AP: FTC explores future of journalism in Internet age
December 2, 2009 | Posted By: admin | HHR Media Group |
Beginning yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission began a two-day workshop “to examine the profound challenges facing media companies and explore ways the government can help them survive.”
Among the options being discussed: tax law changes that would allow media companies to earn tax credits or become tax-exempt entities, and copyright law changes that would force search engines and other online aggregrators to compensate media companies for the content they produce.
