Public interest journalism is essential to a well-functioning society, even for those who do not watch or read it. It holds the powerful to account, provides a journal of record and is a forum for ...

Publishers around the world were spooked by Meta dropping news distribution in Canada in June 2023 but have not given up on getting social media platforms and generative AI firms to pay for the news ...

As the News Media Bargaining Code agreements in Australia start to wind down, there is discussion about what will come next. Media academic Andrea Carson calls the codes, passed in 2021, “world-first” ...

The news: The White House has railed against “foreign extortion” of the US tech sector, after the Albanese government moved to tighten Australia’s media bargaining code. The context: On Tuesday, Labor ...

In 2022, I got cranky with the nation of Australia over its News Media Bargaining Code — its convoluted scheme to get money out of big tech companies’ pockets and into news companies’. The idea in a ...

More than a year after Australian political parties across the spectrum united around a law that pushed Google and Facebook to pay for the news they distribute, a further 24 smaller media outlets will ...

Tech giants could soon face financial consequences if they don't make commercial deals with Australian news services. The long-awaited draft legislation of the News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) was ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last week, Sabrina Geremia, the head of Google’s Canadian arm, and Jason Kee, its public policy manager, testified before a ...

Big tech companies would have to either do deals with news organisations to help fund journalism or pay a charge to the Australian government, under a new plan announced by the Albanese government on ...

The introduction of the News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) has been delayed until after parliament’s winter recess.A government spokesperson confirmed the delay to The Australian on Sunday, while saying ...