Tech giants have an unequal bargaining power with the meteor organizations. But it just betrays a fundamental misdersand of the intinet, says John Defterios. In spain, Google refused to pay newspapers that appeared in its news tab. The law was repealed within weeks and google made more money from ad revenue than they lost by not serving them.
Ben and James discuss Australia’s Media Bargaining Code and its fall-out.
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- Ben Thompson: Google Makes Deal With News Corp, Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Microsoft’s Shamelessness — Stratechery Daily Update
- James Allworth: Australia’s Proposed “Fox News Tax” — Medium
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