404 came out of vice I believe. Set up their own company after being laid off. Mostly tech, surveillance and science news. Obviously this is politics too since it is all politicised these days.
I don’t see anything about it going directly to them only. Except for the 4 year old video. The code was supposed to be updated at least once since then. Any idea on what changed if anything?
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According to this it seems the only hurdles are “be a corporation” and have 150k in revenue over the last year. So the bar is pretty low tbh.
The proposed News Bargaining Incentive, as currently drafted, does not address the underlying issues in the News Media Bargaining Code on which it is based. Commercially focused eligibility requirements create barriers to participation for small publishers and volunteer-based community media, further entrenching the status quo in a media landscape that is already one of the most concentrated in the world. Funding is needed not only to prop up existing publishers, but to regenerate a battered news industry and better serve Australian communities with relevant and reliable news services.
They’re just grifting for Rupert. We don’t get the money.
If the funding goes to independent news sources like 404media but in Australia. I’ll be very happy.
Unfortunately I don’t know of much in the way of independent media in Australia.
We really need a list detailing which independent people-owned news media are best for specific countries, internationally, and online
What does 404media specialize in?
https://solutionsjournalism.org/, https://goodgoodgood/ com & https://goodnewsnetwork.org/ are good too from my experience
404 came out of vice I believe. Set up their own company after being laid off. Mostly tech, surveillance and science news. Obviously this is politics too since it is all politicised these days.
This is one of the more interesting reads.
It’s about a porn platform creator going AI psychosis mode
we have loads of great independent media that collectively control about 0.01% of the market.
they will not be seeing this money. it’s going to the oligarchy controlled legacy media.
juice media did a great bit on the previous iteration of it https://www.thejuicemedia.com/news-corp-bargaining-code/
I don’t see anything about it going directly to them only. Except for the 4 year old video. The code was supposed to be updated at least once since then. Any idea on what changed if anything?
Edit:
According to this it seems the only hurdles are “be a corporation” and have 150k in revenue over the last year. So the bar is pretty low tbh.
https://lina.org.au/2026/04/28/news-bargaining-incentive-revenue-distribution/ and https://www.cbaa.org.au/news/cbaa-comms/2026/04/28/response-to-the-news-bargaining-incentive-consulta
you need to give them an email address but you can read some broader thoughts here https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/29/news-media-bargaining-incentive-big-tech-australian-news/
Thanks I’ll take a look