Dave JI’d be very curious, firstly, to see actual numbers; and secondly, whether these purported job losses coincided with, say, a cost of living crisis that contracted consumer demand for #media and inflated production costs, or restructuring within those companies to enhance shareholder outcomes.
Not that I’d outright accuse the #LNP of making stuff up, natch. #auspol #journalism #SocialMedia #meta https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/113641488545834016
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News companies have shed hundreds of jobs since Meta's refusal to pay them By Jake Evans The nine-month delay to respond to Meta's refusal to continue paying for news cost Australian media hundreds of jobs, the Coalition says, urging the government not to delay any further with its tax on social media giants. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-13/social-media-tax-delay-hundreds-of-news-jobs-cut-meta-refusal/104719760 #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #MediaIndustry #SocialMedia #Journalism #JakeEvans