Senatorii americani propun o lege de salvare a presei scrise de la faliment
Editor’s note: There are plenty of blogs and alternative news websites struggling to survive, too. Maybe they should get tax breaks? Hell, maybe the whole country needs a tax break.
With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.“This may not be the optimal choice for some major newspapers or corporate media chains but it should be an option for many newspapers that are struggling to stay afloat,” said Senator Benjamin Cardin
A Cardin spokesman said the bill had yet to attract any co-sponsors, but had sparked plenty of interest within the media, which has seen plunging revenues and many journalist layoffs.
Cardin’s Newspaper Revitalization Act would allow newspapers to operate as nonprofits for educational purposes under the U.S. tax code, giving them a similar status to public broadcasting companies.
Under this arrangement, newspapers would still be free to report on all issues, including political campaigns. But they would be prohibited from making political endorsements.
Advertising and subscription revenue would be tax exempt, and contributions to support news coverage or operations could be tax deductible.
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Martin Luta said
am March 26 2009 @ 9:22 am
Sorry for the good old newspapers – they will not die, just fade away slowly- but on-line reading is an irreversible trend and any opposition to it is futile. And this law will not change anything, just make the process longer. High quality journalism is
a better solution, anyway. And it is a far more important problem, both for the old and the new media. It is about fairness, correct information, usefulness, adequacy versus kitsch and the cult of celebrities, corruption of the mentally youngs of all ages.
Martin Luta said
am March 26 2009 @ 9:48 am
I have received this today:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/66560.html
I think it’s quite relevant for this issue.