1. This may open the door to funding opportunities for independent media options beyond the News Corp / Fairfax (Channel 9) duopoly.
2. Extractive, US-owned corporations paying money to Australian companies is a net win.
3. Over time Google has changed the nature of its organic search offering to be less fair to site operators. Reducing screen real estate for organic results versus ads, harvesting search snippets for Q&A style data etc. Without outside intervention it could be difficult for operators to strike a better deal.
1. This may open the door to funding opportunities for independent media options beyond the News Corp / Fairfax (Channel 9) duopoly.
2. Extractive, US-owned corporations paying money to Australian companies is a net win.
3. Over time Google has changed the nature of its organic search offering to be less fair to site operators. Reducing screen real estate for organic results versus ads, harvesting search snippets for Q&A style data etc. Without outside intervention it could be difficult for operators to strike a better deal.