Meta’s proposed commercial terms could allow it to scrape and use publishers’ website content, potentially for AI products, without specific permission or compensation. This column by Dean Ridings, president and CEO of America's Newspapers, argues that publishers should not have to surrender rights to their journalism simply to maintain a presence on Facebook and Instagram.

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America’s Newspapers welcomes Newspack into membership

Newspack is a project of WordPress.com, with support from the Google News Initiative, the Knight Foundation and The Lenfest Institute. It is an open source technology and services platform that is home to more than 350 independent news organizations around the globe. It was developed by journalists and technologists to help local news organizations serve their communities and find a path to financial sustainability.

Contact their team to see if Newspack is a good fit for your needs.

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News/Media Alliance files amicus brief in news publisher suits against OpenAI and Microsoft

This morning, the News/Media Alliance filed its amicus brief in the multi-district litigation (MDL) in which over a dozen news publishers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft for using their content without permission to train AI systems and power real-time AI answers (RAG). The News/Media Alliance is joined in this brief by cosigners National Newspaper Association, the National Press Photographers Association and ProPublica.

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$21 million investment fund aims to help local news businesses grow

The new Fund from Social Finance, supported by anchor funders the MacArthur Foundation and Knight Foundation, along with Press Forward, will invest in local news organizations across the United States.

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AP announces winners of 2026 Oliver S. Gramling Awards

Associated Press journalists and staff from across the globe whose contributions and achievements over the past year significantly supported its mission are among the winners of the 2026 Oliver S. Gramling Awards, the organization’s highest internal honors.

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Macon native Micah Johnston named editor and publisher of The Telegraph

The Georgia Trust for Local News announced that Micah Johnston, a proud Macon native and graduate of Mercer University, will step into the newly created role of editor and publisher of The Telegraph newspaper. 

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