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Anthony Albanese’s government will charge social media companies for operating in Australia, with the money used to fund traditional media companies.

Pay up by January 1 or face huge penalties, government tells Zuckerberg

Labor plans to legislate a yearly charge in the tens of millions of dollars on big social media platforms to fund journalism.

  • Paul Sakkal and Calum Jaspan

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‘Ban them’: Nine’s Mike Sneesby, News Corp’s Michael Miller and Seven West Media CEO Jeff Howard in Canberra on Friday.

Jobs on the line as media chiefs unite in stinging rebuke of Meta

The bosses of Nine, News Corp and Seven West Media have called for a potential ban on Facebook if parent company Meta fails to comply with local laws and values.

  • Calum Jaspan
The Google Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.

Faced with paying for news, Google omits California sites for some

The company is against a bill to stop journalism job losses as publishers struggle to make money, while it cashes in on advertising in search results.

  • Adam Beam and Tran Nguyen
Goldman Sachs Australia NZ chairman Josh Frydenberg was the federal treasurer who introduced the media bargaining code.

Frydenberg urges Labor to negotiate with Zuckerberg over media deal

The former federal treasurer, now the Goldman Sachs Australia chairman, said brokering a deal with Meta and Google involved one-on-one conversations with the companies’ chiefs.

  • Jessica Yun
Nine chairman Peter Costello speaks to The Australian Financial Review’s John Kehoe.

Facebook exit would be an ‘existential moment’ for media, Costello warns

Meta’s decision to pull almost $70 million in annual revenue for news organisations puts reputable journalism at risk.

  • Calum Jaspan and Millie Muroi
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington in January.

Job losses and potentially ‘dire’ impact on regional media from Meta’s news exit

Australian Community Media boss Antony Catalano warns of job losses in regional publishing.

  • Calum Jaspan
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All the news that’s fit for Facebook: Meta is opting out of doing deals with Australian news media businesses.

Here’s some news, Meta – you’re defying Australian law

The Morrison government established the tools to force the giant media platforms to pay fairly for news on their sites. Now the Albanese government must use those tools.

  • Paul Fletcher
Facebook has refused to negotiate on further deals with Australian media companies.

Pressure mounts on Facebook to be part of solution to ‘problem they’ve caused’

Former competition regulator Allan Fels says the federal government should use tax law and content rules to maximise pressure on the social media giant to pay for Australian news content.

  • David Crowe
Meta, in a blog post, said interest in its Facebook news tab had declined by 80 per cent.

Albanese government furious over Meta’s plan to pull out of Facebook news deal

Senior ministers have accused Meta of “a dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media”.

  • Calum Jaspan, James Massola and David Swan
Meta and the Canadian government have clashed over new legislation.

Australian media watches on as Canada and Meta clash over news code

Meta is taking on the Canadian government over its new Online News Act, a copycat policy of Australia’s world-first News Media Bargaining Code.

  • Calum Jaspan

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