NZ publishers recruit former Nine execs to lead tech talks – Sydney Morning Herald

By Zoe Samios

May 23, 2022 — 12.00am

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The New Zealand publishing sector has hired former Nine executives, Chris Janz and David Eisman, to negotiate commercial deals for use of their content by Google and Meta, joining a group of international news outlets attempting to level the playing field with the tech behemoths.

New Zealand’s News Publishers’ Association, which represents the interests of 28 local news outlets, will fight to receive about an annual fee of at least NZ$40 million ($36.3 million) from the two tech giants, which have largely failed to engage in a serious way on any commercial deal.

The group received provisional authorisation from its Commerce Commission (its local version of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) earlier this year, to allow it to collectively bargain for a deal.

NPA general manager Brook Cameron said the media sector would use any money received to invest in journalism. “We are…

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