Australia says Google, Facebook close to media ‘significant’ pay deals

Google and Facebook were close to striking significant commercial deals to pay Australian media for news ahead of Australia creating world-first laws that would force the digital giants to finance journalism, a minister said Monday. Parliament is scheduled to consider the draft laws on Tuesday after a Senate committee last week recommended no changes to the proposed regulations that Google and Facebook have condemned as unworkable.

Source: Australia says Google, Facebook close to media ‘significant’ pay deals

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