Editor and Publisher Reports

On June 16, 2021, U.S. Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Arizona, and Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, introduced H.R. 3940, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA) for the 117th Congress, a bipartisan bill that seeks to help local newspapers sustain financial viability through a series of three tax credits: A local newspaper subscription credit that incentives Americans to subscribe A local newspaper journalist compensation credit that provides publications the ability to hire A local newspaper and local media advertising credit that provides small businesses financial flexibility to spend on advertising in local newspapers and media Five weeks later three senators, Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, introduced the bill to the U.S. Senate as co-sponsors. Today the bill has wide bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. In this episode of “E&P Reports,” publisher Mike Blinder discusses LJSA with Alan Fisco, president of America’s Newspapers, Dean