House Antitrust Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) has
committed to re-introducing the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act,”
according to the News Media Alliance, which has advocated for the legislation.
The bill, as it was introduced last Congress, would provide a limited safe
harbor for news publishers to collectively negotiate with Facebook, Google and
other platforms for better business arrangements.
“We applaud
Chairman Cicilline for his commitment to journalism. We strongly supported his
safe harbor bill last Congress, and we are thrilled he remains committed in his
new role,” said News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern. “We look
forward to news publishers having a seat at the table with the platforms in the
near future. Fair compensation for use of news content — from which the tech
platforms benefit financially — will allow news publishers to continue to
reinvest in quality journalism, the lynchpin of our democracy, which is more
important now than ever.”
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