S 1094 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023

This bill creates a framework for qualifying news organizations to form groups to negotiate with large online platforms about fair payment for their content. It allows these groups to jointly deny platforms access to their content during negotiations and use binding arbitration to determine fair compensation based on the content's market value. The bill provides antitrust immunity for these negotiations, requires platforms to pay based on the value of news content rather than platform benefits, and includes transparency requirements for how funds support journalism. It defines specific eligibility criteria for news organizations and platforms, and sets a 6-year expiration for the law.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
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President
Introduced Mar 30, 2023 Last action Jul 18, 2023
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Jul 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
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Jun 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
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1 primary · 20 co-sponsors

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