Mark Zuckerberg is playing chicken with Australian news
April 10, 2024
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Episode 1219 · April 10, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg is playing chicken with Australian news
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<p>Three years ago, Australia became the first nation in the world to make Facebook pay for news. </p><p>Now, those deals are about to expire, and Facebook isn’t willing to renew them.</p><p>That leaves Australia’s world-first deal hanging by a thread, and if the conflict escalates, it could even lead to Facebook and its other products, Instagram and WhatsApp, pulling out of the Australian market completely.</p><p>Today, contributor to<em> The Saturday Paper </em>and author of <em>Media Unmade: Australian Media’s Most Disruptive Decade </em>Tim Burrowes, on why the world is watching Mark Zuckerberg’s fight with the Australian media and government.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Contributor to<em> The Saturday Paper </em>and author of <em>Media Unmade: Australian Media’s Most Disruptive Decade </em>Tim Burrowes</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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