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Editors Note: E&P was the first tobreak the newsabout the historic lawsuit on Friday, Jan. 29.
HD Media, the West Virginia-based publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winningCharleston Gazette-Mailand theHerald-Dispatch, is making its own news with the recent announcement that they have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google and Facebook. Hopefully, the purpose is to help the entire industry receive some form of compensation from the 70% plus of local advertising revenue these tech giants make from the content they exploit.
In this segment of E&P Reports, Publisher Mike Blinder has an in-depth conversation with lawsuit co-council Paul T. Farrell Jr. and HD Medias VP of news and executive editor, Lee Wolverton, to uncover how the lawsuit started and what they want to happen as a result of their actions. Farrell and Wolverton also speak to how they feel about the need for local journalism and how this suit is not just about ad dollars but also the survival of the news industry.
Related links:
E&P Exclusive Feature: HD Media Takes on the Tech Giants https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/hd-media-takes-on-the-tech-giants,185454
Download a copy of the class action lawsuithttps://www.scribd.com/document/492607988/Complaint-HD-Media-Co-LLC-v-Google#from_embed
Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets House Judiciary Committee October 2020 Report on antitrust and anticompetitive conduct by Google and Facebookhttps://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/competition_in_digital_markets.pdf?utm_campaign=4493-519
HD Media Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Media
Paul T. Farrell Jr. Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_T._Farrell_Jr.
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