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> corrupt all the way down I'm sure I read somewhere, possibly also on Crikey, that News Corp practically wrote the legislation for the Australian Government,

> corrupt all the way down I'm sure I read somewhere, possibly also on Crikey, that News Corp practically wrote the legislation for the Australian Government, and that some amendments were necessary so that the state-funded ABC would not be excluded from the deal. I'll try to find reference to that. Edit, stinging Crikey article here[1] Edit two, here's an article mentioning including state broadcasters in the code[2] Stratechery did an in-depth breakdown of elements of the legislation[0] [0]https://stratechery.com/2020/australias-news-media-bargaining-code-breaking-down-the-code-australias-fake-news/ https://stratechery.com/2020/australias-news-media-bargainin... [1]https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/08/28/google-facebook-accc-changes/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/08/28/google-facebook-accc-ch... [2]https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/25/google-and-facebook-news-payments-to-include-abc-and-sbs-after-change-to-draft-code https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/25/google-and-fac...

creata 6y ago
Wow, I wonder why Crikey's tone on this legislation changed so much between August 2020 and now.
- BLKNSLVR 6y ago
  Different journalists. Bernard Keane is a firebrand. I find that a good sign that Crikey doesn't get too editorially involved in the journalism.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> News Corp practically wrote the legislation for the Australian Government That makes sense. It fits in with News Corps long war on news aggregating tech firms (Google, largely) and their several failed attempts to lead alternative services controlled by the traditional publishing industry (with themselves in the steering seat.) So, having failed to compete, they’ve just decided to lobby government to put its finger on the scale to impose a plan as nonviable as their own prior commercial ventures: if they can’t succeed in the news aggregating portal business, they’ll make news aggregation and search a business in which success is brutally punished with terms that make the business completely nonviable.

creata 6y ago

Wow, I wonder why Crikey's tone on this legislation changed so much between August 2020 and now.

BLKNSLVR 6y ago
Different journalists. Bernard Keane is a firebrand. I find that a good sign that Crikey doesn't get too editorially involved in the journalism.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> News Corp practically wrote the legislation for the Australian Government That makes sense. It fits in with News Corps long war on news aggregating tech firms (Google, largely) and their several failed attempts to lead alternative services controlled by the traditional publishing industry (with themselves in the steering seat.) So, having failed to compete, they’ve just decided to lobby government to put its finger on the scale to impose a plan as nonviable as their own prior commercial ventures: if they can’t succeed in the news aggregating portal business, they’ll make news aggregation and search a business in which success is brutally punished with terms that make the business completely nonviable.