bertetto.. >> chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. my name is jennifer bertetto and i'm the president and ceo of trib total media. we are a small publisher that delivers news, information and advertising to four county in southwest -- southwestern pennsylvania. our company is 272 employees strong with a daily and weekly newspaper situation and hyper local commander websites that comprise our neighborhood news network. our newsroom as a collective of 88 journalists, photojournalist, editors and designers. our high quality and award-winning journalism is why our flagship website tree of life.com draws more than 300 300 million views view. our company was transformed in 1970 when richard mellon scaife purchase our local publishing company. we have remained focused on providing local news to our communities but with the rise of the internet we recognize we need to shift our focus from print to dig

bertetto. thank you. >> chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. my name is jennifer bertetto and i'm the president and ceo of trib total media. we are a small publisher that delivers news, information and advertising to four county in southwest -- southwestern pennsylvania. our company is 272 employees strong with a daily and weekly newspaper situation and hyper local commander websites that comprise our neighborhood news network. our newsroom as a collective of 88 journalists, photojournalist, editors and designers. our high quality and award-winning journalism is why our flagship website tree of life.com draws more than 300 300 million views view. our company was transformed in 1970 when richard mellon scaife purchase our local publishing company. we have remained focused on providing local news to our communities but with the rise of the internet we recognize we need to shift our focus from pr

bertetto.nk you. >> chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. my name is jennifer bertetto and i'm the president and ceo of trib total media. we are a small publisher that delivers news, information and advertising to four county in southwest -- southwestern pennsylvania. our company is 272 employees strong with a daily and weekly newspaper situation and hyper local commander websites that comprise our neighborhood news network. our newsroom as a collective of 88 journalists, photojournalist, editors and designers. our high quality and award-winning journalism is why our flagship website tree of life.com draws more than 300 300 million views view. our company was transformed in 1970 when richard mellon scaife purchase our local publishing company. we have remained focused on providing local news to our communities but with the rise of the internet we recognize we need to shift our focus from print

bertetto, recounting what was told to her by someone who was asked, google doesn't like it and google owns everything. that's the nature of the power here. and so i would like to say that the market will self-correct, that we can use existing anti-trust law, but it ain't working. it isn't working for the heartford current. which was weakened and then taken over. and its fate is uncertain. it was taken over by a vulture hedge fund, alden capital which has been seemingly selling off its assets, taking advantage of its real estate, of other assets. in no way caring about seemingly its journalistic staff or even quality. and they've cut staff, in fact, at twice the rate of their competitors on the bright side, the connecticut mirror in connecticut has enabled vibrant democratic debate and discussion, but it is a nonprofit. it depends on donation. it has discussed in recent times the importance of local elections and local reporters and public officials, including myself, accountable to the people that we serve. so mr. singer, let me ask you and any of the other panelists that want to comm