Tag: Media
Antitrust, Section 230 & the First Amendment
The First Amendment allows antitrust action against media companies for their business practices, but not for their editorial judgments. Section 230 mirrors this distinction...
The Future of Innovation in News Production – Transcript
Below, we have provided the full transcript of our panel discussion The Future of Innovation in News Production. Read below to see the timely...
Google To Pay News Publishers $1B Over 3 Years
Google will pay publishers more than US$1 billion over the next three years through a new program for licensing news, reported Reuters.
The tech giant...
Facebook Threatens To Block News In Australia If Regulations Are Enacted
Facebook users in Australia may soon be blocked from sharing news.
The social media giant is threatening to make it impossible for users in Australia...
Fairly Balanced
By Ramsi Woodcock (What am I Missing?)
Ben Smith must be congratulated for writing one of the few accounts in the Times of the battle between Big...
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! How the Media Bit Back...
By Matthew Lees (Arnold Bloch Leibler)1
Introduction
While the final report by the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) in its digital platforms inquiry
addresses various important issues...
Advertising, Content, and Welfare
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Advertising, Content, and Welfare
By David S. Evans (Global Economics Group)
The attention market involves competition in which platforms acquire time...
Australia: Seven West Media announces merger with Prime Media Group
Australia’s Seven West Media has agreed a deal to acquire regional broadcast group Prime Media. The move is a further step in the consolidation...
Ireland: CCPC requires commitments for The Midland Tribune acquisition
Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared, subject to binding commitments, the proposed acquisition of certain business assets of the Midland Tribune...
US: Lions Gate may spin off Starz
Lions Gate Entertainment is weighing whether to spin off Starz, the studio's fast-expanding premium cable channel, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar...
