1. A Legislative Update on H.R. 7640.
- Author
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Fitzgerald, Mark
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COVID-19 pandemic , *PRESS , *LABOR costs , *NEWSPAPER advertising , *LOCAL mass media - Abstract
The article focuses on changing attitude to date being the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (H.R. 7640), a bipartisan bill that has originated from newspaper publishers themselves. Topics include the views of America's Newspapers chief executive officer Dean Ridings, on the resistance to getting involved in legislative activities, and the views of Francis Wick, president of Wick Communications, on the contemplated a dystopian industry landscape in the absence of some kind of federal help.
- Published
- 2020