The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act seeks to level the playing field by allowing local newspapers, broadcasters and other online publishers to negotiate collectively for an annual content fee from Google and Meta/Facebook, which dominate the digital advertising market. The full text of the Senate bill, released Monday, cites a power imbalance that has benefited Big Tech at the expense of the shrinking newspaper industry.
Source: Big Tech could be forced to pay for online news under legislation aimed at helping local publishers
Last week, the major labels voiced support for AB 2799, a California bill that would limit criminal liability stemming from “creative expression” – including rap lyrics – in certain instances. Now, the legislation has passed through both chambers of the Golden State’s legislature and made its way to the governor’s desk. If approved by the governor, AB 2799 would become the first state law of its kind.
This week, Audiomack rolled out its new ‘Premiere Access‘ feature, which enables artists to reward their biggest fans with early access to not-yet-officially-released music. Those artists can trigger ‘Premiere Access’ on their unreleased track/album by selecting the feature when they upload their work to Audiomack, while also choosing the duration of the pre-release access window they’d like to grant their biggest fans.
Decentralized Pictures aims to use the wisdom of the crowd to fund new projects—and has support from the likes of Roman Coppola and Kevin Smith. Leo Matchett, a Technical Emmy Award winner and CEO of Decentralized Pictures, thinks blockchain voting can help open up many of Hollywood’s long-guarded doors to new and more diverse voices.
