Opinion
A government-backed ACCC push to make Google and Facebook pay publishers for Australian news risks backfiring on all parties including consumers, argues Richard Holden. He says that government itself should help subsidise journalism in the interests of democracy.
Media and marketing
Australia’s newswire, AAP, has a compelling case for government funding, the head of the nation’s competition watchdog says.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission plans to force Google, Facebook and others to pay for news generated by Australian media outlets. Katharine Kemp and Rob Nicholls examine why, and whether it will work.
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