Seven announces deal with Facebook hours after the tech giant backflips on news sharing

February 23, 2021 6:33

Seven West Media has announced it has signed a letter of intent to provide news content to Facebook. The announcement comes just hours after Facebook revealed it would allow the sharing of news content on its platform after the Australian government agreed to make amendments to the news media bargaining code.

Stokes labelled the partnership “significant”

Seven was also the first of the major media to sign a letter of intent with Google to join its News Showcase.

Seven West Media Chairman Kerry Stokes said: “The establishment of this new partnership with Facebook is a significant move for our business and reflects the value of our original news content across our successful metropolitan and regional broadcast, digital and print properties.

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Damian Francis

I take care of the operations and subscription content at Unmade. I was previously head of content at Mumbrella and prior to that, editor of AdNews. I have been a journalist since 2004.