Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3591 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Journalism Preservation Act. Provides that specified online platforms shall track and record, on a monthly basis, the total number of times the online platform's websites link to, display, or present a digital journalism provider's news articles, works of journalism, or other content that are displayed or presented to Illinois residents and remit a journalism usage fee payment to each digital journalism provider who has satisfied specific requirements. Sets forth provisions concerning notice requirements; fee payments; calculation of fees; arbitration; non-retaliation; funding for journalists and support staff; reporting requirements; preservation of rights; and severability. LRB103 38953 SPS 69090 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3591 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Journalism Preservation Act. Provides that specified online platforms shall track and record, on a monthly basis, the total number of times the online platform's websites link to, display, or present a digital journalism provider's news articles, works of journalism, or other content that are displayed or presented to Illinois residents and remit a journalism usage fee payment to each digital journalism provider who has satisfied specific requirements. Sets forth provisions concerning notice requirements; fee payments; calculation of fees; arbitration; non-retaliation; funding for journalists and support staff; reporting requirements; preservation of rights; and severability. LRB103 38953 SPS 69090 b LRB103 38953 SPS 69090 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning journalism.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Journalism Preservation Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Findings.
17	17	7 (a) A free and diverse fourth estate was critical in the
18	18	8 founding of our democracy and continues to be the lifeblood
19	19	9 for a functioning democracy.
20	20	10 (b) Every day, journalism plays an essential role in
21	21	11 Illinois and in local communities, and the ability of local
22	22	12 news organizations to continue to provide the public with
23	23	13 critical information about their communities and enabling
24	24	14 publishers to receive fair market value for their content that
25	25	15 is used by others will preserve and ensure the sustainability
26	26	16 of local and diverse news outlets.
27	27	17 (c) Communities without newspapers lose touch with
28	28	18 government, business, education, and neighbors. They operate
29	29	19 without journalists working to keep them informed, uncover
30	30	20 truth, expose corruption, and share common goals and
31	31	21 experiences.
32	32	22 (d) Over the past 10 years, newspaper advertising has
33	33	23 decreased 66%, and newsroom staff has declined 44%.
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68	68	1 (e) Ethnic media has long been a distinctive genre of
69	69	2 journalism and communications, informing, engaging, and
70	70	3 advocating on behalf of communities underserved by both the
71	71	4 for-profit and not-for-profit general media market. It plays a
72	72	5 unique role in upholding the fourth estate in our democracy by
73	73	6 facilitating cross-racial and cross-ethnic communications to
74	74	7 facilitate social integration, promote civic engagement, and
75	75	8 address inequalities among all of the underserved communities.
76	76	9 (f) Given the important role of ethnic media, it is
77	77	10 critical to advance State policy that ensures their publishers
78	78	11 are justly compensated for the content they create and
79	79	12 distribute. An example is the historic preamble, "We Wish to
80	80	13 Plead Our Own Cause," a document penned by the
81	81	14 African-American journalist and abolitionist Samuel Cornish in
82	82	15 1827. It marked a significant milestone in the history of the
83	83	16 Black press as it highlighted the urgent need for African
84	84	17 Americans to have their own platform to voice their
85	85	18 grievances, advocate for their rights, and challenge racial
86	86	19 inequality. This call to action spurred the establishment of
87	87	20 numerous Black-owned newspapers and publications, solidifying
88	88	21 the role of the Black press as a powerful tool for empowerment
89	89	22 and social change, and laid the groundwork in our country for
90	90	23 other ethnic media to plead their own cause.
91	91	24 (g) Quality local journalism is key to sustaining civic
92	92	25 society, strengthening communal ties, and providing
93	93	26 information at a deeper level that national outlets cannot
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104	104	1 match.
105	105	2 (h) When surveyed, 73% of adults in the United States say
106	106	3 they have confidence in their local newspaper.
107	107	4 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
108	108	5 "Access" means to acquire, to crawl, or to index content.
109	109	6 "Advertising revenue" means revenue generated through the
110	110	7 sale of digital advertising impressions that are served to
111	111	8 customers in this State through an online platform, regardless
112	112	9 of whether those impressions are served on websites or
113	113	10 accessed through online or mobile applications.
114	114	11 "Allocation share" means the percentage of a covered
115	115	12 platform's journalism usage fees that an eligible digital
116	116	13 journalism provider is entitled to receive for a particular
117	117	14 month computed by dividing (1) the total number of the covered
118	118	15 platform's Internet web pages displayed or presented to
119	119	16 Illinois residents during the month that link to, display, or
120	120	17 present the eligible digital journalism provider's news
121	121	18 articles, works of journalism, or other content, or portions
122	122	19 thereof by (2) the total number of the covered platform's
123	123	20 Internet web pages displayed or presented to Illinois
124	124	21 residents during the month that link to, display, or present
125	125	22 any eligible digital journalism provider's news articles,
126	126	23 works of journalism, or other content, or portions thereof,
127	127	24 less (3) any compensation received by an eligible digital
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139	139	1 commencement of arbitration for access to content by the
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141	141	3 "Covered platform" means an online platform that, at any
142	142	4 point during a 12-month period, either:
143	143	5 (1) has at least 50,000,000 United States-based
144	144	6 monthly active users or subscribers on the online
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146	146	8 (2) is owned or controlled by a person that either
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148	148	10 (A) net annual sales in the United States or a
149	149	11 market capitalization greater than $550,000,000,000,
150	150	12 adjusted annually for inflation on the basis of the
151	151	13 Consumer Price Index published by the United States
152	152	14 Bureau of Labor Statistics; or
153	153	15 (B) at least 1,000,000,000 worldwide monthly
154	154	16 active users on the online platform.
155	155	17 "Covered platform" does not mean an organization exempt
156	156	18 from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
157	157	19 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
158	158	20 "Eligible broadcaster" means a person that:
159	159	21 (1) holds or operates under a license issued by the
160	160	22 Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. 301 et
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162	162	24 (2) engages professionals to create, edit, produce,
163	163	25 and distribute original content concerning local,
164	164	26 regional, national, or international matters of public
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175	175	1 interest through activities, including conducting
176	176	2 interviews, observing current events, analyzing documents
177	177	3 and other information, or fact checking through multiple
178	178	4 firsthand or secondhand news sources;
179	179	5 (3) updates its content on at least a weekly basis;
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181	181	7 (4) uses an editorial process for error correction and
182	182	8 clarification, including a transparent process for
183	183	9 reporting errors or complaints to the station.
184	184	10 "Eligible digital journalism provider" means an eligible
185	185	11 publisher or eligible broadcaster that discloses its ownership
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187	187	13 "Eligible publisher" means a person that publishes a
188	188	14 qualifying publication.
189	189	15 "News journalist" means a natural person who:
190	190	16 (1) is employed for an average of at least 30 hours per
191	191	17 week during a calendar year by an eligible digital
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193	193	19 (2) is responsible for gathering, developing,
194	194	20 preparing, directing the recording of, producing,
195	195	21 collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing,
196	196	22 reporting, designing, presenting, distributing, or
197	197	23 publishing original news or information that concerns
198	198	24 local, regional, national, or international matters of
199	199	25 public interest.
200	200	26 "Notifying eligible digital journalism provider" means an
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211	211	1 entity that has provided notice to a covered platform as
212	212	2 described in Section 15 that the entity is an eligible digital
213	213	3 journalism provider.
214	214	4 "Online platform" means a website, online or mobile
215	215	5 application, digital assistant, or online service that:
216	216	6 (1) accesses news articles, works of journalism, or
217	217	7 other content, or portions thereof, generated, created,
218	218	8 produced, or owned by an eligible digital journalism
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220	220	10 (2) aggregates, displays, provides, distributes, or
221	221	11 directs users to content described in paragraph (1) of
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223	223	13 "Qualifying publication" means a website, online or mobile
224	224	14 application, or other digital service that:
225	225	15 (1) does not primarily display, provide, distribute,
226	226	16 or offer content generated, created, produced, or owned by
227	227	17 an eligible broadcaster;
228	228	18 (2) provides information to an audience in this State;
229	229	19 (3) performs a public information function comparable
230	230	20 to that traditionally served by newspapers and other
231	231	21 periodical news publications;
232	232	22 (4) engages professionals to create, edit, produce,
233	233	23 and distribute original content concerning local,
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247	247	1 and other information, or fact checking through multiple
248	248	2 firsthand or secondhand news sources;
249	249	3 (5) updates its content at least 52 weeks in a
250	250	4 calendar year;
251	251	5 (6) has an editorial process for error correction and
252	252	6 clarification, including a transparent process for
253	253	7 reporting errors or complaints to the publication; and
254	254	8 (7) meets any of the following criteria:
255	255	9 (A) generated at least $100,000 in annual revenue
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258	258	12 (B) had an International Standard Serial Number
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260	260	14 notice to a covered platform under Section 15; or
261	261	15 (B) is owned or controlled by an organization
262	262	16 exempt from federal income taxation under Section
263	263	17 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
264	264	18 (8) has at least 25% of its editorial content
265	265	19 consisting of information about topics of current local,
266	266	20 regional, national, or international public interest; or
267	267	21 (9) is not controlled, or wholly or partially owned
268	268	22 by, an entity that:
269	269	23 (A) is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign
270	270	24 power, as those terms are defined in 50 U.S.C. 1801;
271	271	25 (2) is designated as a foreign terrorist
272	272	26 organization under 8 U.S.C. 1189;
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283	283	1 (3) is a terrorist organization, as defined in 8
284	284	2 U.S.C. 1182;
285	285	3 (4) is designated as a specially designated global
286	286	4 terrorist organization under federal Executive Order
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288	288	6 (5) is an affiliate of an entity described in
289	289	7 subparagraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); and
290	290	8 (6) has been convicted of violating, or attempting
291	291	9 to violate 18 U.S.C. 2331, 2332b, or 2339A.
292	292	10 "Representative" means a labor organization designated as
293	293	11 the exclusive bargaining representative of news journalists or
294	294	12 support staff for the purposes of collective bargaining in
295	295	13 accordance with State or federal law.
296	296	14 "Support staff" means a natural person who performs
297	297	15 nonexecutive functions, including payroll, human resources,
298	298	16 fundraising and grant support, advertising and sales,
299	299	17 community events and partnerships, technical support,
300	300	18 sanitation, and security.
301	301	19 Section 15. Notice requirements for journalism usage fee
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303	303	21 (a) On or before January 1, 2025, all eligible digital
304	304	22 journalism providers that want to receive journalism usage fee
305	305	23 payments under this Act shall submit notice to a covered
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307	307	25 journalism providers that submit the notice shall receive
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318	318	1 journalism usage fee payments from covered platforms as
319	319	2 described in Section 20 beginning no later than 30 days after
320	320	3 the end of the arbitration process described in Section 25.
321	321	4 Digital journalism providers may provide notice to a covered
322	322	5 platform as described in subsection (b) after the initial
323	323	6 arbitration has concluded; however, notice received from an
324	324	7 eligible digital journalism provider after January 1, 2025,
325	325	8 shall not prompt any adjustment to the percentage of
326	326	9 advertising revenue that has previously been determined under
327	327	10 the most recent arbitration proceeding conducted as described
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329	329	12 (b) The notice described in subsection (a) shall:
330	330	13 (1) identifies the eligible digital journalism
331	331	14 provider and the authorized representative of the eligible
332	332	15 digital journalism provider;
333	333	16 (2) certifies, not under penalty of perjury, that the
334	334	17 eligible digital journalism provider reasonably believes
335	335	18 that it is either an eligible broadcaster or an eligible
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337	337	20 (3) identifies the root uniform resource locators for
338	338	21 the websites associated with the eligible digital
339	339	22 journalism provider's digital content.
340	340	23 (c) No later than 30 days after submitting a notice
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342	342	25 provider shall distribute a copy of the notice to the news
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354	354	1 representatives, if any, and publish a copy of the notice
355	355	2 online in a text-searchable format.
356	356	3 (d) No later than 30 days after the deadline described in
357	357	4 subsection (a), or after receiving a notice as described in
358	358	5 subsection (a), the covered platform shall send a reply notice
359	359	6 to the authorized representative identified in subsection (b)
360	360	7 to acknowledge the receipt of the notice.
361	361	8 (e) A covered platform that receives as described in
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363	363	10 challenge:
364	364	11 (1) the sufficiency of the notice; and
365	365	12 (2) the noticing party's qualification as an eligible
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367	367	14 Section 20. Journalism usage fee calculations.
368	368	15 (a) A covered platform shall track and record, on a
369	369	16 monthly basis, for each eligible digital journalism provider
370	370	17 that submits a notice as described in Section 15, the total
371	371	18 number of times the covered platform's websites link to,
372	372	19 display, or present the eligible digital journalism provider's
373	373	20 news articles, works of journalism, or other content, or
374	374	21 portions thereof, and that the covered platform has displayed
375	375	22 or presented to Illinois residents, regardless of whether the
376	376	23 content appears in a language other than English.
377	377	24 (b) A covered platform shall, on a monthly basis, use the
378	378	25 data collected under subsection (a) to calculate the
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389	389	1 allocation share for each notifying eligible digital
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391	391	3 (c) One percent of the journalism usage fee shall be paid
392	392	4 to eligible digital journalism providers that produce at least
393	393	5 30,000 annual search occurrences in Illinois searches or
394	394	6 10,000 annual social media impressions from Illinois.
395	395	7 (d) Within 10 days after the end of each month, a covered
396	396	8 platform shall remit a journalism usage fee payment to each
397	397	9 notifying eligible digital journalism provider that is equal
398	398	10 to a percentage of the covered platform's advertising revenue
399	399	11 generated during that month multiplied by the eligible digital
400	400	12 journalism provider's allocation share for that month.
401	401	13 (e) If an eligible digital journalism provider fails to
402	402	14 comply with Section 40, a covered platform may withhold
403	403	15 journalism usage fee payments until the eligible digital
404	404	16 journalism provider has provided a copy of the report
405	405	17 described in subsection (a) of Section 40 to the covered
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409	409	21 (a) The percentage of the covered platform's advertising
410	410	22 revenue remitted to notifying eligible digital journalism
411	411	23 providers shall be determined as described in this Section.
412	412	24 Eligible digital journalism providers shall jointly
413	413	25 participate in the final offer arbitration process described
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424	424	1 in this Section with each covered platform to determine a
425	425	2 single percentage of advertising revenue from which future
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427	427	4 (b) Within 10 days after the receipt of the reply notice
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429	429	6 journalism provider may initiate, under Rule R-4 of the
430	430	7 American Arbitration Association's Commercial Arbitration
431	431	8 Rules and Mediation Procedures, a final offer arbitration
432	432	9 against the covered platform for an arbitration panel to
433	433	10 determine the percentage of the covered platform's advertising
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436	436	13 (c) The arbitration procedure authorized by this
437	437	14 subsection shall commence 10 days after the receipt of the
438	438	15 reply notice described in subsection (d) of Section 15.
439	439	16 (d) The arbitration procedure authorized by this
440	440	17 subsection shall be decided by a panel of 3 arbitrators under
441	441	18 the American Arbitration Association's Commercial Arbitration
442	442	19 Rules and Mediation Procedures and the American Arbitration
443	443	20 Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution Final
444	444	21 Offer Arbitration Supplementary Rules, except to the extent
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446	446	23 (e) The covered platform and the eligible digital
447	447	24 journalism providers shall each pay one-half of the cost of
448	448	25 administering the arbitration proceeding, including arbitrator
449	449	26 compensation, expenses, and administrative fees.
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460	460	1 (f) The arbitrators shall be appointed in accordance with
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462	462	3 Rules and Mediation Procedures.
463	463	4 (g) During a final offer arbitration proceeding under this
464	464	5 Section, all of the following shall apply:
465	465	6 (1) Eligible digital journalism providers and the
466	466	7 covered platform may demand the production of documents
467	467	8 and information that are non-privileged, reasonably
468	468	9 necessary, and reasonably accessible without undue
469	469	10 expense. Documents and information shall be exchanged no
470	470	11 later than 30 days after the date the demand is filed.
471	471	12 (2) Rules regarding the admissibility of evidence
472	472	13 under the American Arbitration Association's Commercial
473	473	14 Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures shall apply.
474	474	15 (3) Eligible digital journalism providers and the
475	475	16 covered platform shall each submit a final offer proposal
476	476	17 for the remuneration that the eligible digital journalism
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478	478	19 access to the content of the eligible digital journalism
479	479	20 providers during the period under arbitration based on the
480	480	21 value that access provides to the platform. The final
481	481	22 offer proposals shall include backup materials sufficient
482	482	23 to permit the other party to replicate the proffered
483	483	24 valuation.
484	484	25 (4) A final offer proposal under this Section shall
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496	496	1 eligible digital journalism provider displays, ranks,
497	497	2 distributes, suppresses, promotes, throttles, labels,
498	498	3 filters, or curates the content of the eligible digital
499	499	4 journalism providers or any other person.
500	500	5 (h) No later than 60 days after the date proceedings begin
501	501	6 as described in subsection (c), the arbitration panel shall
502	502	7 determine the percentage of the covered platform's advertising
503	503	8 revenue remitted to notifying eligible digital journalism
504	504	9 providers from a final offer from one of the parties without
505	505	10 modification.
506	506	11 (1) In making a determination, the arbitration panel
507	507	12 shall:
508	508	13 (A) refrain from considering any value conferred
509	509	14 upon any eligible digital journalism provider by the
510	510	15 covered platform for distributing or aggregating its
511	511	16 content as an offset to the value created by that
512	512	17 eligible digital journalism provider, unless the
513	513	18 covered platform does not automatically access and
514	514	19 extract information from an eligible digital
515	515	20 journalism provider's website;
516	516	21 (B) consider past incremental revenue
517	517	22 contributions as a guide to the future incremental
518	518	23 revenue contribution by any eligible digital
519	519	24 journalism provider;
520	520	25 (C) consider the pricing, terms, and conditions of
521	521	26 any available, comparable commercial agreements
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532	532	1 between parties granting access to digital content,
533	533	2 including pricing, terms, and conditions relating to
534	534	3 price, duration, territory, and the value of data
535	535	4 generated directly or indirectly by the content
536	536	5 accounting for any material disparities in negotiating
537	537	6 power between the parties to those commercial
538	538	7 agreements;
539	539	8 (D) if submitted with a final offer proposal,
540	540	9 consider the eligible digital journalism provider's
541	541	10 previous compliance with Section 40, if applicable;
542	542	11 and
543	543	12 (E) issue a standard binding arbitration award of
544	544	13 the percentage of the covered platform's advertising
545	545	14 revenue remitted to notifying eligible digital
546	546	15 journalism providers.
547	547	16 (2) Any party to the arbitration proceeding may elect
548	548	17 to appeal the decision of the arbitration panel as
549	549	18 described in subsection (j) on the grounds of a procedural
550	550	19 irregularity.
551	551	20 (i) If the covered platform and any eligible digital
552	552	21 journalism providers have given notice under Section 15 reach
553	553	22 a settlement in lieu of arbitration, the settlement shall not
554	554	23 waive the eligible digital journalism provider's obligations
555	555	24 as described in Section 40 and shall not settle for an amount
556	556	25 other than the final offer proposals submitted by the parties
557	557	26 as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (g).
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568	568	1 (j) No fewer than 24 months after the end of an arbitration
569	569	2 proceeding, any party to the proceeding may elect to restart
570	570	3 the arbitration process.
571	571	4 Section 30. Non-retaliation.
572	572	5 (a) A covered platform shall not retaliate against an
573	573	6 eligible digital journalism provider for asserting its rights
574	574	7 under this Act by refusing to index content or changing the
575	575	8 ranking, identification, modification, branding, or placement
576	576	9 of the content of the eligible digital journalism provider on
577	577	10 the covered platform.
578	578	11 (b) An eligible digital journalism provider that is
579	579	12 retaliated against may bring a civil action against the
580	580	13 covered platform.
581	581	14 (c) This Section does not prohibit a covered platform
582	582	15 from, and does not impose liability on a covered platform for,
583	583	16 enforcing its terms of service against an eligible journalism
584	584	17 provider.
585	585	18 Section 35. Funding for journalists and support staff.
586	586	19 (a) An eligible digital journalism provider shall spend at
587	587	20 least 70% of funds received under this Act on news journalists
588	588	21 and support staff employed by the eligible digital journalism
589	589	22 provider, except that an eligible digital journalism provider
590	590	23 with 5 or fewer employees shall spend at least 50% of funds
591	591	24 received under this Act on news journalists and support staff
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602	602	1 employed by the eligible digital journalism provider.
603	603	2 (b) No later than 30 days after the end of an arbitration
604	604	3 proceeding described in Section 25 or upon reaching a
605	605	4 settlement in lieu of an arbitration proceeding, the eligible
606	606	5 digital journalism provider shall provide notification in
607	607	6 writing of its plan to comply with subsection (a) to the news
608	608	7 journalists and support staff employed by the eligible digital
609	609	8 journalism provider and any representatives of those news
610	610	9 journalists or support staff.
611	611	10 (c) The eligible digital journalism provider's plan to
612	612	11 comply with subsection (a) shall include a good faith estimate
613	613	12 of the number of news journalists and support staff, if any,
614	614	13 expected to be hired, details regarding proposed compensation
615	615	14 adjustments, if any, and a disclosure if either hiring or
616	616	15 compensation adjustments are not expected.
617	617	16 Section 40. Reporting requirements.
618	618	17 (a) No later than one year after the end of an arbitration
619	619	18 proceeding described in Section 25 or reaching a settlement in
620	620	19 lieu of an arbitration proceeding, and each year thereafter,
621	621	20 the eligible digital journalism provider shall compile a
622	622	21 report that includes:
623	623	22 (1) an attestation as to whether the eligible digital
624	624	23 journalism provider has complied with subsection (a) of
625	625	24 Section 35;
626	626	25 (2) the text of the digital journalism provider's plan
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637	637	1 to comply with subsection (a) of Section 35;
638	638	2 (3) the total number of journalism usage fees received
639	639	3 from covered platforms;
640	640	4 (4) the name of each covered platform paying the
641	641	5 eligible digital journalism provider a journalism usage
642	642	6 fee and a description of how the eligible digital
643	643	7 journalism provider spent the journalism usage fee
644	644	8 payment, including any amount of journalism usage fees
645	645	9 remaining unspent; and
646	646	10 (5) the total number of news journalists and support
647	647	11 staff employed by the eligible digital journalism
648	648	12 provider, including the number of news journalists and
649	649	13 support staff hired or terminated during the previous
650	650	14 year.
651	651	15 (b) No later than one year after the end of an arbitration
652	652	16 proceeding described in Section 25 or reaching a settlement in
653	653	17 lieu of an arbitration proceeding, and each year thereafter,
654	654	18 the eligible digital journalism provider shall publish a copy
655	655	19 of the report described in subsection (a) online in a
656	656	20 text-searchable format and provide a copy to the news
657	657	21 journalists and support staff employed by the eligible digital
658	658	22 journalism provider, any representatives of those news
659	659	23 journalists or support staff, and the covered platforms paying
660	660	24 journalism usage fees to the eligible digital journalism
661	661	25 provider.
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672	672	1 Section 45. Preservation of rights.
673	673	2 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as amending or
674	674	3 repealing the ability of an eligible digital journalism
675	675	4 provider or a covered platform to seek a preliminary or
676	676	5 permanent injunction or any other existing remedy at law or
677	677	6 equity.
678	678	7 (b) This Act does not modify, impair, expand, or in any way
679	679	8 alter rights pertaining to the federal Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.
680	680	9 1051 et seq).
681	681	10 (c) This Act does not abridge or impair rights otherwise
682	682	11 reserved by news journalists, support staff, or their
683	683	12 representatives according to applicable law or existing
684	684	13 collective bargaining agreements.
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