The News/Media Alliance applauds the passage of New York’s Newspaper and Broadcast Media Jobs Program, providing payroll tax credits for journalists. Starting next year, news entities of all sizes that are based in the State of New York are eligible to benefit from some aspect of the program.
Today the News/Media Alliance sent letters to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the California State Attorney General requesting that they investigate Google’s unprecedented decision last week to block or impede the ability of some Californians to obtain access to California news websites in Google Search for possible violations of multiple laws.
The News/Media Alliance commends Senator Maria Cantwell and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers for resuming discussions around a federal privacy standard through their release of the draft American Privacy Rights Act. The Alliance has long advocated that the certainty of a workable federal data protection framework will benefit American news publishers and consumers.
Google today temporarily removed content by California-based news outlets from its Search platform, retaliating against proposed legislation in the state – the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) – that would require Big Tech platforms, including Google and Meta, to pay news publishers for use of news publisher content on its platforms.
This week, the News/Media Alliance released the results of a first of its kind public opinion survey on artificial intelligence and its implications on society, intellectual property rights, and the need for regulatory oversight.
The News/Media Alliance has elected nine new Directors to its Board of Directors. The new Alliance directors, elected on March 7, 2024, to two-year terms, include:
Today the Illinois Senate Executive Committee, the Illinois Senate’s highest committee, will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. CT on the Illinois Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591), which would require Big Tech platforms such as Meta and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” to use local news content.
On Wednesday, more than thirty European media companies brought a case against Google for its anticompetitive practices in the advertising technology marketplace. The case, filed in Amsterdam, is asking for 2.1 billion euros in damages.
The News/Media Alliance commends Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian government for passing a law requiring Alphabet (owner of Google) and Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) to compensate local news outlets for use of their content.
The News/Media Alliance filed comments with the Copyright Office on February 20 in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Group Registration of Updates to a News Website.
