1 hr 5 min
News Saviour or Platform Shakedown? Double Take
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Early next year, Australia’s world-first news media bargaining turns 3, meaning that many of the deals Google and Meta have done with Australian news media businesses are about to expire. Worth well over $200m annually, these deals have prompted a host of other jurisdictions to follow suit. Yet critics argue the code is flawed, unfair and lacks transparency.
CMT's Sacha Molitorisz speaks with ex-ACCC chair Rod Sims, Columbia journalism scholar Anya Schiffrin, and author and consultant Hal Crawford about the code and its impact, three years on and beyond.
Early next year, Australia’s world-first news media bargaining turns 3, meaning that many of the deals Google and Meta have done with Australian news media businesses are about to expire. Worth well over $200m annually, these deals have prompted a host of other jurisdictions to follow suit. Yet critics argue the code is flawed, unfair and lacks transparency.
CMT's Sacha Molitorisz speaks with ex-ACCC chair Rod Sims, Columbia journalism scholar Anya Schiffrin, and author and consultant Hal Crawford about the code and its impact, three years on and beyond.
1 hr 5 min