Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland vetoes a bill to direct half of state ad money to local news outlets

Gov. Wes Moore. Photo (cc) by MDGovpics.

By Dan Kennedy

A promising idea to support local news has been dealt a major setback in Maryland, where Gov. Wes Moore has vetoed a bill that would direct state agencies to place at least 50% of their advertising in local news outlets. Even though the bill passed the state Senate unanimously and the House of Delegates by a margin of 129-7, Sean Curtis of WBOC reports that “a veto override is unlikely” because this year’s legislative session is about to expire.

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Author: Dan Kennedy

I am a professor of journalism at Northeastern University specializing in the future of local journalism at whatworks.news. My blog, Media Nation, is online at dankennedy.net.

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