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Canada eyes Australia's media code to pay for news but wants more 'transparency'

  • Written by Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Google and Meta have reportedly paid more than A$200 million to Australian news outlets since the Morrison government introduced the groundbreaking News Media Bargaining Code a year ago. Yet Canada boasts that its own version of the code will do better.

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez claims the online news bill he intends to...

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