Archive for Advocacy

Canadian News Publishers Reach Deal with Google for Payment for News
/

Canadian News Publishers Reach Deal with Google for Payment for News

The News/Media Alliance applauds the Canadian government for today’s deal with Google for its payment for the use of valuable news content on its Search ... Read More
Postal Regulatory Commission Grants the News/Media Alliance Motion on USPS Flats Plan
/

Postal Regulatory Commission Grants the News/Media Alliance Motion on USPS Flats Plan

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued a notice and order on November 17 granting the Alliance’s Motion for Acceptance of Comments on the USPS Proposed ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Submits Comments on Postal Rate Increases
/

News/Media Alliance Submits Comments on Postal Rate Increases

The News/Media Alliance submitted comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission on November 6 regarding the continuing concern of rate increases on periodicals. The increases are ... Read More
USPS Webinar for Members: Update on Newspaper Delivery & Pricing and Classification Service
/

USPS Webinar for Members: Update on Newspaper Delivery & Pricing and Classification Service

Members of the USPS Pricing and Classification Service team will present an update on Task Team 38, created to increase periodical mail volume by helping ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Joins Brief in Defense of Statutory Protections for Free Speech in D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act
/

News/Media Alliance Joins Brief in Defense of Statutory Protections for Free Speech in D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act

On October 26, the Alliance joined a brief in Banks v. Hoffman, filed in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Study Finds Pervasive Unauthorized Use of Publisher Content to Power Generative AI Technologies
/

News/Media Alliance Study Finds Pervasive Unauthorized Use of Publisher Content to Power Generative AI Technologies

Yesterday, the News/Media Alliance published a White Paper and a technical analysis and submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office on the use of publisher ... Read More
White Paper: How the Pervasive Copying of Expressive Works to Train and Fuel Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems Is Copyright Infringement And Not a Fair Use
/

White Paper: How the Pervasive Copying of Expressive Works to Train and Fuel Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems Is Copyright Infringement And Not a Fair Use

The News/Media Alliance has produced a White Paper, “How the Pervasive Copying of Expressive Works to Train And Fuel Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems Is Copyright ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Commends G7's Hiroshima AI Process, Calls for Strong Copyright Protections
/

News/Media Alliance Commends G7’s Hiroshima AI Process, Calls for Strong Copyright Protections

On October 16, News/Media Alliance sent a letter together with Digital Content Next and the European Publishers Council to the G7 member states and the ... Read More
Timeline: Meta Keeps News Publishers Spinning with Endless Mind Games
/

Timeline: Meta Keeps News Publishers Spinning with Endless Mind Games

Big tech company Meta has changed course in its relationship with news more times than we can count, pushing news publishers away one moment and ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Requests Rejection of USPS Flats Plan
/

News/Media Alliance Requests Rejection of USPS Flats Plan

The News/Media Alliance submitted follow-up comments on October 16 to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting that they reject the Postal Service’s Flats plan submitted on ... Read More