Colleagues, For nearly 40 years the First Amendment Foundation has fought for open government and access to public records, often working side-by-side with reporters and newspapers as they struggled to get information that those in power sought to keep in the shadows. Once upon a time such abuses were rare. Unfortunately, these trends are far…
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For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Layne Bruce lbruce@mspress.org Missouri Press executive elected NAM president DENVER — The executive director of the Missouri Press Association was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM), during the group’s 100th Annual Summer Conference Aug. 4 in Denver, the city where the organization was founded in…
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Attention FPA Members who place public notices: We wanted to share some important news with you regarding the way you upload your public notices to our aggregated FloridaPublicNotices.com site. It was decided a few weeks back by the FPA board, for business reasons, we would reinstate our previous vendor Quoin and will be sunsetting the…
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The Royal Ballet presents The Sarasota Ballet for an all Ashton Program at The Royal Opera House, June 4th to 9th, 2024 in Covent Garden, London Sarasota, FL (April 26th, 2023) – The Sarasota Ballet today announces its first international tour to London at the invitation of The Royal Ballet’s Director Kevin O’Hare. The Sarasota…
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If you are looking for a wild ride in the legal system, Florida is the place to be. Florida has taken significant steps to mitigate the effects of the state’s tort environment, specifically as it relates to the challenging property insurance marketplace. The legislature convened in May and December 2022 to pass crucial legislation (Senate…
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National Sunshine Week has been celebrated every March since 2005. It is supposed to be a celebration of your right as a citizen to know and see the inner workings of government. While a national event, the week has its roots here in Florida in 2002, when newspapers and broadcasters used to gather in Tallahassee…
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Op-Ed | Florida First Amendment Foundation Imagine a world in which newspapers have been bankrupted and shuttered. Imagine that Reddit, the Drudge Report and Red Pill are no more and that social media platforms forbid political discussion of any stripe. Imagine that while some television and radio news shows still exist, they only feature endless…
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Centralized one-stop-shop marketplace simplifies advertising purchases SACRAMENTO, Calif. — November 3, 2022 – Today, McClatchy, one of the largest media companies in the United States with over 80 million unique visitors, announced its partnership with DanAds, in developing McClatchy Ad Manager, a new self-service platform for advertisers that has launched initially in select markets with…
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A bill that would empower news organizations to negotiate pay from big tech companies that carry their content has been dropped from a defense package after lawmakers from both sides of the aisle raised concerns about how it would affect the news ecosystem. The must-pass annual defense policy bill, released late Tuesday, is one of the…
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Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill. The warning highlights the danger that Meta perceives to its business model in the face of the proposed bill, known as the Journalism Competition…
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