Details 23 February 2021
According to an article just published on Bloomberg, Facebook has announced that it is working to restore news pages in Australia after reportedly coming to an agreement with the government over the Media Bargaining Code. Quoting William Easton, MD of Facebook Australia, Bloomberg reported that restrictions on news sharing should be lifted in the coming days . This comes shortly after the Australian government, which initially said it will not budge on the matter, made several changes to the legislation, said the article. This includes offering digital platforms time to ink commercial deals with publishers before forcing them into a final-offer arbitration .
Premature to write off newspaper industry 12 Jan 2021 / 11:56 H. The final edition of New Sabah Times.
PETALING JAYA: The obituary has already been written and published for many newspapers. Two Malaysian newspapers that have stopped rolling off the presses are the English daily
New Sabah Times and business daily
The Edge Financial Daily.
Those that still make it to the news-stands every morning are seeing their circulation dropping by the day as traditional readers pass on while many younger readers prefer social media for their news consumption.
The Covid-19 pandemic has only made things worse. Advertising revenue, the bread and butter of every newspaper, has hit