News/Media Alliance

The News/Media Alliance applauds the Illinois Senate Executive Committee for a favorable vote of the Journalism Preservation Act. On Wednesday night the Illinois Senate Executive Committee voted favorably in a 10-3 bipartisan vote to advance Senator Steve Stadelman’s (D-Rockford) Journalism Preservation Act (JPA, SB 3591), which would require Big Tech platforms such as Meta and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” to use local news content. https://lnkd.in/e2jrPjrH

"Meta’s new chatbot, Meta AI, is happy to scan news outlets and summarize their latest stories and headlines for anyone who asks. It’s even doing it in Canada, where the company banned links to news sources on Facebook and Instagram in August to get around a law that could require it to pay publishers. It’s CliffsNotes for the news. Meta AI draws on news outlets to give its users the day’s top headlines, summaries of specific stories or deeper dives on current events without them having to leave its apps. And if the chatbot catches on, it could be the next clash in Meta’s long, complicated relationship with the news industry." via The Washington Post https://lnkd.in/e_gU3ivB

Congratulations to News Corp on their partnership! It's great to see AI companies and news publishers coexisting without one being compromised at the expense of the other. Licensing copyright-protected content can be the solution, where they can license they should license. #AI #news #copyright #coexistence

"The issue of whether artificial intelligence companies should be able to train their models on copyright material has been one of the most contentious battlegrounds during the industry’s growth. OpenAI hasn’t even denied that it uses the method to train its models: It told the UK’s House of Lords that 'it would be impossible to train today's leading AI models without using copyrighted materials.'" via TIME https://lnkd.in/eY7zKsn7

The News/Media Alliance praises United States Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) on today's introduction of a bipartisan bill, the Deliver for Democracy Act legislation to limit excessive United States Postal Service rate increases and incentivizing reliable postal service delivery. https://lnkd.in/eecBN2RT

"Danielle Coffey, president and chief executive of the News/Media Alliance, told Axios the industry needs 'a legally founded right to payment' so that it's not "dependent on benevolence to receive fair market value in return for the revenue the platforms generate off our content. 'Legally enforceable rights no matter the medium, distributor, or new emerging technology will allow us to control our own fate, independence, and report on critical issues free from influence and retaliation,' she said." https://lnkd.in/ejZ3ZVzb

Watch the livestream of the Anti-Monopoly Summit, hosted by American Economic Liberties Project starting at 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 21 here: https://lnkd.in/ggNRfGWF

Register to join us this Wednesday, May 22 at 2:00-2:45 p.m. EDT for an exclusive member-only webinar on the newly released survey, “Election insights: Understanding public preferences for news coverage for 2024.” Representatives from the American Press Institute (API) will present top findings from the survey and share practical resources to help publishers engage with their communities, and work to instill confidence and trust in their election reporting this election season. Member login required. https://lnkd.in/eqKrUd9Q

“Google’s new product will further diminish the limited traffic publishers rely on to invest in journalists, uncover and report on critical issues, and to fuel these AI summaries in the first place,” Danielle Coffey told the New York Post. “It is offensive and potentially unlawful to accept this fate from a dominant monopoly that makes up the rules as they go.” https://lnkd.in/e_jAXEAK

Join News/Media Alliance for an exclusive member webinar on the newly released survey, “Election insights: Understanding public preferences for news coverage for 2024.” 📊 API team will share top findings and practical resources. 🗓️May 22 at 2 pm ET. Register now: https://lnkd.in/efCR5Kaj