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Seven Chairman Kerry Stokes hails new partnership with Facebook which "reflects the value of our original news content."

The ABC is on the brink of signing a lucrative deal for its journalism to appear in Google’s Showcase product as the national broadcaster secures an undertaking from Facebook to restore ABC Kids, which the social network inadvertently blocked. Facebook has not offered to make a commercial deal with the ABC, however, and the social media giant’s latest offering to Nine Entertainment and News Corp Australia has been rejected. Industry sources said...

As part of Google Showcase, Guardian Australia will be able to control when and what Guardian stories are presented to readers in Showcase, and will have more control over how stories are presented in story panels in Google News. The agreement is one of over 50 Google has made with publishers in Australia, and over 500 in the world as part of News Showcase. In the past two weeks Google has been signing deals with Seven West Media, Nine, News Corp, as well as smaller players including Junkee Media. The ABC has yet to reach an agreement with Google. The 11th-hour deals were made as the federal ...

February 18, 2021 4:31 This week Pearman Media’s Steve Allen joined the Mumbrellacast team to breakdown Google Showcase and what it means for publishers as negotiations in the News Media Bargaining Code roll on. As well as being the first major media brand to sign up to Google Showcase, Seven West Media revealed its significant debt pile had been slashed by 42% to $329 million and reported a net profit of $116.4 million in the first half of the financial year, meaning the company’s $170 million cost savings program is on track. In a better position than expected, the results raise questi...

Largest Australian media company so far to sign on with Google ahead of parliamentary debate of news code