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"Today we held over the bill in the Judiciary Committee in part
because a colleague was out and we needed his vote on one
amendment," said bill sponsor Senator Amy Klobuchar. "I fully
plan to move forward with the bill."
Supporters of the bill have said that it is necessary in order
to ensure that news organizations, which have struggled to make
profits in recent years, receive a fair share of advertising
revenue from Google and Facebook by allowing them to band
together to negotiate collectively with the tech companies.
Unlike other bills aimed at reining in big tech, some
progressive groups oppose this measure, including Public
Knowledge, Common Cause and Consumer Reports. The groups joined
a letter that criticized the measure because, among other
things, it "favors big broadcasters such as News Corp, Sinclair,
iHeart and Comcast/NBCU over any other form of journalism, and
it undermines the stated goal of helping local news."
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Mark Porter)
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