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Staff reports Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) FORT WAYNE — The Journal Gazette will be moving its larger Sunday newspaper to Saturdays, effective Jan. 28. All of the features that readers have come to expect on Sundays — including exclusive enterprise reporting, stand-alone Sports, Metro, Perspective, Business, Living and Classified/Home sec- tions — will move to a Saturday Weekend Edition, along with color comics, puzzles, advice columns and the weekly advertising insert package, the company announced Jan. 20. "The decision to consolidate and remove a day of print publi- cation was not an easy one," JG Publisher Sherry Skufca said in the announcement. "And we will continue to provide local coverage of major breaking news and sports occurring on Saturday at our web- site, journalgazette.net, which is free to all current 7-day print and digital subscribers." Readers can also sign up for free email newsletters, with links to the latest Daily Headlines and breaking news Alerts. Available specialty newslet- ters include Statehouse Scoop, Schools and Education, Events and Entertainment, Komets, Crime and Courts, Opinion, Food, Coronavirus, and History Journal. Newspapers around the country have been dropping days of print publication due to rising produc- tion and delivery costs, along with the trend of subscribers preferring the immediacy of getting their news online. The change to an expanded Saturday edition means readers have more time to plan their week- end shopping trips, said Lori Fritz, CEO and president of Fort Wayne Newspapers. Those subscribers who have their newspapers deliv- ered by mail will now receive their Weekend Edition on Saturday instead of Monday. Journal Gazette moving Sunday paper to Saturday Page 5 January 2023 Staff reports National Newspaper Association On Jan 23, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its highly anticipated antitrust lawsuit against Google for its dominance in advertising and violation of the Sherman Act. This monumental lawsuit is based on years of investigation and claims against the dominant monopoly. Alleging instances of "tying" its products, Google's ad exchange and ad server, has a detriment to those who produce the content on what was once a free and open internet. "This marks an important day in our history where a domi- nant monopoly is being charged for blatantly anticompetitive behavior in the digital adver- tising market. This behavior impacts consumers' data, prices, and the quality of information they receive, while journalism struggles to provide valuable and critical content that informs and enriches communities across the country," said News/ Media Alliance Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Danielle Coffey. For many years, the News/ Media Alliance has sounded the alarm on this issue through testi- mony and written filings, includ- ing its white paper, "How Google Abuses Its Position as a Market Dominant Platform to Strong- Arm News Publishers and Hurt Journalism," published in 2020 and revised in September 2022, which substantiates Google's dominance in the marketplace, including member news pub- lisher accounts of anticompetitive practices. Google's take from publishers is up to 70 percent of every advertising dollar received. This has a significant impact on what news publishers and maga- zines receive for their content. Coffey continued, "Along with this antitrust lawsuit, legislation like the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (JCPA) is sorely needed to address these marketplace imbalances. The lawsuit draws a direct nexus between the anti- competitive practices and those who are harmed, notably the free press. We applaud the DOJ and various states that have filed this historic case during a time of critical importance to our indus- try and others impacted by these practices." Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Department of Justice for Filing Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Google's take from publish- ers is up to 70 percent of every advertising dollar received.

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