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Facebook’s deal is similar to Google’s deal with over 40 News Corp properties
Facebook has signed a content deal with Australian publishers that will see their content shared on its platform.
The deals were signed with Australian independent news organizations Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media. We have collaborated with Facebook in the past and we look forward to the ways in which this deal will help us to continue producing Australia s leading independent journalism. It s never been more important than it is now to have a plurality of voices in the Australian press,” said Rebecca Costello, the chief executive of Schwartz Media.
The Australian government has blinked first.
Facebook has negotiated amendments to Australia’s controversial “media bargaining code”, and has agreed to restore news content for Australian users in the coming days.
In a blogpost, Facebook said the Australian government has agreed to a number of amendments to the Media Bargaining Code following negotiations, and guaranteed to address the company’s core concerns “about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to publishers relative to the value we receive from them”.
Campbell Brown, VP, Global News Partnerships, said that the Australian government had clarified that tech company will not have to pay for news. Brown said negotiations took place between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, and Mark Zuckerberg, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Microsoft is clearly keen to put the squeeze on Facebook and Google as they either pay for news content or block it. The software firm is teaming up with the European Publishers Council to find a way for news outlets to get paid when tech gatekeepers share their content. They re calling on EU and national governments to implement Australia-style arbitration provisions that set prices based on the benefits for each side, the costs of production and any undue burden[s] payments might impose on the platform owners.
Company VP Casper Klynge argued that a healthy news market was critical to the success of democracy, and that paying for news would support that. He pointed out that Microsoft had launched a local news investment initiative in October, and that Microsoft News had been sharing a large portion of its revenue with publishers.
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Facebook’s sudden move on Wednesday to cut Australians off from the news (and the rest of the world from Australian news) was as surprising as it was draconian. It blocked Australians from sharing any news links, Australian news publications from hosting their content on the platform, and the rest of us from sharing links to Australian news sites. It also may be a preview of how the platform will respond to the almost-certain future attempts to regulate its business not just in Australia, but all over the world.