Big Tech power targeted in bipartisan bill to aid local news

Published March 10, 2021 4:06pm ET



Members of both parties in Congress will reintroduce legislation Wednesday that will help news organizations to band together to negotiate with large online platforms such as Google and Facebook for better compensation for their content.

House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, and ranking member Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado, announced the introduction of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act on Wednesday. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, and John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

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