Michael Boggs: NZME CEO on the need for a backstop from the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill

Published: May 28, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

A media company chief executive says agreements to make tech companies pay for news have been successful in other countries. \xa0

A Select Committee's recommended the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill not be passed in its current form. \xa0

Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says they've not made a decision.\xa0

Michael Boggs, the CEO of NZME which owns Newstalk ZB, told Mike Hosking that the current Minister and Prime Minister know there are issues. \xa0

He says they're not looking for a handout, just legislation that gives them a backstop in dealing with global social media and tech platforms.\xa0

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