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HuffPost / Arthur Delaney and Tara Golshan / Jan 7
“Many news outlets, both traditional and digital ones, couldn’t get payroll loans because they are owned by a larger firm. The previous PPP counted all employees of a news conglomerate as one entity, making it too big to qualify for Small Business Administration programs. The new law includes a waiver for news publishers and broadcasters with fewer than 500 workers “per physical location” to apply for the loans as individual entities instead of as part of a larger media group. The exception was not extended to digital news outlets.” SS
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