the measure, including Newsmax, Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, Daily Caller, and National Review, among others.
Today the lead sponsors of the of the bipartisan Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (JCPA) announced progress on this critical bill for local news. Senate text was released and listed on the agenda for Senate Judiciary Committee markup in September.
In June 2022, a local, independently-owned publisher found its servers had been hacked and were being held ransom. The good news is they were prepared. Here are their lessons you can take and apply.
On this episode of News Take, Alliance President & CEO David Chavern talks with The Washington Post’s VP for Distribution & Customer Care, Gregg Fernandes and McClatchy’s VP of Supply Chain Operations, Dan Schaub, about the role and value of the print newspaper product, as well as how they are innovating and evolving the product to continue to meet changing needs and demands.
As more and more news consumers get information online, the scholarly community has worked to investigate the impact of this shift and the degree to which it perpetuates partisan viewpoints due to the lack of visibility of alternative perspectives. A recent study suggests that unlike TV, online news is not a major driver of partisan news consumption.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) would allow small and local news publishers to collectively negotiate with Big Tech for fair compensation for access to the journalistic content that generates revenue on those platforms. The following addresses some of the misconceptions about the JCPA made by Big Tech and their allies.
News/Media Alliance president and CEO David Chavern recently talked with Gordon Borrell about the future of news publishing on the latest episode of the Local Marketing Trends podcast, hosted by Borrell and Corey Elliott.
Today, hundreds of local and regional newspapers across the country launched the “Don’t Let Big Tech Cancel Local News” ad campaign in support of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA).
