Media and marketing
Canberra should help fund AAP to protect against News Corp: ACCC
Australia’s newswire, AAP, has a compelling case for government funding, the head of the nation’s competition watchdog says.
Media and marketing
Australia’s newswire, AAP, has a compelling case for government funding, the head of the nation’s competition watchdog says.
Opinion
The ACCC’s move to make social media giants pay for local news content has prompted a Facebook threat to ban news sharing in Australia. There is a better way to address the issue via the system of targeted advertising, argues Damien Spry.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
Facebook is threatening to stop Australian users from sharing news if the social media giant is forced to compensate media companies for publishing their stories.
Tech giants will have to pay Australian commercial media for news content by the middle of next year, or face fines of up to $10 million.
Three judges have dismissed an appeal against a finding the Daily Telegraph defamed actor Geoffrey Rush, and against the awarding of $2.9 million in damages.
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.