J57 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting

Google flags $400m for journalism

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 28 : 22-Mar-18

Technology giant Google hopes to improve its relationship with international media companies via its Google News Initiative. Google has committed to investing $US300m ($A389m) in a range of news-related projects, including changes to its search algorithms to ensure that "authoritative" news sources are displayed first in its search results. Meanwhile, the Subscribe with Google project will make it easier for Google users to take out subscriptions with news publishers via Google’s platform.

CORPORATES
GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, MAINCIHI, FIRST DRAFT, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

Truth to triumph in Google’s new news algorithm

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 21-Mar-18

Technology giant Google has announced a range of initiatives that are designed to assist news publishers to gain more revenue from their content. Amongst other things, Google will change its algorithms to ensure that
"authoritative" news sources are given precedence in its search results, while it will also launch a program which will allow people to subscribe to a wide range of digital newspapers via their Google account.

CORPORATES
GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, BUZZFEED INCORPORATED, WPP PLC

Sharp rise in social media abuse calls for defamation law reform

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

The proportion of defamation cases emanating from digital publication – be it social media, a blog or a news web site – has risen from 17 per cent to 53 per cent over the 10 years to 2017, according to the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Centre also found that the majority of "digital defamation" cases over the period between 2013 and 2017 did not involve paid journalists. Peter Fray, professor of journalism practice at UTS, claims people are becoming addicted to defamation, and that Australian defamation laws need to change.

CORPORATES
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PRESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Australian talent misses out as Netflix ramps up

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Karl Quinn
The Age – Page: 15 : 2-Mar-18

Netflix intends to spend around $US8 billion ($A10.27 billion) on content in 2018, but Australian film and television producers are yet to see much of that investment. Thus far, fantasy/crime program "Tidelands" is the only Australian program that Netflix has commissioned. Although around 30 per cent of Australian households subscribe to Netflix, a survey presented to a review of Australian and children’s screen content in September found that only between two and 2.5 per cent of the content shown on Netflix in Australia was of local origin.

CORPORATES
NETFLIX INCORPORATED, RMIT UNIVERSITY, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Media chiefs hail digital inquiry

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 19 : 27-Feb-18

Media industry executives are supportive of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s inquiry into the digital media sector. News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller says it looks forward to actively participating in the inquiry, while Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner says the company is keen to express its views. Miller says the inquiry represents an opportunity to reform the digital media sector into one that offers the opportunity for all participants to compete on a "more even playing field"

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, NEWS CONNECT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, SNAPCHAT INCORPORATED, APPLE INCORPORATED

Murdoch backed over Facebook fees

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 22 : 29-Jan-18

There is growing support in Australia and abroad for Rupert Murdoch’s proposal for digital companies such as Facebook and Google to pay for the news content that they redistribute. Nine Entertainment Company CEO Hugh Marks says the issue needs to be addressed urgently, adding that there are several other options that are worth considering. Murdoch’s proposal has also received a favourable response from NewsMediaWorks CEO Peter Miller, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell and North America’s News Media Alliance.

CORPORATES
NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, NEWSMEDIAWORKS, WPP PLC, NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE, FEDERATION OF GERMAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Netflix hits top ranking in Australian brand survey

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 22 : 29-Jan-18

Netflix and YouTube have topped YouGov’s annual list of the top 10 consumer brands in Australia. Other brands in the YouGov BrandIndex 2017 include Aldi, Kmart, Google, Bunnings and Coles. Netflix entered the Australian market in 2015, and while it does not provide data on local subscription numbers, Roy Morgan estimates that about three million Australian households subscribe to the streaming video service.

CORPORATES
NETFLIX INCORPORATED, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, YOUGOV LIMITED, ROY MORGAN LIMITED, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, KMART AUSTRALIA LIMITED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKETS, PAYPAL INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, CBS CORPORATION, DICK SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED, KOGAN.COM LIMITED – ASX KGN

Publishers back Murdoch’s fee model

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 15 & 18 : 24-Jan-18

NewsMediaWorks CEO Peter Miller has welcomed a proposal by Rupert Murdoch for Facebook to pay a "carriage fee" for republishing media content such as newspaper articles. Miller is confident that members of NewsMediaWorks, which include major media companies, will also support the proposal. Murdoch says carriage fees would recognise the value of quality news content to Facebook while having little impact on its profits. Murdoch adds that Facebook and Google must do more to ensure that the selection of news stories that appear on their websites is politically impartial.

CORPORATES
NEWSMEDIAWORKS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS HOLDINGS LIMITED, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Sponsors’ hijacking warning

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Jennifer Duke
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 23 : 12-Jan-18

Michael Naraine of Deakin University’s Business School says political activists may "hijack" the hashtags of major corporate sponsors of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. He notes that there was a similar trend for social media users to use the hashtags of companies to make political statements during the 2014 Winter Oympics. Naraine adds that political tensions over North Korea may see activists ramp up their use of sponsors’ hashtags to make political statements during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

CORPORATES
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY. DEAKIN BUSINESS SCHOOL, McDONALD’S CORPORATION, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, VISA INTERNATIONAL, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, PANASONIC, LG ELECTRONICS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, INSTAGRAM LLC

ACCC to investigate advertising secrets of Google and Facebook

roymorgansocial Leave a comment

Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 17 & 28 : 5-Dec-17

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims is confident that it has sufficient powers to investigate the market power of digital platforms such as Google and Facebook. He says the ACCC’s inquiry into the impact of digital platforms on competition in media and advertising markets is likely to take around 18 months, with the Federal Government to receive a preliminary report on its findings within 12 months. Sims adds that the ACCC will seek input from all parties affected by the growing market dominance of digital players.

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, WPP PLC, GROUPM COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD