3.0.0 673 2023-01-11T13:47:45Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2021-03-10 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing ssju01 Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee Hearings by 2022-02-02T22:05:37Z Reported by 2022-11-28T23:11:14Z Markup by 2022-09-22T15:00:26Z Referred to 2021-03-10T20:17:32Z Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021 117 1735 HR 2021-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS Local News and Broadcast Media Preservation Act of 2022 117 4796 S 2022-09-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2022-11-28 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569. Calendars 2022-11-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2022-11-28 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-09-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2022-02-02 ssju01 Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Committee 2021-03-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2021-03-10 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-03-10 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2021-03-10 True 2022-09-27 W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-03-10 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2021-06-24 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-06-24 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-06-24 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2022-03-10 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2022-07-13 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2022-07-13 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-08-06 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2022-08-06 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-08-06 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2022-09-29 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2022-11-30 False 2022-11-15T16:05:00Z S. 673, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2022 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58773 As ordered reported on September 22, 2022 Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Competition and antitrust Digital media Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media News media and reporting Science, Technology, Communications 00 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-30T15:10:38Z Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021

This bill creates a four-year safe harbor from antitrust laws for print, broadcast, or digital news companies to collectively negotiate with online content distributors (e.g., social media companies) regarding the terms on which the news companies' content may be distributed by online content distributors.

]]> 25 2022-11-28 Reported to Senate 2022-12-19T20:15:31Z Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2022

This bill sets out a process through which certain broadcast or digital news providers may collectively negotiate with covered online platforms (e.g., social media companies) regarding use of the news providers' content by the platforms.

Specifically, the bill authorizes an eligible provider (e.g., one with no more than 1,500 full-time employees and nonnetwork news broadcasters that engage in specified news practices) to jointly form an entity with other eligible providers to negotiate the pricing, terms, and conditions by which certain online platforms use the providers' content. A covered platform is generally one that (1) has at least 50 million monthly domestic users, and (2) is owned or controlled by a person with either sales or a market capitalization that exceeds a specified amount or at least one billion monthly users worldwide.

The bill establishes requirements concerning the formation, governance, operation, and termination of the joint negotiation entity. It also exempts from antitrust laws certain actions by a joint negotiation entity (e.g., providers jointly denying a platform's access to the providers' content).

The bill outlines requirements governing the conduct of the negotiations by, for example, requiring the parties to negotiate in good faith. Additionally, the bill provides for private rights of action if the requirements for a negotiation are not met and establishes requirements for arbitration in limited circumstances.

The Government Accountability Office must study the impact of the joint negotiations, including their effects on local and regional news and the employment of journalists.

In general, the bill's provisions terminate six years after its enactment.

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