News publishers would gain greater power to negotiate terms with and Google under terms of a bill filed Wednesday in the House of Representatives. The proposal aims to give newspaper and digital publishers who have been struggling financially the right to bargain collectively with the tech giants. Publishers are more optimistic about the legislation, which has failed in the past, because it now has bipartisan support. The News Media Alliance, which represents the publishers, say the right to work together would give them a better chance to negotiate licensing fees for use of their stories. The publishers say that Facebook and Google is now responsible for 90 percent of all digital ad revenue growth.

Source: ABC News April 03, 2019 20:48 UTC