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The old news business model is broken: making Google and Facebook pay won't save journalism

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
Australian advertising expenditure by media format and digital platform.

The federal government is talking tough about making Google and Facebook pay Australian news businesses for linking to, or featuring, these publishers’ content.

The digital platforms have been talking equally tough. Facebook is threatening to remove Australian news stories and Google says it will shut off search to Australia if the...

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