Media Funding Dilemma: Government vs. Big Tech

While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It's the same in Australia - and this week our friends at the ABC ask if public interest journalism can survive on these online networks - or without them. And if serious news outlets slip into obscurity, what would that mean for our public life?

This is an edition of Future Tense, a weekly show from the ABC's Radio National network. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details