The SNPA Foundation has announced a $30,700 grant to fund a Florida Press Association project to inform sales students across America about the evolving and growing career opportunities at newspapers. There are over 200 Universities with sales majors. Newspapers are not on their radar. The Florida Press Association began this unique project with a small…
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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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From time to time, we hear reports of some small business websites including newspaper websites receiving letters from alleged copyright reps/owners claiming that the sites have posted unauthorized images. These letters have in the past typically been sent from large companies purveying stock images, in particular Getty Images, but recently other claimants have joined the…
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A federal judge in Tallahassee recently entered an order requiring the implementation of a single statewide public access point for obtaining images of newly-filed circuit civil complaints. The order reinstates what was once the common practice in Florida during the print era, whereby journalists could check new printed complaints as soon as they were filed,…
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The new public notice law HB 7040, effective Jan. 1, 2023, allows counties or their designated entity to create and operate in place of newspaper notice a “publicly accessible website” to provide public notices and legal ads. If a county opts to set up such a site, other local government entities like municipalities and school…
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Q. I periodically receive requests to remove images from our website, sometimes due to an arrest and other times because the individual wants to scrub the internet of their likeness. What is the policy of the Florida Press Association on this, and does it really do any good if the image has been on the…
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As you know, the new public notice law HB 7040, effective Jan. 1, 2023, allows counties or their designated entity to create and operate in place of newspaper notice a “publicly accessible website” to provide public notices and legal ads. If a county opts to set up such a site, other local government entities like…
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We’re excited to announce the 2023 Florida Media Conference will be held on July 20-21 at the beautiful Westin Resort in Sarasota! Hosted by the Florida Press Foundation, the Florida Media Conference is an annual event that brings together top Florida Media executives for two days of industry knowledge sharing, innovative ideas from vendors, and networking opportunities…
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