Facebook and News Corp Have Reached a Three Year News Distribution Deal
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After temporarily disabling Australian news organizations’ ability to share news links in February, Facebook announced on Monday that it had reached a licensing agreement with the news giant News Corp.
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In a statement, News Corp Australia said that the three-year deal would allow the media conglomerate’s properties including the national newspaper The Australian, the news site news.com.au, and major metropolitan papers including The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and The Courier-Mail to share news links on the platform in the country.