Double Take

News Saviour or Platform Shakedown?


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Early next year, Australia’s world-first news media bargaining turns 3, meaning that many of the deals Google and Meta have done with Australian news media businesses are about to expire. Worth well over $200m annually, these deals have prompted a host of other jurisdictions to follow suit. Yet critics argue the code is flawed, unfair and lacks transparency.

CMT's Sacha Molitorisz speaks with ex-ACCC chair Rod Sims, Columbia journalism scholar Anya Schiffrin, and author and consultant Hal Crawford about the code and its impact, three years on and beyond.

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Double TakeBy Centre for Media Transition