The News/Media Alliance applauds California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) for today introducing the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA, AB 886), which would require Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” to use local news content.
The News/Media Alliance today announced its search for a new President & CEO to lead the nonprofit trade association that represents approximately 2,000 news and magazine media companies in the United States and Canada.
The Alliance today, in its comments in response to the FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on commercial surveillance and data security, recommended the adoption of a “Data Poaching Rule” that would prohibit dominant tech platforms from poaching first-party consumer data from publishers.
News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern has accepted a position at the Consumer Brands Association as President and CEO.
The News/Media Alliance welcomes Judy Gawczynski as its Vice President of Membership. In this role, Gawczynski will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to build a new membership engagement program for the Alliance.
The News/Media Alliance has elected Maribel Perez Wadsworth, President of Gannett Media, as its Chair of the Board of Directors for the 2022-2024 term.
The News/Media Alliance published an extensive research paper in which countless news publishers were interviewed and detailed how Google has used and abused news content over the course of several years.
There have been claims made that the JCPA will lead to job losses based on the notion that newspapers will “cut them to under 1,500 employees” to be eligible. In fact, the opposite will happen, as it did in Australia where newsrooms in some cases doubled because of the infusion of cash.
A research report published earlier this year, “Minority-Owned Media and the Digital Duopoly,” demonstrates how minority-owned media’s continued survival – as well as the addition of new outlets – is being threatened by the digital platforms’ anticompetitive practices. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would help to sustain these publications, whose work is critical to the communities they uniquely serve.
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.
