News Media Alliance Names Rebecca Frank Director, Research & Insights
The News Media Alliance today announced the hire of Rebecca Frank as Director, Research & Insights.
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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.
Alliance Calls on Google, Facebook: Take Responsibility for Political Ads
At a House Information Technology Subcommittee Hearing today, News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern called upon online content distribution platforms – specifically Google and Facebook – “to…help stem the flow of misinformation—a problem that is largely of their own making.”
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.
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New Campaign Calls for Use of Trusted Sources to Fight Fake News
The News Media Alliance today announced the launch of the second phase of its national campaign focused on supporting real news.
New Website to Track Press Freedom Violations in United States
The News Media Alliance joined more than 20 press freedom organizations announcing the launch today of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a new nonpartisan website dedicated to documenting press freedom abuses across the United States.
News Media Alliance Calls for Legislation to Address Digital Duopoly Impact
Today, the News Media Alliance – representing almost 2,000 news organizations – called on Congress to allow publishers to negotiate collectively with dominant online platforms. The objective is to permit publishers to have concrete discussions with the two dominant distributors of online news content, Google and Facebook, on business model solutions to secure the long-term availability of local journalism produced by America’s newsrooms.
News Media Alliance Applauds FCC Nominee Brendan Carr
The News Media Alliance applauds the nomination of Brendan Carr as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Statement: EU Action on Google
This decision by the EU clearly points to the need for US regulators to take more seriously the challenges posed by Google and other tech giants.
News Media Alliance to Partner on Mega-Conference 2018
The News Media Alliance will join with Inland Press Association, Local Media Association and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association as a partner of Mega-Conference 2018, Feb. 26-28, 2018 in San Diego.