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NAB Says New California Big Tech Deal “Hurts Local Journalism”

By George Winslow published

The NAB slammed a last minute deal between Google and California that doesn’t offer “fair compensation for our content”

Events
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Broadcasters Call for a Senate Vote on the JCPA

By George Winslow published

Broadcast Associations in all 50 states have asked the Senate to vote on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in the Senate before the end of the 117th Congress

Regulatory & Legal
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NAB Applauds Revisions to Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

By George Winslow last updated

The proposed law that would strengthen the negotiating position of local news media with big tech

Legislation
Blackbird

NAB: Local Broadcast TV Newscasts Increased by 35% in Past Decade

By George Winslow last updated

NAB found that 154,445 local news telecasts aired in November 2021

Trends
Consumer Technology Association CEO and president Gary Shapiro (center) and NAB CEO and president Curtis LeGeyt (on left screen) speaking at the Advanced Television System Committee’s NextGen Broadcast Conference

NextGen Broadcast Conference Uncovers Rift Between CTA, NAB Leadership

By Phil Kurz last updated

“[I]t’s tough to promote [a partnership] when someone has a knife, and they keep trying to stab you”

Events
U.S. Capitol

Minority Report: Big Tech Threatens Local News

By John Eggerton published

Suggests Congress needs to step in to help broadcast, print

Regulatory & Legal
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Big Tech ‘Monopoly’ Harms News Industry, Congress Finds

By Michael Balderston published

House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee points specifically to impact Facebook and Google have on local news providers, including broadcasters

Regulatory & Legal