{"id":59809,"date":"2023-11-16T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=59809"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:05:50","slug":"tech-giants-share-revenue-local-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/tech-giants-share-revenue-local-media","title":{"rendered":"Communications And Digital Ministry To Ask Tech Giants To Share Ad Revenues With Local Media"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Communications and Digital Ministry intends to initiate engagement sessions with tech giants to develop a revenue-sharing formula with local media companies.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister Teo Nie Ching spoke about the initiative during the Parliament\u2019s Minister Question Time on Wednesday (Nov 15)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertising revenue for most local media companies has dwindled significantly as most have been taken over by tech Giants such as Google and Meta, notes Ching.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ministry intends to start engaging with tech giants so that we can emulate other countries \u2013 with a formula \u2013 whereby advertising revenue can be channelled back to Malaysian media companies,\u201d Ching said.<\/p>\n She was responding to a question by Datuk Mumtaz Md Nawi (PN-Tumpat) who asked how the government will help local publication companies who are currently facing financial difficulties<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ministry intends to emulate Australia and its News Media Bargaining Code<\/a> which puts into law for Google and Facebook to share their advertising revenue with local media firms when linking their content on news feeds or in search results.<\/p>\n Following the landmark decision, the Indonesian government is also proposing a similar law<\/a> for tech giants to pay local media outlets and publishers when their content is linked on Google or Facebook.<\/p>\n Local publishers and the Malaysians Newspaper Publishers Association (MNPA) had urged international tech companies Google and Meta to share their advertising revenue with publishers back in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n