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The News/Media Alliance is holding an hashtag Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C. During this off-the-record briefing, attendees will hear from speakers from Condé Nast, The New York Times Company and The Washington Post who will share their learnings and best practices for thwarting large language model bot scraping techniques.

Speakers include:

-Advance – Condé Nast: Chris Chen, VP of Global Architecture
- The Washington Post 🔵: Naresh Balasubramanian, Head of Cybersecurity, Rupesh Shah, Technical Architect – Application Security and Thenmozhi Singaravel
- The New York Times Company: Erin Fahy, Director of Engineering

We encourage Alliance members’ senior, legal, and tech/cybersecurity teams to attend. Lunch will be provided.

This event is invite only. For more information visit our website:

AI Tech Briefing: Learnings on Thwarting LLM Scrapers - News/Media Alliance The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C.

The News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of media organizations in a letter, led by Freedom of the Press Foundation, to New York District Attorney Gary Pasqua urging him to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter Isaac White, who was arrested at a land claim demonstration in New York on May 21, 2024. Read more:

News/Media Alliance Joins Coalition Letter Calling for Charges Against Journalist Covering Demonstration to be Dropped - News/Media Alliance On October 22, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of media organizations in a letter, led by Freedom of the Press Foundation, to New York District Attorney Gary Pasqua urging him to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter Isaac White, who was arrested at a land claim demonstratio...

We hope to see you Nov. 14 for PNA's 100th Anniversary Gala and Foundation Auction at the Hershey Country Club, presented by Broad + Liberty. Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance will be featured as our keynote speaker. 🎤

Hall of Fame inductees, Lifetime Achievement, and Ben Franklin Award winners will be honored. A silent auction will also be held to benefit the PNA Foundation.

This event is black-tie optional. Learn more at https://panewsmedia.org/gala/

PNA's 100th Anniversary Gala, presented by Broad + Liberty, is sponsored by Trib Total Media (Reception Sponsor) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Premiere Sponsor).

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determined on October 22 that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) established are sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of China.

ITC Approves Tariffs on Aluminum Printing Plates - News/Media Alliance The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determined on October 22 that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) established are sold at less than fair value and subsidi...

The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at Washington Post in Washington, D.C. During this off-the-record briefing, attendees will hear from speakers from Condé Nast, The Washington Post 🔵 and The The New York Times Company, who will share their learnings and best practices for thwarting large language model bot scraping techniques. This event is invite-only. Space is limited and RSVP is required. Learn more on our website:

AI Tech Briefing: Learnings on Thwarting LLM Scrapers - News/Media Alliance The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C.

Today the News/Media Alliance, along with other 10,500 signatories, signed the Statement on AI Training that rejects unlicensed training of generative AI models on creative work. It is a critical time for creators and publishers around the world with multiple ongoing lawsuits in the United States and international governments debating copyright protections that protect artists, musicians, actors, authors, content creators, and distributors.

“When something is copyright protected, it’s because it has value—and that value is present throughout the creation, distribution, and wider public engagement timeline. Intellectual work needs to be protected all along this process and generative AI does not get a free pass to exploit creators and undermine the industries that support them,” said Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance.

News/Media Alliance Joins Thousands of Creatives Rejecting Unlicensed Training of Generative AI Models - News/Media Alliance Today the News/Media Alliance, along with other 10,500 signatories, signed the Statement on AI Training that rejects unlicensed training of generative AI models on creative work. It is a critical time for creators and publishers around the world with multiple ongoing lawsuits in the United States an...

Use these checklists to support your team on Election Day - American Press Institute Election Day is one of those news events that can catch newsrooms off guard because planning is often designed around getting the results and reporting them, as opposed to unforeseen problems at the polls. This theme stood out in an API/Associated Press survey of editors and journalists who cover el...

It's , a week designed to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States. Access free resources from the Alliance and find ways to participate all week long!

Free Speech Week October 21-27, 2024 - Free Speech Week is nonpartisan, non-ideological event to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States

"The foundation of Google’s monopoly is access to information," said Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, a group representing 2,200 publishers in the U.S. "The fuel to that engine is the content. Google has unfettered access to all the content with monopoly terms."

The U.S. Department of Justice's court cases against the tech giant could fix the long-term broken structure in the ad market, Coffey said. via Courthouse News Service

Google surveys an uncertain future for itself — and its competitors If the tech titan loses its advertising market antitrust case, will other tech companies and news publishers thrive?

Last week, as part of , Senator John Thune (R-SD) published an opinion piece in the Black Hills Pioneer highlighting the importance of local newspapers and emphasized that they remain one of the few reliable sources of information on stories that impact South Dakotans’ lives. https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/op-eds?ID=D40D743E-134C-47EB-91FD-31633ADCA5DD

Last year during the Support Journalism Fly-in, the Alliance recognized Senator Thune with the Local News Leader Award for his contributions to sustaining quality journalism.

We thank Senator Thune for his ongoing efforts to .

Join us next week for , an annual, non-partisan celebration of freedom of speech & of the press. Check out our resources and learn how to get involved October 21-27.

Free Speech Week October 21-27, 2024 - Free Speech Week is nonpartisan, non-ideological event to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States

The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post 🔵 in Washington, D.C. During this off-the-record briefing, attendees will hear from speakers from Condé Nast, The Washington Post and other news/media companies who will share their learnings and best practices for thwarting large language model bot scraping techniques.

Speakers include:

-Advance – Condé Nast: Chris Chen, VP of Global Architecture

- The Washington Post 🔵: Naresh Balasubramanian, Head of Cybersecurity, Rupesh Shah, Technical Architect – Application Security and Thenmozhi Singaravel, Senior Application Security Engineer

- The New York Times Company: Erin Fahy, Director of Engineering

We encourage Alliance members’ senior, legal, and tech/cybersecurity teams to attend. Lunch will be provided.

This event is invite early. For more information visit our website:

AI Tech Briefing: Learnings on Thwarting LLM Scrapers - News/Media Alliance The News/Media Alliance is holding an AI Tech Briefing on Thursday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST graciously hosted at The Washington Post in Washington, D.C.

The News/Media Alliance joins the Colombian Association of News Media in its call to highlight the dangers the free press in Colombia face, and for its plea to the people of Colombia to ‘demand and defend their rights to freedom of expression, the right to information, and freedom of the press.’ In its statement published on October 3, 2024, AMI reiterated the importance of journalism in keeping citizens informed and condemned the “repeated and increasingly aggressive declarations and actions aimed at curtailing the freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to information, and consequently limiting democracy in Colombia”. The News/Media Alliance recognizes that threats to journalists in any country, is a threat to the free press internationally, and we must collectively work together to ensure every citizen has access to information gathered by an uninhibited press. Read more:

News/Media Alliance Stands in Support of the Colombian Association of News Media’s Call for Greater Support for the Free Press in Colombia - News/Media Alliance The News/Media Alliance joins the Colombian Association of News Media (“AMI”) in its call to highlight the dangers the free press in Colombia face, and for its plea to the people of Colombia to ‘demand and defend their rights to freedom of expression, the right to information, and freedom of t...

Danielle Coffey, CEO of the News/Media Alliance trade group, which includes the state’s largest newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, said Google’s contribution doesn’t reflect its market value as a tech giant. The company gained the upper hand through negotiating a deal, rather than being subject to legislation, she said. via The Mercury News

How Google used influence, ultimatum to cut controversial deal on California news Google insisted on taxpayer money as part of the deal with California to help set a precedent for potential talks about payments to the news industry in other states, according to the people famili…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its proposed remedies framework to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection to the historic antitrust lawsuit against Google for its anticompetitive practices in U.S. general search services and U.S. general search text advertising, including against news media companies. This first submission by DOJ of a high-level remedies framework kicks off the new remedies phase of this litigation, which will continue through a hearing set for April 2025.

Danielle Coffey, Alliance President & CEO, stated, “These remedies will go a long way towards addressing the broken marketplace created by Google’s monopoly practice of leveraging existing market power in search to extract unfair terms from content creators throughout its walled garden. Its anticompetitive behavior is unacceptable and unlawful, and Google must be held accountable.”

Read the full statement:

Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Department of Justice Remedies in Landmark Google Antitrust Lawsuit - News/Media Alliance The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its proposed remedies framework to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection to the historic antitrust lawsuit against Google for its anticompetitive practices in U.S. general search services and U.S. general search text advertising,...

On October 8, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined letters of support for the ‘Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act’ (PRESS Act), led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and joined by 107 news media and press rights organizations, including almost every state press association across the country. The letters urge the Senate to advance the bill this term and for the House to support the measure should it return to the House. Read more:

News/Media Alliance and 100+ Media and Press Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Advance the PRESS Act - News/Media Alliance On October 8, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined letters of support for the ‘Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act’ (PRESS Act), led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and joined by 107 news media and press rights organizations, including almost every state press as...

Election Day is less than a month away! Get ideas for covering the upcoming elections by watching (or re-watching) the recording of our exclusive member webinar on the Media Insight Project’s survey, “Election insights: Understanding public preferences for news coverage for 2024.” On this webinar, representatives from the American Press Institute 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://www.newsmediaalliance.org/webinar-election-insights-understanding-public-preferences-for-news-coverage-for-2024/

"But real journalism by real journalists — not some artificial intelligence tool that scrapes the web for content, which is not always reliable — costs real money. Real local journalism involves the hard work of gathering facts. It shows evidence of first-hand reporting — independent research, interviews and fieldwork — and editing. The light rewriting, reproduction or aggregation of news from external sources is not original journalism, nor is simply cutting and pasting news releases or loading up a website with articles from a wire service or with a carousel of clickbait." - Paul Deegan via
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/national-newspaper-week-is-about-supporting-local-journalism

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On October 1, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a media coalition in an application to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting that Judge Chutkan grant the DOJ’s request to file a lightly redacted superseding indictment in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump.

News/Media Alliance Joins Media Coalition in Urging Court to Release Indictment in Trump Election Interference Case - News/Media Alliance On October 1, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a media coalition in an application to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting that Judge Chutkan grant the DOJ’s request to file a lightly redacted superseding indictment in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump.

The News/Media Alliance Magazine Audience: Influential, Engaged, and Action-Oriented 2024 Supplement to the Market Report tracks trends in the magazine audience, magazine reader traits, behaviors and preferences, influence, and purchasing decisions, including the latest data from MRI Simmons’ spring 2024 data set; MRI Simmons’ Starch Advertising Study (January – December 2023); and MRI Simmons’ Multi-Media Engagement Study, May 2023. Members, login and view now!

Nine in Ten Americans Engage with Magazine Media, Most Take Action on Ads in Magazines: News/Media Alliance Report Heavy magazine readers are a force when it comes to their influence on social media and with family, friends, and neighbors on their shopping and purchasing decisions, making them an important audience for advertisers, according to a new report released today by the News/Media Alliance.

ICYMI: The Alliances's new report shows that heavy readers are a force when it comes to their influence on social media & with family, friends, and neighbors on their shopping and purchasing decisions, making them an important audience for . More:

Nine in Ten Americans Engage with Magazine Media, Most Take Action on Ads in Magazines Heavy magazine readers are a force when it comes to their influence on social media and with family, friends, and neighbors on their shopping and purchasing decisions, making them an important audience for advertisers, according to a new report released...

News/Media Alliance president and CEO, Danielle Coffey, will be the keynote speaker as the Pennsylvania News Media Association celebrates 100 years on November 14th, 2024 in Hershey, PA. Register here to attend: https://panewsmedia.org/pna-100th-anniversary-gala/

Early bird savings won't last long, purchase your 100th Anniversary Gala tickets today and save $50 per person! 🎟 Join us Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Hershey Country Club as we celebrate 100 years of excellence in Pennsylvania’s news media industry.

Enjoy inspiring keynote speeches, witness the induction of 100 PNA Hall of Fame legends, and take part in a silent auction benefiting the PNA Foundation.

Pictured: PNA President and CEO Bill Cotter and Board of Directors Chairwoman Jennifer Bertetto, also the president and CEO of Trib Total Media.

https://panewsmedia.org/pna-100th-anniversary-gala/

“It is copyright that provides an established legal framework relied upon for the production of informational writing required by democratic societies,” notes Regan Smith, SVP and GC of the News Media Alliance, in her new post that’s part of our 2024 National High School Policy Debate Topic Series. Read Regan’s blog here: https://bit.ly/47DdGbP