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The News/Media Alliance filed its amicus brief in the multi-district litigation in which over a dozen news publishers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft for using their content without permission to train AI systems and power real-time AI answers.

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Today the News/Media Alliance, the largest news media trade association representing over 2,000 newspaper, magazine, and digital media publishers in the United States, delivered a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding the company withdraw its revised Commercial Terms of Use before they take effect on October 30.

The 2026 Support Journalism Fly-in, held September 28-30, was our largest fly-in ever, with more than 300 publishers, allied advocates, and friends gathering in Washington, D.C.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore just issued an Executive Order "Directing State Media and Advertising Procurement Spending to Maryland News Organizations," which requires Maryland state agencies to prioritize local news organizations when structuring advertising procurements.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore just issued an Executive Order "Directing State Media and Advertising Procurement Spending to Maryland News Organizations," which requires Maryland state agencies to prioritize local news organizations when structuring advertising procurements.

"Meta's new commercial terms of use are outrageous and probably illegal."

October 19-26, 2026- 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.

On October 9, the News/Media Alliance filed comments with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in response to a further consultation on the CMA's proposed User Choice conduct requirement to address Google's Strategic Market Status in general search.

On October 7, the News/Media Alliance sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to request the agencies open an investigation into Google’s anticompetitive conduct regarding its site reputation abuse policy.

California Governor Newsom signed into law SB 690, a bill that would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to provide relief for news publishers targeted by unreasonable lawsuits based on the current text of the law.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2222, the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, or “Community NEWS Act,” into law.

News/Media Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey has been named to Washingtonian magazine's 2026 Most Powerful Women in Washington.

Yesterday, the New York Times and other publishers filed their response to the DOJ's Statement of Interest (SOI) in support of Microsoft and OpenAI, in which the administration urged the judge to hold that copying any content to train AI models is “fair use.”

Last night, the News/Media Alliance honored three champions of a free and sustainable press at its 2026 Support Journalism Awards & Chairman's Dinner, held at the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on September 25 in response to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) August 19 request for comments on its Proposed Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing.

NMA joined two amicus briefs this month, led by RCFP, in two separate appeals brought by the NYT in NYT v. Dep’t of Defense in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

News publications all across California will run a full page ad declaring that the journalism industry is unified in support of AB-2222, the Community NEWS Act, a measure that would create refundable employment tax credits for qualifying local news organizations that hire and retain journalists across the state.

The News/Media Alliance joined a group of national and state news organizations in a letter  calling for California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AB-2222, a "news-neutral" journalism employment tax credit. 

Section 338 authorizes the President to exclude articles of a foreign country from importation where that country maintains or increases discrimination against U.S. commerce, and the President deems exclusion consistent with the public interest and the interests of the United States.