Tech War With News Media Flares in U.S. With New Congress Push
- News media could band together under bill to bargain with tech
- Australia law marked a major victory for news publishers
Publishers scored a major victory last month when Australia passed a law to force the companies to pay for news content.
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The battle between news publishers and Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. that flared up in Australia recently is coming to the U.S.
Lawmakers re-introduced legislation Wednesday to allow news organizations to band together to negotiate with the technology companies over payment for content and the data the companies have about readers.