Google, Facebook and bush newspapers get ACCC nod to negotiate

Andrew Marshall
Updated August 5 2021 - 2:21pm, first published 2:00pm
Country newspaper groups allowed to bargain with Google, Facebook
Country newspaper groups allowed to bargain with Google, Facebook

The regional media industry body representing 81 small-scale local newspaper publishers around Australia will be able to negotiate with new-age social media giants Google and Facebook about getting paid for news content published on their global internet platforms.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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