07/13/2017

Why the Newspaper Industry Wants an Antitrust Safe Harbor

The industry wants to collectively negotiate with tech giants

The News Media Alliance, a group representing thousands of newspapers throughout the United States, is working to make the case that tech giants - like Google and Facebook - are large and powerful enough that newspapers should be allowed to collectively negotiate with the companies.

Does the future of journalism involve collective bargaining with major tech companies?

That may sound like a surprising conclusion, but it’s a direction that a leading newspaper industry group appears to be advocating.

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