On 22 May, Newscorp and OpenAI announced a multi-year licensing deal. You can see NewsCorp’s announcement here, and OpenAI’s announcement here. The deal follows others between OpenAI and media companies, including with the Financial Times (here).
Read MoreA Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society has been established inquire into and report on the influence and impacts of social media on Australian society. Its terms of reference include: (a) the use of age verification to protect Australian children from social media; (b) the decision of Meta to abandon deals […]
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Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI) and Penguin Random House (PRH) to provide practical experience and mentoring to the next generation of Australian longform writers, culminating in the opportunity to publish a piece in a Penguin Random House anthology. The […]
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The media industry’s night of nights gave recognition to Australia’s best journalists, photographers, editors and more for their incredible coverage of the year that was 2021.
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The 2021 finalists have been revealed for the 66th Annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
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The Walkley Foundation’s mid-year awards celebrate excellence in Australian journalism, honouring the year’s best engaging stories, investigative skills and voice diversity.
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As the 2021-22 annual budget was announced earlier this month, the federal government committed 15 million dollars’ to the Australian Associated Press (AAP) for the next two years. The decision follows a campaign by the AAP leadership for federal government assistance.
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The Copyright Agency is inviting creators to submit information about where their works have been published to be eligible to claim their share of copyright royalty payments.
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Copyright Agency and Streem announce a new licensing agreement that sets a benchmark for valuing news content in the digital era.
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I’m actually delighted to be recognised by the Pascall Prize, especially because it’s valuing a specialist field that’s really under threat at the moment. And I’d love to thank the judges, the Walkley Foundation, and the Copyright Agency for supporting this vital work of arts criticism. Mireille Juchau won the 2020 Pascall Prize for Arts […]
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This op-ed by Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling originally appeared in The Weekend Australian. The recent announcement that Australian Associated Press will close is not only terrible news for AAP journalists, credible news reporting, and transparency, it is also a strong example of what happens when digital platforms take too much of the value of […]
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In an era where words and pictures are as plentiful as Wi-Fi, it’s important that people who do the hard yakka to write and produce credible and reliable information feel a sense of acknowledgement and recognition of that work. It’s always been the case, but in today’s hyper-connected world, copyright has never been more important.
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I like telling stories, I like creating people and worlds and situations that people enjoy reading…It always seemed such a magical thing to do – to tell stories that wormed their way into people’s hearts and brains. What better way to spend your life!
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Read MoreI look for what’s going on around and beyond the subject or situation and look for something other than the obvious.
Read MoreEvery journalist worth their salt writes to make a difference.
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