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The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act "removes legal
obstacles to news organizations' ability to negotiate
collectively and secure fair terms from gatekeeper platforms
that regularly access news content without paying for its
value," according to a news release from the lawmakers.
The group includes Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and
Republican Senator John Kennedy, both members of the Judiciary
Committee, and House Judiciary Committee members David Cicilline,
a Democrat, and Ken Buck, a Republican.
A previous version of the bill, introduced in March 2021, was
opposed by two technology industry trade groups that Meta
Platforms' Facebook, and Alphabet's Google belong to - the
Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice.
The updated bill would cover news publishers with fewer than
1,500 full-time employees and non-network news broadcasters. It
would allow them to work together to win better deals from
Facebook, Google and other large platforms, according to the
news release.
The 2021 legislation would have applied to any print, broadcast
or digital news organization with a dedicated editorial staff
that published at least on a weekly basis.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Chris Reese)
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