If only a country did this, where 4 companies didn't own 90% of the newspaper market.
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That's a good thing.
nah, it's just gonna end up in murdoch's coffers.
Go Australia, tax them the shit out if their safe heavens!
They're just grifting for Rupert. We don't get the money.
If the funding goes to independent news sources like 404media but in Australia. I'll be very happy.
Unfortunately I don't know of much in the way of independent media in Australia.
we have loads of great independent media that collectively control about 0.01% of the market.
they will not be seeing this money. it's going to the oligarchy controlled legacy media.
juice media did a great bit on the previous iteration of it https://www.thejuicemedia.com/news-corp-bargaining-code/
I don't see anything about it going directly to them only. Except for the 4 year old video. The code was supposed to be updated at least once since then. Any idea on what changed if anything?
Edit:
According to this it seems the only hurdles are "be a corporation" and have 150k in revenue over the last year. So the bar is pretty low tbh.
Yeah the truth is, this will benefit the Murdochs and Stokeses fairly exclusively overall.
This government isn’t fighting Big Tek for the little bloke. They’re doing it to try and stop these media groups from putting out too much bad publicity.
The proposed News Bargaining Incentive, as currently drafted, does not address the underlying issues in the News Media Bargaining Code on which it is based. Commercially focused eligibility requirements create barriers to participation for small publishers and volunteer-based community media, further entrenching the status quo in a media landscape that is already one of the most concentrated in the world. Funding is needed not only to prop up existing publishers, but to regenerate a battered news industry and better serve Australian communities with relevant and reliable news services.
https://lina.org.au/2026/04/28/news-bargaining-incentive-revenue-distribution/ and https://www.cbaa.org.au/news/cbaa-comms/2026/04/28/response-to-the-news-bargaining-incentive-consulta
you need to give them an email address but you can read some broader thoughts here https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/29/news-media-bargaining-incentive-big-tech-australian-news/
Thanks I'll take a look
We really need a list detailing which independent people-owned news media are best for specific countries, internationally, and online
What does 404media specialize in?
https://solutionsjournalism.org/, https://goodgoodgood/ com & https://goodnewsnetwork.org/ are good too from my experience
404 came out of vice I believe. Set up their own company after being laid off. Mostly tech, surveillance and science news. Obviously this is politics too since it is all politicised these days.
This is one of the more interesting reads.
So in a way we need more alternatives made from people who are laid instead of them going to same companies that will just lay them off again
Appreciate all this too, thank you!
if its going to Murdoch it isnt helping anything.
Maybe they should coordinate this with the EU and Canada to ram it through Trump's tantrum.
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Oh like Canada?
Yeah that won't work.
Source: am Canadian
Do we know if it worked? I thought the law got passed but we backed off from enforcing it due to america's recent instability and trade "negotiations". Source: Am befuddled Canadian.
It backfired, meta completely blocked all news and media sites, and any link from them—except for alt-right ones of course.
Yeah, if enough countries join, what are the facebooks going to do, go on strike? (if only)
All I know is I couldn't share any news links to any Mwta platform. That was when I still had an account.
Maybe if they show some fortitude we may reconsid...hahhaahha
Enact the DST Mark
because the Australian news media space is famously uncorrupt
Donald won’t be happy. Canada had to give up on this idea.