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Publishers prepare to take on TikTok over news

Tess Bennett
Tess BennettTechnology reporter

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Media companies are preparing to strike their first commercial agreements with Chinese internet giant ByteDance, bolstered by the government’s plan to introduce a TikTok tax if the tech company does not successfully negotiate with them.

News publishers including Nine Entertainment and News Corp Australia have successfully campaigned to have TikTok-owner ByteDance included in the government’s revised media bargaining rules.

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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com

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