{"id":1722,"date":"2018-01-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/rupert-murdoch-calls-for-carriage-fee-for-trusted-publishers\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:00:00","slug":"rupert-murdoch-calls-for-carriage-fee-for-trusted-publishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/25\/rupert-murdoch-calls-for-carriage-fee-for-trusted-publishers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Murdoch Calls For Carriage Fee for Trusted Publishers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rupert Murdoch has called for a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies for trusted news media publishers to ensure content creators are adequately rewarded for their investment in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp, said in a statement this week: &ldquo;Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms that are profitable for these platforms but inherently unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Recognition of a problem is one step on the pathway to cure, but the remedial measures that both companies have so far proposed are inadequate, commercially, socially and journalistically.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There has been much discussion about subscription models but I have yet to see a proposal that truly recognizes the investment in and the social value of professional journalism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will closely follow the latest shift in Facebook&rsquo;s strategy, and I have no doubt that Mark Zuckerberg is a sincere person, but there is still a serious lack of transparency that should concern publishers and those wary of political bias at these powerful platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The time has come to consider a different route. If Facebook wants to recognize &lsquo;trusted&rsquo; publishers then it should pay those publishers a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services. 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