MSoM #002 | Ben May and the news media bargaining code's impact on the digital industry.
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In this episode of MSoM, I'm joined by Ben May the Founder and MD of The Code Company and Co-founder at Publisha. We talk about the downstream impact of the news media bargaining code and how it changes how pubslishers do business. Ben has over a decade of experience working with news publishers and media businesses in Australia, particularly from an infrastructure front, building the digital solutions that make news publishers run on the internet. We talk about how media companies should approach Google’s News Showcase from an audience, discoverability and data front, the idea of a walled garden approach to hosting news, the real value of Facebook audiences for publishers, and how media companies are already investing into deleveraging the influence and risk associated with big tech.
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📚 Resources
AU Government explanatory memorandum on the News Media Bargaining Code
Official Statement from Facebook
Launch of the Google News Showcase
Facebook sacrifices Australian truth for global dollars - The Australian Financial Review
Google, Nine agree commercial terms for news content - Sydney Morning Herald
You can find Ben May on Twitter and LinkedIn and Code.co
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