OMC09: Levies for aggregators?
Interesting suggestion from National Union of Journalists (NUJ) general secretary and Oxford Media Convention panellist, Jeremy Dear, that content aggregators should be subject to levies.
Dear said the union is opposed to state aid for local media and the relaxation of local media regulation rules, but would consider introducing a levy for those who ‘do not produce content, but live off the back of those who do’.
New media and digital technology is not a threat to journalism – the danger is people who treat news and information as just a commodity, he said.
Online media is becoming dominated in the same ways as traditional media, he added.
Speaking to Journalism.co.uk, Dear said the idea is discussed in a report set for release next week, which focuses on public service broadcasting.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
[...] OMC09: Levies for aggregators? | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Kevin: The UK National Union of Journalists general secretary Jeremy Dear suggested at the Oxford Media Conference that content aggregators should be subject to levies. Laura Oliver of Journalism.co.uk reports: "Dear said the union is opposed to state aid for local media and the relaxation of local media regulation rules, but would consider introducing a levy for those who ‘do not produce content, but live off the back of those who do’." [...]