AppleMagazine – August 16, 2019

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A personfamiliarwiththematterconfirmed
thatFacebookhasapproachedNewsCorp.
aboutpayingtolicenseWallStreetJournal
stories.Thepersonrequestedanonymity
becausetheywerenotauthorizedtospeak
publiclyaboutthematter.


TheJournalreportwasnotclearastowhether
Facebookwasoffering$3milliontoindividual
publishersorintotaltoallnewsorganizations.


Manyinthenewsindustryhavelongblamed
FacebookandGoogleforusingtheircontent
forfreewhilethesocialnetworkslurpedup
themajorityofdigitaladdollars,imperiling
thenewsindustry.A bipartisanbillintroduced
inCongressthisyearwouldgrantanantitrust
exemptiontonewscompanies,lettingthem
bandtogethertonegotiatepaymentsfromthe
bigtechplatforms.


TheWashingtonPost,whichwasalsonamedin
thereportasa companyFacebookapproached,
declinedtocomment.TheWaltDisneyCo.,
whichownsABC,didnotimmediatelyrespond
toa messageforcomment.


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