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Nine urges Albanese to force tech companies to compensate media in face of AI threat

The head of Nine Entertainment has called on the prime minister to prioritise a policy to force global platforms to compensate local media as artificial intelligence-fuelled big tech disrupts the revenue models of publishers around the world. Nine’s chief executive officer, Matt Stanton, said while presenting the company’s half year financial results on Tuesday that the government’s long-awaited news bargaining incentive was at risk of further delay. “This policy is not just of great importance to Nine and the j…

Media & Arts · The Trace — both readings · certified 2026-08-09 · v1 · article view · machine-readable

Current reading — gain

Nine Entertainment secured paid licensing deals allowing domestic corporates to use its content to train in-house large language models.

Current reading — problem

AI-powered search engines and models are delivering answers directly to users through zero-click searches, reducing traffic to news sites and disrupting publisher revenue models in Australia.

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The source notes implementation uncertainty and external dependencies, including that the policy has been delayed amid wider trade negotiations between Australia and the US, complicated by Donald Trump's tariff regime, and that many deals under the original voluntary code have expired.

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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0704, v1: “Nine urges Albanese to force tech companies to compensate media in face of AI threat.” Truvace, 2026-08-09. /record/TRV-2026-0704 (accessed at citation time). sha256 e24ffb168a8928b8

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