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Caribbean media urges support in face of tech giants

A Caribbean media leader has called for a united approach to regulate social media and technology companies in the region.

Funding questions at the start of the year | PMA Briefing

Belgium’s RTBF faces austerity; Slovenia’s funding remains unknown. Israel’s KAN becomes a political football, and FM falls silent in Switzerland.

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Google threatens to cut out NZ media, while job losses mount

Google opposed to NZ's Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, threatened to stop its deals with media companies & linking their news.

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New Zealand gov’t to press ahead with digital bargaining bill

New Zealand’s gov't is considering changes in legislation that would force tech giants to pay news organisations for their content.

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Australia & NZ confront big tech as media crisis grows

Both Australia and New Zealand are looking to take action against tech platforms to make them pay news providers for their content.

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CBC/Radio-Canada welcomes Google deal

Google will compensate CBC/Radio-Canada and other news media around C$100 million after a deal was reached with the Federal Government.

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Meta pulls news from Canada

Meta has started to pull news content from its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in Canada, after the passage of the Online News Act.

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The Trusted News Initiative creates Asia-Pacific network

Partners in the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) have agreed to expand its global representation by creating a regional Asia-Pacific network.

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Report: Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use

New research assesses how policy makers and legislators are looking to rebalance the power dynamic between big tech and news providers.

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The Digital Services Act (DSA): could it impact public media?

The European Parliament passed the DSA last week – a groundbreaking effort to regulate the internet. But could it impact the media?