How much viewership do Facebook and Google’s platforms add to news agencies? If the news agencies want a piece of the pie – is there any motivation other than wanting more money? In this episode of Life in the Cloud, Jake Jorgovan and Kris Reddy review a Wall Street Journal article. The article outlines new legislation in Australia. Now, Facebook and Google have to pay local Australian news companies to post their content.
How much viewership do Facebook and Google’s platforms add to news agencies? If the news agencies want a piece of the pie – is there any motivation other than wanting more money?
In this episode of Life in the Cloud, Jake Jorgovan and Kris Reddy review a Wall Street Journal article. The article outlines new legislation in Australia. Now, Facebook and Google have to pay local Australian news companies to post their content.
When should a platform be required to pay the publisher? In which situations should that payment be required? What if Google and Facebook didn’t make money on ads?
We discuss the anomaly of leverage that Google and Facebook carry. What would happen if Google shut down in a country?
How do you regulate or even break up companies like Google or Facebook? Hear us hypothesize and postulate these questions and more on this episode.
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