October 2, 2020 $1bn news fund is one small step for Google, but a giant leap for principle of paying for news
September 17, 2020 Australian documents reveal how News Corp, Mail and other publishers plan to battle tech giants on global scale
September 1, 2020 Facebook Australia threatens to block news sharing on its platforms if government forces it to pay publishers for content
August 18, 2020 Google's battle with Australian news industry: Search giant is 'trying to gaslight users because it doesn't want to pay for news'
July 9, 2020 Why publishers should beware content deals with tech giants which replace editors with algorithms
July 6, 2020 Google insists news algorithm applied 'universally' after Mail Online complains visibility 'consistently cut'
July 1, 2020 UK competition watchdog calls for action as Facebook and Google take 80% of £14bn annual digital ad spend
June 29, 2020 News Corp chief Robert Thomson: 'Dysfunctional digital landscape' rewards tech giants not publishers
June 23, 2020 Google forecast to see first drop in US advertising revenue in 2020 as tech platforms take two thirds of market
June 23, 2020 2,000 US publishers push for Journalism Preservation Act as report accuses Google of market abuse
June 18, 2020 Facebook Australia's claim it doesn't need news content is a 'bluff that will fail', says US publishing industry leader
June 16, 2020 Facebook joins Google in rejecting Australia's 'pay for news' proposal, telling publishers: You need us more than we need you
April 30, 2020 Soaring Q1 revenues for Google and Facebook could spell good news for global news industry
April 27, 2020 Ad market abuse concerns cited by shareholders launching bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook chairman
April 16, 2020 Global news industry should celebrate after Google compelled to negotiate with publishers in France
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