Did that media code just get gutted by Facebook? Yes … an update
We were right – the Media Code is dead. A sweet side deal has been struck with News Corp and Nine Entertainment bypassing all the conditions in the Code and …
Regulate the tech giants
The Government’s News Media Bargaining Code legislation has passed the House of Reps and seems likely to get through the Senate with Labor support. It’s a ridiculous bill and a sop to …
Mandatory media code is patronage
Having persuaded the Government that Google and Facebook should subsidise large, old-style media, the Murdoch press is at it again, wanting to privatise/make more conservative, the National broadcaster. This will …
Fires – downplayed by Murdoch
As fires rage out of control, News Limited papers don’t appear to think it matters, relegating coverage of the disaster to page 4 in the case of The Herald Sun …