
InDaily signs global content deal with Facebook
Facebook is starting a new program to support serious journalism – with South Australia’s InDaily one of the first publishers to negotiate a deal with the global tech giant.
Facebook is starting a new program to support serious journalism – with South Australia’s InDaily one of the first publishers to negotiate a deal with the global tech giant.
News Corp Australia has accused former prime minister Kevin Rudd of misleading a Canberra parliamentary inquiry into media diversity, after he said “the truth in this building is everyone’s frightened of Murdoch”.
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Google and Facebook face $10 million fines if they don’t follow the rules of Australia’s proposed media code to ensure they pay for news.
The impact of media concentration on Australian democracy is set to be explored in a new Senate inquiry approved days after a petition by former prime minister Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – signed by half a million people – was tabled in parliament.
A record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media empire has been presented to federal parliament, with two former prime ministers saying Australia is on the US path to division unless it checks hyper-partisanship in the media.
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