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Article: SEN. CARDIN TESTIFIES BEFORE COMMERCE COMMITTEE ON FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS AND LOCAL JOURNALISM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- November 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The office of Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., has issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) testified today before the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet chaired by Senator John Kerry (D-MA). Commenting on the future of journalism and options to help salvage community newspapers that are disappearing across the country, Senator Cardin outlined his bill, The Newspaper Revitalization Act. The bill, S. 673, would create a new option under the Internal Revenue Code for a "qualified newspaper corporation," allowing newspapers to operate under 501(c)(3) status for educational purposes. It would be the same IRS ...