{"id":141646,"date":"2021-04-29T02:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=17676"},"modified":"2021-04-29T02:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:01:04","slug":"country-press-australia-can-team-up-to-deal-with-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/29\/country-press-australia-can-team-up-to-deal-with-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Press Australia can team-up to deal with big tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
Country Press Australia<\/strong> has been given permission by the competition watchdog to collectively negotiate with big tech firms Google and Facebook to secure revenue-sharing deals for its more than 80 members.<\/p>\n The interim authorisation for the industry body to collectively bargain with Facebook and Google is the first of its kind to be issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and paves the way for its members to secure commercial deals with the big tech firms.<\/p>\n The authorisation is only required because, despite being passed into law, no company has been designated under the media bargaining code, which would have automatically allowed this collective bargaining to take place.<\/p>\n