‘Local news’ remains under threat as Big Tech bill dies late in session - The Chronicle

Save Our Local News Campaign finds support among local politicians in the Tri-Cities – Tri-Cities Dispatch

From left to right: Jonny Sopotiuk, managing director of the Union Cooperative Initiative; Mario Bartel and Janis Cleugh, formerly of the Tri-City News; Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle; Local 2000 President Brian Gibson; Local 2000 Secretary–Treasurer Bill Catterall; Theresa McManus, formerly of the New West Record; Cornelia Naylor, formerly of the Burnaby Now. photo Patrick Penner A campaign to revive community news in the Tri…

‘Local news’ remains under threat as Big Tech bill dies late in session - The Chronicle

The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, of which I'm a board member, was engaged in several critical pieces of legislation this past session at the statehouse in Salem. Two pieces of legislation were especially important – SB686 and SB437. SB686 was the "Big Tech" bill, and The Chronicle joined more than 50 other newspapers in the