Before we get to today’s topic—the political savvy of Microsoft executives—a quick postscript about yesterday’s Data Sheet on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.
Multiple reports emerged Tuesday morning that the JCPA, federal legislation designed to force Meta and Google into sharing ad revenue with publishers, would get attached to a must-pass defense spending bill this week. But when the bill became public Tuesday evening, the JCPA was not folded in.
