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Axel Springer, the German media combine that owns the Politico news site and Business Insider, has stepped up its push at US policymakers.
Amelia Wang Binder, who joined Axel Springer in December as VP-head of US government affairs, registered July 22 as the company's first lobbyist.
Previously she did a nine-year stint as senior VP-government affairs at the National Publishers’ Assn., and was chief of staff for California Congresswoman Judy Chu.
Binder is focused on policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence, specifically licensing and fair compensation for the use of journalistic content.
She also will tackle the Journalism Competition Preservation Act 2023 (S. 1094), which allows publishers to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms for distributing news content.
Axel Springer was the first publisher to partner with OpenAI. It provides summaries of selected content from Politico, Business Insider and German papers BLD and WELT for OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and virtual assistant.
The partnership also involves the use of Axel Springer media brands for advancing the training of OpenAI’s sophisticated large language models.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
