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In today’s audio, rumors of a tech tax grow louder; earnings season provides clues about Ooh Media’s profit decline; and ABC invites defamation judge Bruce Lehrmann to host Media Watch.

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Publishers sense money in the air and launch a land grab before the money goes down the drain. While the government is hesitant about whether Meta should be included in the News Media Bargaining Code, lifestyle publishers argue that what they do has value too. If Meta or anyone else is included, they want to be allowed to participate in the negotiations.

We also take a look at earnings season today: Ooh Media reported a half-year decline this morning, and ARN is likely to update the market on its takeover ambitions for SCA as part of its half-yearly update on Thursday.

And The Australian reveals that ABC was snubbed in a wonderful casting move. The corporation tried to recruit Justice Michael Lee to replace Paul Barry as Media Watch presenter. In a parallel universe, that would have been a brilliant idea.

And it was the morning after Larry Emdur won the Gold Logie.

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Today’s episode features Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy.

Edited with kind permission of Abe’s Audio, the people you can talk to Voiceover, Sound design And Podcast production.

It’s time to leave you and start the week. We’ll be back tomorrow with more.

Bye …

Tim Burrowes

Publisher – Unmade

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