The Australian Tech Deal with Big Media is Terrible feat. Christopher Warren
On this episode, host Sidharth Bhatia is joined by Christopher Warren, a veteran journalist who is currently the media editor of Crikey, Australia's leading independent news service. Christopher reports on media, old and new, and has been writing about media disruption and innovation for over a decade. He recently wrote a piece called 'How Australia Ended Up with the Worst Deal Possible'. The deal referred to in the article is the fight and subsequent compromise between the Australian government and tech giants like Facebook and Google, about payment for content to the big media houses. This case is being followed closely by governments, media companies and readers worldwide.
On this episode, Sidharth and Christopher get into this extremely meaty issue by talking about what the Australian government is trying to do with these proposals, whether it's actually a good feasible path forward or whether it's a terrible deal, why this issue has come about in the first place, where publishers stand in all this, what a more feasible option could be, and lots more. Tune in for a very important conversation.
Read Christopher's article on the topic: https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/02/24/media-diversity-hit-old-media-big-tech-cash/
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