But the lobby group campaigning for better public media says there’s a better way to ‘send a lifeboat’. “I just think media companies can do their own individual deals with those tech platforms - as your umbrella organisation NZME and others have as well,” he told Mike Hosking. “Meta has not renewed after a year because I think they think this (Bill) isn't going to happen,” he said. Photo:Media expert Dr Peter Thompson - speaking as chair of the lobby group Better Public Media - told the Committee news businesses support the Bill because they're in such difficult commercial circumstances. But we'd rather send a lifeboat,” told the Committee last week.

Source: Stuff February 24, 2024 20:58 UTC