Journalism in America is facing an existential threat from big tech's monopolistic control. With your help, we can #SaveJournalism.
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We’re so excited to announce our co-founder @dcbigjohn ‘s newest podcast, The -30-: The End of News! Listen to learn all about the decline of the journalism industry in the age of big tech: 30.savejournalism.org/
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Senators are gearing up to advance a proposal to empower small news organizations to negotiate compensation from technology giants such as Facebook and Google. bgovgo.com/cEjJ9FJ
For years, we have known that #newsdeserts are bad for democracy. As the country struggles to manage what has become a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” the data seems clear: news deserts are also terrible for #publichealth.
The pandemic has demonstrated the incredible value of local #newspapers, the only publications positioned to answer many of our most practical questions. Unfortunately, in the hundreds of #newsdeserts across the U.S., there is no one to tell these vitally important stories.
80% of News Desert counties fall behind their state’s overall percentage rate for fully vaccinated adults. States with few or no news desert counties are among the most successful in terms of vaccinating eligible residents. NOT a coincidence. Here's why: bit.ly/3kuEN1E
America's newspapers are in trouble, but hedge funds and private equity firms will not #SaveJournalism. We don't need more vulture capitalism to save the news industry, we need to rein in #BigTech and level the playing field for papers and journalists: bit.ly/3n0Vmnv
Proud and excited for our co-founder, @LEBassett!
Guys, I’m so excited to finally announce this: As of next week, I’m the new editor-in-chief of @Jezebel!!!! Truly a dream job at the very site that inspired me to get into media in the first place. Cannot wait to work with this brilliant team of writers. Keep an eye on us 👀👀
#BigTech monopolies @Google and @Facebook offer a perpetual flow of links to articles from thousands of publishers, which drives traffic and revenue to their sites while publishers go uncompensated for their material. These unfair practices can't continue: bit.ly/2XNRE66
Google is THE dominant player at every stage of the #DigitalAdvertising process. This #monopolization of digital ads deprives news companies of fair access to ad revenue, leading to the growing number of #NewsDeserts nationwide: bit.ly/3gxqdnw
The @SenatorCantwell and Senator @RonWyden sponsored Local Journalism Sustainability Act is a helpful first step in financially supporting local news organizations through tax credits that incentivize hiring journalists, subscriptions, and advertising: bit.ly/3zkBUFA
It is essential to continue putting pressure on the digital ad duopoly of #Google and #Facebook to stop their #anticompetitive practices that deny #journalists fair compensation and unfairly undermine the long-term health of #newspapers, big and small: bit.ly/38h55xz
This article by @postandcourier explains why the continued disappearance of local newspapers makes it difficult to hold public officials accountable for their actions and shares the dangers of less informed communities resulting from #NewsDeserts: bit.ly/3ymH8zf
As @Google and @Facebook drain every last bit of local news resources, much wrongdoing will go unexposed. Many news outlets are shrinking or disappearing altogether due to the strain on the news industry’s ad revenue caused by #BigTech. Our own @LEBassett: bit.ly/3gxwyQ8
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A surge in diverse leadership has brought much overdue change to the media industry. @kerrymflynn for @CNN shares why the impact won't be felt until this diversity spreads outside of just leadership: cnn.it/3k28m9n
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This @EditorPublisher article explains why government subsidies and financial contributions from #BigTech companies like @Facebook and @Google won't save local news but leveling the playing field can: bit.ly/3iRrHe9
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“Rebuilding local news will require a massive effort that must include a significant increase in philanthropic support, loads of innovation in the news business — and, yes, some (smart) help from the government." - @stevenwaldman (@Report4America): bit.ly/2UmIqMS
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist @cullen_art, Lisa Hills of @MN_Newspapers, and Minn. publisher/former @nnaonline president Reed Anfinson, discuss #localjournalism's impact on the community, and why it would be dangerous to lose it: bit.ly/3CCUI5b
This @EditorPublisher article discusses why @Rebuild_News, a coalition representing over 4,000 locally-owned and community-based newsrooms, sees government as an ally in the fight to #SaveJournalism: bit.ly/3fYPUxd
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All 50 state broadcaster associations wrote a letter to Senate leadership calling for the passage of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, citing that the lifeline is needed in part because their advertising market has been devoured by #BigTech: bit.ly/2VACdhb
This @FinancialTimes article highlights how the trustbuster crew of @linakhanFTC, @superwuster, and Johnathan Kanter are taking the fight to #BigTech monopolies like @Google and @Facebook while reshaping #antitrust in the U.S.on.ft.com/2VJ78qY
To mark their 125th anniversary, @seattletimes publisher @fblethen reflects on local news, "for the first time in three decades, I can share that we are seeing hopeful signs of saving and rebuilding our platform of democracy – the local free press system!" bit.ly/3fPhOvv