A new report, Public Policy and Funding the News, examines the history of the U.S. government's role in subsidizing the gathering and distribution of news and information. The report by David Westphal and Geoffrey Cowan was published by the University of Southern California's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.

The full report and working papers can be found at: http://fundingthenews.org

Read a blog post from the report's author, David Westphal: http://www.savethenews.org/blog/10/01/28/public-policy-and-funding-news

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