JOURNALISM

Reuters’ top editor slams AI plunder

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Original article by James Madden
The Australian – Page: 3 : 22-Jul-26

Reuters’ editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni delivered the annual Andrew Olle Lecture at the ABC’s Sydney headquarters last night. Galloni used her speech to warn of the impact of artificial intelligence technology on the media industry. She said the industry is facing a new and potentially existential challenge from AI companies that are using copyrighted news content to train their models, with a resulting loss of revenue for media organisations. Galloni added that Reuters’ business model demonstrates that the licensing of news content to third parties can work; however, she said that some licensing conditions must be non-negotiable, including fair payment and attribution of the original source.

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REUTERS HOLDINGS PLC, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Rupert, Lachlan and me: inside the Murdochs’ medieval fiefdom

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Original article by Amanda Meade
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 6-Aug-24

Eric Beecher has written a new book called ‘The Men Who Killed the News’, which looks at the abuse of power by media moguls from William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk. Beecher’s career in journalism included a number of years with the Murdoch family-owned News Corporation, with Beecher saying that News Corp is like a "’medieval fiefdom", where editors learn through "a kind of osmosis" rather than through direct instruction. Beecher says he had been working on the book slowly for years, with the impetus to finish it coming in 2022, when he was personally sued by Lachlan Murdoch over an article that appeared in Crikey; Murdoch eventually dropped the case in April 2023.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Original reporting is hard to define: Google

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 15-Oct-19

Defining original reporting can be difficult, according to Google’s vice-president of search, Ben Gomes. The technology company has received a lot of criticism in the past for the way it displays news reports in Google News, and it has recently stated that it will change its algorithms and rating guidelines. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission stated in the final report of its digital platforms inquiry that digital platforms are not rewarding publishers who produce original content, and content that had taken time and effort to produce is being copied by rival companies within hours of being placed online.

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