[LINK] LeMonde > Murdoch + Once-Was-Fairfax?

[Roger Clarke]

On 24/1/21 5:47 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Trying to relive the old days, on Saturday morning I treated myself to
> two printed newspapers to read over breakfast. Is this still a market?

Facile answer:  yes, because you bought a newspaper.

I can't find a lot of freebee data, but here are two partial indicators
of the scale of change:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Australia_by_circulation
SMH print circulation peaked in 2007 at 212K, in 2019 down to 78K
Age similar
AFR                                      88K,                 39K
CT                              2005     36K,                 13K
(Tits and bums media have gone down by a somewhat lower percentage)

https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/05/25/print-newspapers-power-weakens-as-circulation-slumps-coronaviurs/
> Measured virus to virus, Australian daily metropolitan newspaper print
circulation has fallen by over two-thirds — from about 2.4 million in
2003 at the time of the first SARS outbreak to less than 800,000 today.

So  ...  Yes, it's a smaller market.

And ...  Yes, it's a market.

What I can't believe is the disappearance of the 'customise your own'
morning edition, 'get printable PDF' in your e-mailbox at 06:00.

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> The itnews article mentions Google News Showcase
> 
>> Google News Initiative
>> Our $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers
> ...
>> We’ve signed partnerships for News Showcase with nearly 200 leading
>> publications across Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and
>> Australia
>>
> https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/google-news-showcase/
> 
> 
> Marghanita
> 
> On 22/1/21 9:59 pm, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> [ There was an interesting juxtaposition of stories today.
>>
>> [ The Gorilla Strategy: Provided that we retain the capacity to use our
>> market power to beat content-providers to a pulp and agree to pay
>> pitiful amounts to publishers, that's alright. Pass a platform-specific
>> law??? <Spit>. ]
>>
>> [ Le Monde, assuming it sustains the public's belief that it delivers
>> quality news, commentary and style, may get by - at least as long as
>> Google's much-vaunted translation software produces low-grade output. ]
>>
>> _______
>>
>> Google seals content payment deal with French news publishers
>> Mathieu Rosemain
>> itNews
>> Jan 22 2021
>> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/google-seals-content-payment-deal-with-french-news-publishers-560049
>>
>>
>> Google and a French publishers' lobby said on Thursday they had agreed a
>> copyright framework under which the US tech giant will pay news
>> publishers for content online, in a first for Europe.
>> ...
>> Google has so far only signed licensing agreements with a few
>> publications in France, including national daily newspapers Le Monde and
>> Le Figaro. These take into account the framework agreed with APIG, a
>> Google spokesman said.
>> [ Comment deleted about blowing the house down. ]
>> ...
>> The deal follows months of bargaining between Google, French publishers
>> and news agencies over how to apply revamped EU copyright rules, which
>> allow publishers to demand a fee from online platforms showing extracts
>> of their news.
>>
>> The world's biggest search engine initially fought against the idea of
>> paying publishers for content, saying their websites benefited from
>> greater traffic brought by Google.
>>
>> _______
>>
>> Google threatens to withdraw search engine in Australia
>> Justin Hendry
>> itNews
>> Jan 22 2021
>> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/google-threatens-to-withdraw-search-engine-in-australia-560068
>>
>>
>> Google has threatened to stop making its search engine available in
>> Australia if the federal government’s landmark mandatory media
>> bargaining law passes in its current form.
>> ...
>>
>> _______
>>
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