Tech platforms ‘pretty happy’ with news media bargaining code, suspects Gaven Morris

Former director of news at the ABC and newly appointed CEO at Bastion Transform, Gaven Morris has warned that a mixed-modeling approach to publicly-funded journalism could become a “slippery slope”.

Speaking on this week’s Mumbrellacast, to be released tomorrow, Morris said “I think we’ve got to be really careful to be honest because you’ll see some of the big tech and digital platform stamping their feet and complaining about the fact that they’re being forced through regulation to provide more support to the news and journalism industry”.

Morris: tech platforms “pretty happy with the way its worked out”