News industry is finding support for H.R. 7640, but your help is needed to make this a reality

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The Local Journalism Sustainability Act is a bipartisan bill that would provide tax credits to support subscriptions, advertising and journalists' salaries for the news industry. In this E&P podcast, Publisher Mike Blinder talks with Francis Wick, CEO of Wick Communications. Wick is the "brainchild" behind H.R. 7640, which was introduced in Congress July 16 by Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Arizona) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Washington).

Wick said the Congressional leaders he has talked with "want to help and they realize that — without local journalism — they are going to be challenged in how they serve their local districts."  While they support the idea, Wick said the news industry has a lot of work to do.

Newspaper publishers are encouraged to reach out to their own representatives and urge them to sign on as additional cosponsors.

Learn how you can aid this effort:
http://newspapers.org/local-journalism-sustainability-act/

podcast, Francis Wick, E&P, Mike Blinder