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WORKING TO SUSTAIN QUALITY JOURNALISM

The News/Media Alliance diligently advocates on the pressing issues affecting today’s news and magazine publishers, including monetization by the tech platforms. As the media landscape becomes increasingly digital, it is critical that publishers find ways to monetize digital content and be fairly compensated for use of their digital content, including in search engines and for advertising sold against that content. The Alliance strongly supports legislation that would allow news publishers to collectively negotiate with the platforms for this purpose.

The Alliance also advocates for state and federal public policies that allow media publishers to deliver trusted and valued content to readers and to generate jobs and growth for the national and local economies, including technology policy and advancements, postal rates, journalist protection and free press issues, and other important issues that matter most to you.

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Caroline Reed / August 29, 2024

News/Media Alliance Joins Brief in Support of Right to Unseal Judicial Documents in Recently Closed Cases

On August 9, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in support of the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) motion to unseal records in a patent lawsuit … Read More

Charlotte McBirney / August 28, 2024

News/Media Alliance Joins Brief Supporting Music Publisher’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction Against Anthropic in Copyright Infringement Case

The Alliance, along with other leading trade associations representing record labels, music publishers, book publishers, and various artist and songwriter groups, moved to file a new amicus brief in an ongoing litigation between Anthropic and three music publishers, after the case was transferred from the Middle District of Tennessee to … Read More

Holly Lubart / August 28, 2024

USPS Announces Pre-Filing Virtual Conference to Discuss Changes to Service Standards: Register to Join on September 5

The USPS will consider comments received during the virtual conference on September 5 at 1:00pm ET, and will then file a formal request for an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) … Read More

Staff / August 21, 2024

News/Media Alliance Statement on California Governor Newsom, Assemblymember Wicks Announcement with Google, Ensuring Tech Platform Pays for Journalism

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced a public-private partnership agreement with the state of California and Google to fund journalism. This is the first deal to be reached in the United States to compensate news publishers on a broad scale for use of their content … Read More

Staff / August 21, 2024

News/Media Alliance Succeeds in Takedowns by Platforms Using Illegal Technology to Bypass News Publisher Paywalls

The News/Media Alliance has successfully prompted the removal by several online code repositories of illegal web browser add-on software offerings from their websites … Read More

Staff / August 20, 2024

‘State of the States’ Member Briefing

September 26, 2024, 12-1 pm ET – The News/Media Alliance will host a virtual ‘State of the States’ briefing and discussion exclusively for Alliance members covering the top state legislative trends impacting the news, magazine and digital media industry … Read More

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