1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A free and vibrant press is essential to the health of our democracy. (2) Fair and competitive markets are integral to maintaining a thriving press that can meet the demands of consumers and an informed citizenry. (3) More and more Americans prefer to read news online. While some readers may go directly to a publisher’s website, many more find news through the use of one or more online platforms, such as search engines and social media websites. (4) Over the past decade, digital audiences for news publications have increased by over 200 percent. Nevertheless, over that same time period, digital news publishers’ revenues have fallen by nearly half. (5) In the absence of the robust enforcement of the antitrust laws to ensure a free and open marketplace of ideas, some dominant platforms serve as a de facto gateway to all online content for many web users, wielding an enormous amount of control over how readers find and interact with content produced by the press. (6) Dominant platforms often are able to dictate the terms on which a publisher’s content may appear on their platform, and some hold so much sway in the online ecosystem that they can control whether their users are able to find a creator’s content at all. (7) An entity with the power to dictate the terms of distribution of news has the power to dictate the content of the news. (8) America benefits from, and depends upon, not only a free marketplace for goods and services, but also a free marketplace of ideas. (9) The antitrust laws were intended to and do provide both economic and civic benefits. (10) A central purpose of the antitrust laws is to promote and protect open markets, including those for the free and diverse press. (11) While antitrust exemptions are generally disfavored, should the application of the antitrust laws ever be applied in a manner that conflicts with their stated purpose—such as