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[NZ] New Zealand to press ahead with media content pay law
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-press-ahead-with-media-content-pay-law-2024-07-02/New Zealand to press ahead with media content pay law
By Reuters
July 1, 2024 10:33 PM EDT Updated 7 hours ago
SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - New Zealand's conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on Tuesday.
The bill is being introduced as New Zealand media companies struggle against technology firms for advertising dollars, leading them to find new ways to provide news programming.
The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, introduced last year by the previous Labour government, will be presented in Parliament with amendments to support "our local media companies to earn revenue for the news they produce", Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith said.
The proposed changes would align it more closely with Australia's digital bargaining law, Goldsmith said.
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By Reuters
July 1, 2024 10:33 PM EDT Updated 7 hours ago
SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - New Zealand's conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on Tuesday.
The bill is being introduced as New Zealand media companies struggle against technology firms for advertising dollars, leading them to find new ways to provide news programming.
The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, introduced last year by the previous Labour government, will be presented in Parliament with amendments to support "our local media companies to earn revenue for the news they produce", Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith said.
The proposed changes would align it more closely with Australia's digital bargaining law, Goldsmith said.
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