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Media companies in Australia are facing mounting calls to explicitly commit to using the money sealed through landmark deals with Google and Facebook to invest in newsrooms and journalism jobs. Following intense negotiations over the government’s media bargaining code, the country’s biggest media companies - Nine Entertainment Co (owner of this masthead), News Corp Australia, Seven West Media and Guardian Australia - have in recent weeks signed multimillion-dollar agreements for their conte...

Features Cathy O’Connor on growing Ooh Media’s market share, leaving radio and hopes for news on Facebook Following the release of Ooh Medias 2020 financial results, Mumbrellas Zanda Wilson spoke with new CEO Cathy OConnor about expectations for 2021 and the impact of Facebooks news ban on Oohs Junkee Media. February 23, 2021 8:41 It may be just a few short months after commencing her role as CEO of Ooh Media but it’s already come time for Cathy O’Connor to give her take on the performa...

A handful of popular Australian news and lifestyle businesses fear Facebooks ban on news content could prove fatal for their websites.

Independent media outlets are warning Facebook’s threat could hurt media diversity.

Small news and lifestyle websites are urging the Australian government to resolve a dispute with Facebook amid fears the ban will have fatal consequences for their operations.

January 20, 2021 11:13 The co-founders of CarExpert – who also founded CarAdvice, before it was bought by Nine and retired as a brand late last year – have waded into the contentious News Media Bargaining Code debate, throwing its support behind both Google and Facebook. CarAdvice owed much of its early success to Google, according to co-founders Alborz Fallah and Paul Maric, and CarExpert is now in a similar position. Both of the big platforms are welcome to access CarExpert content for f...