News Media Alliance

07/11/2025

On July 8, a federal appeals court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s pending final implementation of the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which would have overhauled federal regulations around subscription and membership renewals. This rule, which was set to go into effect on Monday, July 14th, was intended to make it easier for consumers to cancel auto-renewing subscriptions, but ended up overbroad and beyond the FTC’s statutory authority, and needlessly burdened businesses and confused consumers.

In response to this ruling, Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, said:

“While the FTC did take many of our recommendations into consideration in its process of drafting the final click-to-cancel rule, concerns remained. The court’s decision to strike the more onerous provisions will allow publishers to implement automatic renewals in a way that both fully protects consumers, including their ability to easily cancel subscriptions, while providing subscribers access to their favorite newspapers and magazines with convenient, easy-to-use options to continue the services they value.”

On July 8, a federal appeals court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s pending final implementation of the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which would have overh ...

07/09/2025

"Danielle Coffey, CEO of News Media Alliance, which represents over 2,000 publishers in the U.S., released a statement saying she hoped Congress would now take up further legislation to regulate AI on a federal level. 'We’re seeing a critical inflection point in how regulators globally are approaching Big Tech — not just scrutinizing entrenched dominance in search and ad tech, but also anticipating how that power is being extended into AI,' said Coffey. She added that it’s essential that competition policy keeps pace with this shift, or we risk replicating the same concentration and control in emerging technologies. “Europe’s inquiry signals that governments are starting to connect these dots.”

The latest EU complaint from independent publishers marks the third potential major antitrust battle currently facing Google.

07/07/2025

President Donald Trump is slated to sign an executive order today delaying the reciprocal tariffs that were set to take effect on Wednesday, July 9. The reciprocal tariffs will now take effect on August 1. Twelve additional countries will also receive notifications about new tariffs. Thus far, the White House has reached trade agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam, as well as a preliminary accord with China. Read more:

President Donald Trump is slated to sign an executive order today delaying the reciprocal tariffs that were set to take effect on Wednesday, July 9. The rec ...

07/07/2025

Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, July 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT for the first virtual presentation in our educational webinar series showcasing various companies that make up the artificial intelligence (“AI”) vendor landscape. The first presentation in this series is Content Delivery Network (“CDN”) Bot-Blocking Strategies with Cloudflare. *Registration is required and limited to News/Media Alliance publisher members.

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07/07/2025

“We applaud Congress and President Trump for advancing a bill that will promote the production of high-quality journalism across the country. The legislation’s pro-growth tax policy will give publishers the stability and resources they need to invest in coverage that communities across America rely on. We are particularly pleased that the misguided moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence was cut from the final bill, and hope that in its wake, Congress will now take up further legislation to regulate AI on a federal level.”

The News/Media Alliance, the largest trade association representing the news media industry, released a statement upon President Trump signing his major pol ...

07/03/2025

"Because I represent the interests of content creators such as news publishers and magazines, you might find it surprising that I am optimistic about our AI future. AI offers potential benefits in almost all walks of life — from reporters needing to sift through thousands of historical documents, to doctors looking for early cancers. We don’t want to lose these opportunities. But we can and should pursue these goals while ensuring AI conforms to ethical standards." -

Danielle Coffey via Washington Examiner

Congress should issue rules to protect the creators of the content that AI tools use — publishers, authors, journalists, artists, and creatives of all types

07/03/2025

Yesterday, a collection of news and magazine publishers suing AI company Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement filed a brief opposing the company’s motion to dismiss parts of the case.

Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, the leading industry trade association that represents each plaintiff, said, “Cohere engages in widespread unauthorized use of publisher content in developing and running its generative AI systems. Our complaint identifies thousands of examples of outputs from the company’s AI product that demonstrate massive, systematic copyright infringement and trademark infringement. Cohere’s motion to dismiss seeks to dodge responsibility for this behavior, claiming that users don’t actually use AI tools to access news, even though its own marketing touts its ability to provide access to the latest articles. Today’s filing shows just how misguided Cohere’s argument is.”

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Earlier today, a collection of news and magazine publishers suing AI company Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement filed a brief opposing the comp ...

07/02/2025

On Monday, June 30th, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a line-item veto of a budget item that would have removed the state’s century-old sales tax exemption for newspaper subscriptions, in addition to restoring certain other printing exemptions that could have negatively impacted advertising in news media. The Alliance previously called on the Governor to veto the measures that “could be devastating for the news media entities serving Ohio’s local communities and deprive its citizens of access to critical, trusted sources of high-quality journalism.”

Governor DeWine’s veto message notes: “Newspapers serve a critical role in our society to inform the public about important issues, allow for civic engagement and discourse, and help bolster local communities.”

The Alliance commends Governor DeWine’s recognition of the unique role news media plays in serving the people of Ohio. We look forward to working with the Legislature to further clarify the importance of advertising to news media and local businesses.

On Monday, June 30th, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a line-item veto of a budget item that would have removed the state's century-old sales tax e ...

07/01/2025

"Even when websites can handle the heightened activity, many do not want AI crawlers scraping their content, especially news publications that are demanding AI companies to pay to use their work. “We’ve been feverishly trying to protect ourselves,” says Danielle Coffey, the president and CEO of the trade group News Media Alliance, which represents several thousand North American outlets." via WIRED

The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.

07/01/2025

Please join the News/Media Alliance on Tuesday, July 8 at 12:00 p.m. EST for our first virtual presentation in our educational webinar series showcasing various companies that make up the AI vendor landscape. Member login required.

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07/01/2025

"If the AI industry is going to grow sustainably and responsibly, we need legislation to provide guardrails and clear rules about how to protect the creators of content that AI tools use — publishers, authors, journalists, artists, musicians and creatives of all types. Right now, those content creators are AI’s victims."

Read Alliance President & CEO Danielle Coffey's Op-Ed, "‘Big beautiful’ AI rule means feds must act NOW to stop Big Tech’s abuses" via New York Post:

We need clear federal rules to protect the creators of content that AI tools use — because right now, those professionals are AI’s victims.

06/19/2025

In honor of Juneteenth, learn about Freedom's Journal, the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States that was established the same year that slavery was abolished in New York State. via https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/newbios/nwsppr/freedom/freedom.html