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News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC)

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A mandatory code of conduct that requires negotiation of payment for the inclusion of news content on ‘designated’ digital platforms.

It is designed to govern commercial relationships between news organisations and ‘designated’ digital platforms because those platforms “benefit from a significant bargaining power imbalance”.

It was introduced with the enactment of the Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Act 2021 (Cth).

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