Our response to the ACCC's digital platforms inquiry

Answering your top questions about Google News Showcase

10 February 2021 blog by Kate Beddoe with the latest on News Showcase

Google News Showcase launches in Australia

4 February 2021 blog by Kate Beddoe on the roll out of our news licensing program in Australia

Answering your top questions about the News Media Bargaining Code

31 January 2021 blog post with answers to questions about the impact of the code on Google services

Mel Silva's opening statement to the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry

22 January 2021 blog with Mel Silva's opening statement

8 Facts about Google and the News Media Bargaining Code

22 January 2021 summary of important facts we shared with the Senate Economics Legislation Committee

The News Media Bargaining Code remains unworkable—but there is a path forward

17 December 2020 blog by Mel Silva on the pathway to a workable code

Submissions to the draft News Media Bargaining Code show significant concern

12 January 2021 blog by Mel Silva highlighting submissions made by organisations and individuals in response to the draft Code

A Fair Code for an Open Internet

23 November 2020 blog by Vint Cerf on the code's implications for the open internet

Australia's News Media Bargaining Code: an update

16 November 2020 blog on our fundamentals for the final version of the code

A fair news bargaining code matters for regional Australia

28 October 2020 op-ed by Mel Silva on the code and regional Australia

Australian code’s unreasonable payment rules

Oct 11 2020 blog on the code's unfair payment rules and unclear definitions

Australia’s media code won’t allow fair negotiations

27 September 2020 blog explaining the code's flawed arbitration model

Small business and Australia’s media bargaining code

25 September 2020 blog on how Australia's news bargaining code would affect businesses

A workable publisher code for Australia

13 September 2020 op-ed by Mel Silva that was first published in the Australian Financial Review

How Google supports the news industry

7 September 2020 blog that answers some basic questions about Google and news

De-classified: What really happened to newspapers

4 September 2020 blog by Nic Hopkins looking at the reasons behind the transformation of the news industry

13 things you need to know about the News Media Bargaining Code

24 August 2020 blog post with answers to to your top questions about the ACCC's code

An update regarding the proposed News Media Bargaining Code

17 August 2020 open letter by Mel Silva sharing our concerns about the News Media Bargaining Code

New Australian regulation will have negative consequences for the YouTube Community: what you need to know

17 August 2020 letter by Gautam Anand to YouTubers on how the News Bargaining Code could impact them

A fact-based discussion about news online

31 May 2020 blog by Mel Silva addressing inaccurate claims about the economic value of news content on Google Search

Responding to the revised publisher code process in Australia

3 May 2020 blog by Mel Silva to clarify misconceptions about how Google works with publishers

Google on the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry

17 September 2019 blog by Mel Silva on Google's response to the final report

Our response to the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry Preliminary Report

21 February 2019 blog by Mel Silva on Google's response to the preliminary report