Congress drops media bargaining bill amid Facebook, industry blowback

Facebook threatened to block news in the U.S. over the measure, which was under consideration as part of a defense package

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Lawmakers on Tuesday ended what had been an effort to allow media organizations to band together to negotiate revenue sharing deals with tech giants, leaving the provisions out of a massive spending bill amid intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups.

The measure, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), was omitted from a bicameral agreement on Congress’s sprawling defense-spending legislation, according to the bill’s text released late Tuesday. The JCPA provisions had been considered for potential inclusion, according to two people familiar with the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private talks.

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  • Brian_Hews

    Any of you people commenting own a local community print newspaper ?I do. It cost us money to produce stories that platforms like Facebook take for free and make money off of. We have 119 Los Angeles press club awards and if save taxpayers millions by exposing corrupt politicians while also stimulating debate within our communities and you don't think we should get paid for that?

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