Excellent speech by Steve Glazer, who has been gutsy, persistent & farsighted in his efforts to save local news. At minute 11 he rebuts the criticisms, including the absurd idea that this effort to create more local reporting jobs is a jobs killer. sd07.senate.ca.gov/video/senator-…

Andrew actually made the collapse of local news an issue in his presidential campaign! Thank you for your persistent interest in this. A really fun conversation.

Proud of Newmark J-School’s partnership with Rebuild Local News, and of being a member of their board. Their advocacy for new public policy that supports local news as a public good is bearing fruit.

Another legislative victory for Rebuild Local News whose 1st-Amendment friendly strategy of using payroll tax credits to support local news reporters yields $25m of benefit in Illinois alone. Good policy & a terrific return on philanthropic investment. The Lenfest Institute for Journalism #PressForward

Jim Friedlich Rebuild Local News The Lenfest Institute for Journalism This is the best, cleanest government policy to support local news while minimizing the threat of interference.

Local California publisher offers a great rebuttal against the absurd Big Tech argument that a fee on them would hurt small business. ojaivalleynews.com/opinion/opinio…

More than 200 entries, from nearly 120 journalists, were submitted this year for Report for America's Local News Awards. Last night, the winners were announced! 🏆

reportforamerica.org/2024/05/22/rep…

Hugely important story from Sara Fischer

Scoop: Google's threatening to pause all new Google News Initiative funding in U.S. if a new California ad tax bill becomes law
—It's been reaching out to outlets warning it may not be able to issue new grants nationwide if it's forced to pay the Cali tax
axios.com/2024/05/21/goo…

Thank you CA labor unions! SB1327 would be the most significant support for local news in American history -- nonpartisan, 1A-friendly tax credit for newsrooms to hire/retain local reporters, paid for by a tax on Google, Meta and Amazon. Senate vote is today. Weigh in!

The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. rebuildlocalnews.org/rebuild-local-…

Does this strengthen the argument for taxing tech companies to help save local news? cnn.com/2024/05/15/med…

Out today! Op-ed in TheHillOpinion w/ Jonathan D. Cohen of American Academy of Arts & Sciences on the legal changes that can save local news (thus support local democracy). Drawn from major new AmAcad report, plus insights of Steven Waldman et al.

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Interesting / positive trend. Public radio stations merging with / acquiring newspapers. They often complement each other nicely. editorandpublisher.com/stories/nebras…

Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers
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Apple Peels Ads: Publishers Are Alarmed By Blocking Feature 05/13/2024 mediapost.com/publications/a…