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Growing support for plan to force Meta and Amazon to contribute

Our plan is to build on California’s original local news deal with Google, increasing the fund to $125 million per year by requiring Meta and ...

The Keep News Independent Act would delay sales to hedge funds and corporate chains, giving communities time to organize local, nonprofit or employee-led alternatives.

HB2276 provides a tax credit for small businesses advertising with local news, easing costs and sustaining community journalism

SB1230 requires agencies to prioritize ads in local news—newspapers, websites, and public media—over tech giants and national broadcasters, boosting community journalism without raising state spending

The proposed legislation, HB 51, would require a 120-day notice before any sale of local news outlets, giving communities the chance to organize and prevent ...

The new law just signed by Gov. Newsom requires state agencies to boost ad spending in diverse media, ensuring greater transparency and accountability through annual ...

But little is known about what types of media receive federal advertising spending, whether it’s effective, and whether it could be leveraged to help alleviate ...

The revised legislation prioritizes strengthening community news, yet key issues must be resolved to secure sustainable support for local publishers.