Seven announces deal with Facebook hours after the tech giant backflips on news sharing
February 23, 2021 6:33
Seven West Media has announced it has signed a letter of intent to provide news content to Facebook. The announcement comes just hours after Facebook revealed it would allow the sharing of news content on its platform after the Australian government agreed to make amendments to the news media bargaining code.
Stokes labelled the partnership “significant”
Seven West Media Chairman Kerry Stokes said: “The establishment of this new partnership with Facebook is a significant move for our business and reflects the value of our original news content across our successful metropolitan and regional broadcast, digital and print properties.
The ABC is on the brink of signing a lucrative deal for its journalism to appear in Google’s Showcase product as the national broadcaster secures an undertaking from Facebook to restore ABC Kids, which the social network inadvertently blocked. Facebook has not offered to make a commercial deal with the ABC, however, and the social media giant’s latest offering to Nine Entertainment and News Corp Australia has been rejected. Industry sources said.
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