ABC and SBS added to Mandatory News Code

  • The ABC and SBS have been included in the draft code of the federal government’s bill that seeks to force Google and Facebook to pay news publishers for their content
  • Labor, the Greens and several crossbenchers suggested the public broadcasters should be added to the ranks of Australian news publishers to benefit from the code
  • If passed, the legislation would force Google and Facebook to share revenue from news links with news publishers or pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.
  • Google was quick to create a new video of that woman on the bus explaining why the code was a bad idea…
  • Facebook has maintained a public silence since announcing on 1 September it would block Australians from sharing news, but is understood to be in confidential negotiations with the government.
  • BUT they are advertising for a Digital News Curator - suggesting they still expect to have news to curate. “Curate credible news and video content from a diverse set of publishers, broadcasters, public figures, and influencers, covering a wide range of subject areas, including news, health, entertainment and sports”
  • https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2304152225/

OANN suspended from YouTube after promoting a sham cure for Covid-19

  • YouTube has suspended the conservative news outlet One America News Network from posting new videos for a week and from making money off of its existing videos after it promoted a sham cure for Covid-19.
  • The video was removed under YouTube’s policies to prevent the spread of Covid-19 misinformation, which prohibit saying there is a guaranteed cure to the virus.
  • OANN has been suspended for “repeated violations” of this policy, said a YouTube spokeswoman, Ivy Choi.
  • OANN has had remarkable growth following the US election, as many Trump voters and Trump himself accused Fox of costing him the election
  • In the Trump orbit, Fox News has become too left leaning…

Salesforce to Buy Slack?

  • According to the Wall Street Journal, Salesforce is in “advanced stages” to buy Slack, the wildly popular workplace collaboration tool
  • The companies could reach a deal within days—in time for Salesforce to report its third-quarter financial results on Tuesday
  • Slack is currently valued at 17 billion, and resisted selling to Microsoft four years ago. Microsoft went on to make Teams, a Slack-like competitor.
  • With Microsoft out of the bidding, and Apple not interested, Salesforce could be the only company with both the cash on hand and the reason to purchase Slack
  • While Slack has the name recognition of Zoom during lockdown, its stock has only modestly improved, while other remote work tools around it have skyrocketed
  • This might suggest that Slack has exhausted its pool of paying customers
  • The size of the deal could be massive, as Salesforce is happy to open its wallet. They bought Tableau for $15 billion and Mulesoft for $6.5 billion. Slack would be Salesforce’s biggest ever...

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