U.S. newspaper group spent $290,000 lobbying in 2Q
In the second quarter, The Newspaper Association of America
spent US$290,000 lobbying the federal government on issues such as the future of
media, privacy and legislation aimed at making government information public, according to The
Associated Press article posted on Business Week.
The amount was up from $250,000 in the previous quarter, as
well as $278,000 in the same quarter of 2009, according to a Congressional
disclosure form.
The Newspaper Association of America represents about 2,000 newspapers in the country. It lobbied the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on a proposed measure called the Free Flow of Information Act, which would protect reporters in some cases from "having to obey court orders to reveal confidential sources, a protection that media organisations argue would encourage more whistle blowers to come forward," The AP reported.
The group also lobbied on the Federal Communications Commission's Future of Media Project, which would influence federal policy on media ownership.
Meanwhile, according to the RGA's most recent filing, News Corp. gave $1 million to Haley Barbour's Republican Governors Association this year, Politico reported.
The huge contribution is reported as a new step toward an open identification between News Corp. and the GOP. The company's highest-ranking Democratic executive, Peter Chernin, has recently departed.
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spent US$290,000 lobbying the federal government on issues such as the future of
media, privacy and legislation aimed at making government information public, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HKQ75G1.htm">according to The
Associated Press article posted on Business Week</a>.<br /><br />
</p><p class="MsoNormal">The amount was up from $250,000 in the previous quarter, as
well as $278,000 in the same quarter of 2009, according to a Congressional
disclosure form.
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