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News Corp inks Australia Facebook deal, signalling truce after blackout

Facebook's shutting out all media content in the country for a week last month angered world leaders, as the blackout included emergency services and government health pages

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News Corp was first to say it struck a Facebook deal, but free-to-air television broadcaster and newspaper publisher Seven West Media Ltd has previously said it signed a letter of intent to do so. (Photo: Reuters)

Byron Kaye | Reuters Sydney

3 min read Last Updated : Mar 17 2021 | 4:28 AM IST

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp reached a content-supply deal with Facebook Inc in Australia, the companies said on Tuesday, a step toward settling a dispute that saw the social media giant briefly shut down thousands of pages in the country.

The agreement, terms of which were not disclosed, makes News Corp the first major media outlet to strike a Facebook deal under controversial new laws that let an Australian government-appointed arbitrator set fees if companies fail to do so.

Facebook's shutting out all media content in the country for a week last month angered world leaders, as the blackout included emergency services and

Topics : News Corp Facebook

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