On August 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled against Google in an historic lawsuit, finding that Google violated antitrust laws for its anticompetitive practices in search and advertising, including against news media companies.
Danielle Coffey, President & CEO of the News/Media Alliance appeared on San Diego News 10 on August 8 to talk about the need to pass the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) and the Alliance’s new video ad calling for support of the bill.
On July 23, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the ‘Judicial FOIA Expansion Act’ in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would expand the right of public access to records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
The News/Media Alliance joined two stakeholder letters urging the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin its rulemaking proceeding governing Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems.
Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) have introduced Amendment #2874 to the NDAA for FY ’25. The amendment would require an advisory opinion by, and adequate response from USPS to, the Commission and Congress, on any additional network changes and consolidations.
On July 25, President Joe Biden nominated two individuals to serve on the USPS Board of Governors.
Congressmen Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced the Deliver for Democracy Act (H.R. 9078) in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 23. The bill is identical to the Senate version (S. 4378) introduced by Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) on May 21.
The brief, led by RCFP, urges the Court of Appeals to affirm the decision to require the disclosure of unsubstantiated and pre-June 2020 complaints.
The new rule applies to news websites, and will become applicable immediately. The rule is based on the same application as the pre-existing group registration option for newspapers – which the Alliance played an important role in developing prior to its adoption in 2018 – including the registration fee.
