On February 3rd, the U.S. House Rules Committee released an updated version of a postal overhaul bill, H.R. 3076, which will decrease Postal Service expenses and curb the rate increase trend. The House plans to vote on the bill next week…
Inclusion of paper in EPR programs won’t increase recycling but would unfairly target magazine media.
Efforts to tax large technology platforms inadvertently harm news media entities, as well as the local businesses and non-profits that support them.
Magazine media publishers maintain exceptionally high levels of subscriber satisfaction through well-understood, simple subscription management processes that benefit consumers.
On December 22, the Alliance signed on to a letter by the Reporters Committee to the congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol. That congressional committee recently issued a subpoena to photojournalist Amy Harris.
On November 3, the Alliance joined a brief, filed in the Ninth Circuit, arguing for robust anti-SLAPP law applicability. In Planet Aid v. Reveal, the plaintiff argued on appeal that California’s anti-SLAPP law should not apply in federal court. The brief, filed by the RCFP, argues that Ninth Circuit precedent requires the statute be applied in federal court and a contrary ruling would seriously harm the ability of Californians to freely exercise their First Amendment rights.
This bill will provide relief to community newspapers with sponsored pensions by allowing for contributions at an alternative minimum funding standard.
Seven media organizations representing over 20,000 media publishers and professionals in over 120 countries around the world have come together to express concern over Facebook’s new advertising policy that labels quality news as political advocacy.
LawView tracks state and federal bills that would affect news media publishers. Currently, we’re following legislative proposals falling in one of eight different topics as they pertain to news media: drones, online political ad disclosure, anti-SLAPP, federal, public notices, Freedom of Information Act, First Amendment and telemarketing.
